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A review by The Associated Press finds that colleges across the U.S. vary widely in their efforts to prepare students and employees for surviving a shooting rampage on campus.

On the heels of a brutal school massacre in Oregon, The Missoula County Sheriff’s Department, the Missoula Police Department, and the Missoula Campus Police all sent personnel up to Potomac on Friday, October 9, to practice how they would respond to an active shooter situation...

An overnight shooting on the campus of Northern Arizona University has left one person dead and three injured.

During his presidency, President Barack Obama has had to deliver statements on gun violence 15 times. After a gunman opened fire at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, killing nine people and injuring nine, a visibly upset Obama said the shootings were becoming all too routine.

The mass shooting at an Oregon community college isn't the only tragedy that shook people this week.

There has reportedly been a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, in which at least 10 people were killed, with some outlets reporting a death toll of as high as 15. The suspect is in custody. It's unclear if he or she was injured.

The on-air shooting deaths of Virginia TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward and the suicide five hours later of gunman Vester Flanagan played out in a sort of surreal time, spilling from TV screens within range of the Roanoke station's signal to horrified viewers the world over via social media. Five hours of horror, delivered in electronic bursts.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to shooting at people in the streets of Billings and later at a state park.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Billings judge has set an Oct. 5 trial date for an 18-year-old man accused of shooting a Montana family who stopped to offer him roadside assistance.

Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bauer says one of his deputies shot and killed a man who ignored orders to stop his vehicle and instead swerved toward the officer.