Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is known more for combating crime than preventing it. But behind-the-scenes, the FBI has been busy trying to prevent mass shootings and violent attacks by getting mental health professionals involved, the Associated Press reports. Behind the effort is the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, which has worked for years with state…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has released footage of the Navy Yard gunman stalking the corridors in search of victims. The shooter, Aaron Alexis, 34, believed he was being controlled by low frequency radio waves, an FBI spokeswoman said, BBC reports. “At this point I can confirm that there are multiple indicators that Alexis held…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine whether as many as five Americans were part of a team of terrorists who took over a Kenyan mall over the weekend, unleashing an attack that led to the death of at least 68 people, NBC News reports. The probe comes after a group purporting to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Every split second counts in a mass shooting. So the FBI, acting on a White House directive following a school shooting last year, is training local police how to handle a mass shooting, ABC News reports. The idea is to establish a standardized strategy to respond to shootings. Apart from the tactical…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One big mystery behind the gunman who killed five people in Santa Monica is how he got his weapons. Federal authorities recovered two weapons from John Zawahri – a semiautomatic rifle and an old “black-powder handgun,” The Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities also are trying determine how he amassed a large collection…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI Agents Association is supporting a bill that would authorize federal agents to respond and help local authorities during mass shootings and other violence at a public place, the Washington Times reports. The association, which announced its support Wednesday, said the bill would make it easier for feds to help local…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the nation looks closer at the motives behind mass shootings, the FBI is refusing to release more information on Wade Michael Page, who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. before committing suicide. This is all the FBI has to say about the motive: “The FBI investigation…
