Workplace Incidents

February 7, 2008 Kirkwood, MO 6 Dead After Gunfire at Mo. Town Board Meeting:        A gunman with a history of hostility against city leaders stormed a council meeting, killing two police officers and three other people before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The man's gunfire critically injured the mayor.
April 09, 2007  Detroit, MI:  A deadly workplace shooting in an office building outside Detroit  where one person was killed and two injured. The shooter entered the building and opened fire on the second floor. Police said the shooter was a former employee of Gordon Advisors' Accounting Firm but was laid off last week.
August 30, 2007  Bronx, NY One person was killed and two others injured after a man entered his former workplace in the Bronx on Thursday morning and began opening fire on employees in an apparent case of revenge.

Workplace Violence Prevention for Colleges
We live in a culture where violent behavior is pervasive…

February 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University DEKALB, IL. - A former student opened fire Thursday with a shotgun and three handguns from the stage of a lecture hall, killing five students and wounding 15 others before committing suicide.
February 8, 2008  Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge, LA - A nursing student shot two women to death and then killed herself.  Twenty other people were in the classroom at the time. 
September 21, 2007 Delaware State University - Shortly before 1 a.m. a group of students were leaving the campus café when they heard gunshots that resulted in the death of one student and two innocent bystanders being injured. The shooter was identified as an 18-year-old freshman.
April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA - A 23-year-old Virginia Tech student named Seung-hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded many more in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
                U.S. campuses have a long way to go when it comes to being optimally safe and secure. Although recent Department of Justice research indicates that educational campuses are better prepared and have less crime than before, the “It won’t happen here” mentality is a continued obstacle in many institutions.
                                 Campus Safety Magazine 2008

Financial Institutions – Banks and Credit Unions are not immune

McCOMB, Miss. March 12, 2008 —  A gunman shot two people to death Wednesday in the bank where his ex-wife worked, then took the ex-wife and killed her before committing suicide, authorities said.  See the news article here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh3kR5099Rs

Health Care Facilities

January 14, 2009 - A Las Vegas doctor was murdered in her office Monday morning and Metro detectives are trying to figure out why she was targeted.   See the news article here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5UtWHtaAII
Columbus- March 27, 2008, 5:30 pm - (IMNS) - A male nurse, a male administrative assistant, and another unidentified hospital worker are dead following a shooting at Doctor's Hospital AKA Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia.
September 30, 2005 St. Mary Medical Center LANGHORNE, PA - An officer was killed and a medical technician wounded after the officer and a fellow officer scuffled with a drunken-driving suspect they had taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Bucks County, for routine blood and urine tests.