By MARK WALLACE
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calls them "lone wolf shooters," whereas homeland security and other agencies call them "active shooters." The United States Department of Homeland Security'sActive Shooter: How to Respondbooklet defines an active shooter as an "individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area."1 This is what happened at the McKinney (TX) Public Safety Building (PSB) on August 17, 2010.
McKinney, Texas, is about 35 miles from downtown Dallas and has experienced rapid growth over the past 10 years. Four years ago, the McKinney Police Department and McKinney Fire Department headquarters moved into a new, two-story, 84,000-square-foot PSB at 2200 Taylor-Burk Drive. It sits on a 16-acre site with secured employee and public safety vehicle parking. This building houses the fire department's administration, operations, emergency management, and fire prevention personnel as well as the combined public safety communications center, police records, and the city's primary emergency operations center.
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