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==Incidents in which an armed security guard or designated security individual stopped an active shooter==

==Incidents in which an armed security guard or designated security individual stopped an active shooter==

* Alton Nolen of Moore, Okla., was charged with first-degree murder in the gruesome beheading of a Vaughan Foods worker. His rampage was halted by Mark Vaughan, a reserve sheriff’s deputy and the company’s chief operating officer, who used his personal firearm to wound Nolen.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" />

* Freeman High School - On September 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., Caleb Sharpe, 15, armed with a rifle and a pistol, allegedly began shooting at Freeman High School in Rockford, Washington, where he was a student. One student was killed; three students were wounded. A school employee confronted the shooter, ordered him to the ground, and held him there until law enforcement arrived and took him into custody.<ref name="fbi_report" />

* [[Garland, Texas shooting|''Garland, Texas shooting'']] - In Garland, Texas, two gunmen opened fire outside of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon drawing contest in 2015 held by [[Pamela Geller]] at the Curtis Culwell Center, which was the venue of earlier jihadist conference. The two attackers were killed by police and security, preventing participants at the event from being killed. (May 3, 2015)<ref name="washtimes_listicle" />  An undercover FBI agent who was investigating terrorism at the venue, but apparently did not participate in stopping the attack.  Norman, Sadler, Skarlatos, and Stone were awarded Knights of the Legion of Honour (Chevaliers de la Légion d'honneur) by French president François Hollande.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/02/10/records-undercover-fbi-agent-near-garland-terror-attack/97740354/ Records: Undercover FBI agent was at Garland, Texas, attack] azcentral.com (feb. 10, 2017)</ref>

* Gateway, CO, July 30, 2017 - Rick Whited, armed with a handgun, allegedly began shooting from his truck at passing cars along Highway 141 in Gateway, Colorado. No one was killed; no one was wounded. The shooter exchanged gunfire with two Gateway Canyons General Store security officers before fleeing the scene.<ref name="fbi_report" />

* In 2013, a shooter opened fire at Prince Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. However, after wounding only one student, the suspect was disarmed by an armed guard who was stationed at the school.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" />

* [[Garland, Texas shooting|''Garland, Texas shooting'']] (May 3, 2015) - In Garland, Texas, two gunmen opened fire outside of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon drawing contest in 2015 held by [[Pamela Geller]] at the Curtis Culwell Center, which was the venue of earlier jihadist conference. The two attackers were killed by police and security, preventing participants at the event from being killed. (May 3, 2015)<ref name="washtimes_listicle" />  An undercover FBI agent who was investigating terrorism at the venue, but apparently did not participate in stopping the attack.  Norman, Sadler, Skarlatos, and Stone were awarded Knights of the Legion of Honour (Chevaliers de la Légion d'honneur) by French president François Hollande.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/02/10/records-undercover-fbi-agent-near-garland-terror-attack/97740354/ Records: Undercover FBI agent was at Garland, Texas, attack] azcentral.com (feb. 10, 2017)</ref>

* Highway 141 in Gateway, Colorado - On July 30, 2017, at 4:15 p.m., Rick Whited, 54, armed with a handgun, allegedly began shooting from his truck at passing cars along Highway 141 in Gateway, Colorado. No one was killed; no one was wounded. The shooter exchanged gunfire with two Gateway Canyons General Store security officers before fleeing the scene.<ref name="fbi_report" />

* Moore, OK, September 24, 2014 - Alton Nolen was charged with first-degree murder in the gruesome beheading of a Vaughan Foods worker. His rampage was halted by Mark Vaughan, a reserve sheriff’s deputy and the company’s chief operating officer, who used his personal firearm to wound Nolen.<ref name="washtimes_listicle" />

 

* Freeman High School - On September 13, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., Caleb Sharpe, 15, armed with a rifle and a pistol, allegedly began shooting at Freeman High School in Rockford, Washington, where he was a student. One student was killed; three students were wounded. A school employee confronted the shooter, ordered him to the ground, and held him there until law enforcement arrived and took him into custody.<ref name="fbi_report" />

* Colorado Springs Church shootings December 9, 2007 - Matthew Murray, killed two people early Sunday at a missionary training center near Denver and had killed two teenage sisters in the parking lot at New Life Church.  New Life Church guard, Jeanne Assam shot Murray.  The shooter politely assisted Jeanne Assam by shooting himself twice after being shot by Assam.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/12brfs-GUNMANKILLED_BRF.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print&_r=0 ''New York Times'' December 12, 2007]</ref>

* Atlanta, January 31, 2013 - A shooter opened fire at Prince Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. However, after wounding only one student, the suspect was disarmed by an armed guard who was stationed at the school.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/us/georgia-student-shot/index.html CNN, February 1, 2013]</ref><ref name="washtimes_listicle" />

* ''Colorado Springs Church shootings'' December 9, 2007 - Matthew Murray, killed two people early Sunday at a missionary training center near Denver and had killed two teenage sisters in the parking lot at New Life Church.  New Life Church guard, Jeanne Assam shot Murray.  The shooter politely assisted Jeanne Assam by shooting himself twice after being shot by Assam.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/us/12brfs-GUNMANKILLED_BRF.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print&_r=0 ''New York Times'' December 12, 2007]</ref>

==Incidents in which a shooter is believed to have planed an attack but retreated as a result of the presence of armed citizens==

==Incidents in which a shooter is believed to have planed an attack but retreated as a result of the presence of armed citizens==

===United States===

===United States===

*  Pulse Nightclub Shooting (June 12, 2016), Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, armed with a rifle and a handgun, began shooting patrons inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.  After a 3 hour delay,<ref name="pulsedelay">[https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/tampa/news/press-releases/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting], fbi.gov, June 20, 2016</ref> a police SWAT team exchanged gunfire with the shooter, killing the shooter.  On the night of the shooting, Mateen had originally targeted Disney Springs club, near Epcot Center at about 10 PM (June 19).  Based on evidence presented during a trial of Marteen's wife (in which she was acquitted), prior to going to the Pulse Nightclub, Mateen abandoned the Disney Springs attack when several uniformed police officers were at the location.  Marteen then proceeded to EVE Orlando club at 12:55 AM (June 20), but left six minutes later in the face of "heavy police presence".  He then used his phone to search "downtown orlando nightclubs", and proceeded to arrive at Pulse at 1:37 AM.<ref name="orlandosentinal">[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-cell-records-night-of-pulse-shooting-20180305-story.html Pulse shooter visited Disney, another club in hours before attack, widow's defense says], ''Orlando Sentinal'' (March 5, 2018)</ref>  At the time, the ''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' was widely described as targeting [Homosexuality|homosexuals], but at least initially, Marteen did not realize his target was a gay bar, as he is reported to have asked a security guard at the club where all the women were just before he started shooting.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17202026/pulse-shooting-lgbtq-trump-terror-hate New evidence shows the Pulse nightclub shooting wasn’t about anti-LGBTQ hate], ''Vox'' article, Apr 5, 2018</ref>

*  ''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' (June 12, 2016), Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, armed with a rifle and a handgun, began shooting patrons inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.  After a 3 hour delay,<ref name="pulsedelay">[https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/tampa/news/press-releases/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting], fbi.gov, June 20, 2016</ref> a police SWAT team exchanged gunfire with the shooter, killing the shooter.  On the night of the shooting, Mateen had originally targeted Disney Springs club, near Epcot Center at about 10 PM (June 19).  Based on evidence presented during a trial of Marteen's wife (in which she was acquitted), prior to going to the Pulse Nightclub, Mateen abandoned the Disney Springs attack when several uniformed police officers were at the location.  Marteen then proceeded to EVE Orlando club at 12:55 AM (June 20), but left six minutes later in the face of "heavy police presence".  He then used his phone to search "downtown orlando nightclubs", and proceeded to arrive at Pulse at 1:37 AM.<ref name="orlandosentinal">[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-cell-records-night-of-pulse-shooting-20180305-story.html Pulse shooter visited Disney, another club in hours before attack, widow's defense says], ''Orlando Sentinal'' (March 5, 2018)</ref>  At the time, the ''Pulse Nightclub Shooting'' was widely described as targeting [Homosexuality|homosexuals], but at least initially, Marteen did not realize his target was a gay bar, as he is reported to have asked a security guard at the club where all the women were just before he started shooting.<ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17202026/pulse-shooting-lgbtq-trump-terror-hate New evidence shows the Pulse nightclub shooting wasn’t about anti-LGBTQ hate], ''Vox'' article, Apr 5, 2018</ref>

* Multiple Locations in Clearlake Oaks, California - On October 23, 2017, at 11:23 a.m., Alan Ashmore, 61, armed with a shotgun and a handgun, allegedly began firing into several homes and a vehicle in Clearlake Oaks, California, killing two people, including his father, and wounding one. Another person was wounded while fleeing out of a residence window. The shooter then shot and wounded a responding law enforcement officer before fleeing in his vehicle. The shooter drove to a nearby gas station and exchanged gunfire with the vendor, who possessed a valid firearms permit. The shooter fled the scene in his vehicle and drove to another gas station where he fired more shots. The shooter then drove to a nearby winery and shot at some employees before surrendering to law enforcement officers after a short vehicle pursuit. The entire incident lasted about 30 minutes. Two people were killed; three were wounded (including one law enforcement officer and one person who sustained injuries incidental to the incident). The shooter was apprehended by law enforcement.<ref name="fbi_report" />  <i>Of note, the gas station attendant was unable to stop the shooter, but the shooter fled the scene, which is why this incident is cited here.</i>

* Multiple Locations in Clearlake Oaks, California - On October 23, 2017, at 11:23 a.m., Alan Ashmore, 61, armed with a shotgun and a handgun, allegedly began firing into several homes and a vehicle in Clearlake Oaks, California, killing two people, including his father, and wounding one. Another person was wounded while fleeing out of a residence window. The shooter then shot and wounded a responding law enforcement officer before fleeing in his vehicle. The shooter drove to a nearby gas station and exchanged gunfire with the vendor, who possessed a valid firearms permit. The shooter fled the scene in his vehicle and drove to another gas station where he fired more shots. The shooter then drove to a nearby winery and shot at some employees before surrendering to law enforcement officers after a short vehicle pursuit. The entire incident lasted about 30 minutes. Two people were killed; three were wounded (including one law enforcement officer and one person who sustained injuries incidental to the incident). The shooter was apprehended by law enforcement.<ref name="fbi_report" />  <i>Of note, the gas station attendant was unable to stop the shooter, but the shooter fled the scene, which is why this incident is cited here.</i>