The email honored the nine victims — Megan Betts, Monica Brickhouse, Nicholas Cumer, Derrick Fudge, Thomas McNichols, Lois Oglesby, Saeed Saleh, Logan Turner, Beatrice Warren-Curtis — and also the officers’ quick response to the active shooter, who fired 41 shots in less than 30 seconds.
“There was a lot of things done that day to help prevent additional loss of life,” Henderson said.
The mass shooting is a day Henderson said he and the department will never forget.
“We’re always monitoring what’s going on across the country. … it’s something that we take seriously,” he said.
Command staff and officers participated in additional active shooter training this summer, with greater integration of the fire department’s medics.
“We’re trying to strengthen the lessons learned from the incident that occurred on Aug. 4, 2019,” Henderson said.
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