active shooter

English

Etymology

Active Shooter: How to Respond, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, October 2008, https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/active_shooter_booklet.pdf (Retrieved July 22, 2016)

Noun

active shooter (plural active shooters)

(US, military) An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.
In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.

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