"Active shooter" nghĩa là gì?

"Active shooter" = bắn súng chủ động -> nghĩa là thủ phạm gây ra vụ nổ súng hàng loạt nhắm vào các nạn nhân ở không gian chật hẹp, đông đúc.

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“There are reports circulating on social media about an active shooter targeting random people in Kankakee, however no one has been shot at this time. Officers will continue to investigate,” Kankakee police said in a post on the city’s Facebook page.

The medical worker took that to mean there was an active shooter and the hospital was placed on lockdown. Carr said they checked the hospital grounds and didn’t find a suspect but did find the victim’s car. “It looks like he drove himself to the hospital after getting shot,’' Carr said. There was no active shooter, and the hospital is off lockdown. The victim is in surgery with serious injuries.

Austin police are still searching for the suspect after three people were killed in a shooting near an apartment complex in the Arboretum area of northwest Austin. The scene was previously reported as a possible active shooter situation, however, Austin Police Department now says it appears it was an isolated domestic event. Police confirmed to KXAN that officers were “following up on leads” related to the shooting in the Elgin area late Sunday night. Around 12 a.m. Monday, KXAN saw multiple police crews leaving the scene.

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