Most planned attacks at school begin and end inside the same room. This is not a good situation for a lockdown because the shooter is inside the room already! David Riedman
- Jeffrey Ehasz
- Dec 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Most planned attacks at school begin and end inside the same room. This is not a good situation for a lockdown because the shooter is inside the room already!
During a shooting that begins and ends inside one room, the potential victims inside will either:
1. Be shot.
2. Get out of the room (by doors or windows).
3. Hide inside and not be shot because the attacker doesn’t try to kill every possible victim.
4. Subdue the attacker.
5. Wait until the shooter surrenders, commits suicide, or police intervene.
When the average police response time to a 911 call is typically 8-15 minutes, it’s unlikely that a shooter who stays inside a single room is going to be continuously killing victims for that entire time period. 8 minutes seems like a long time for an active shooter response but even during the attack at a school in downtown Nashville, this is how long it takes for police to enter the building.
The idea of a school shooter roaming from classroom to classroom in search of every possible victim is a rare situation rather than the norm.
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