Thursday, February 9, 2017 | Volume 46 • Number 3
StuttgartCitizen.com
Photos by Kevin Abel Pfc. Mackinzie Russell from the 554th MP Co., 709th MP Battalion, advances down a hallway at Stuttgart High School with his training weapon at the ready during an active shooter scenario, Jan. 27.
MPs respond to SHS active shooter scenario By Kevin Abel and Larry Reilly U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Public Affairs
STUTTGART — An active shooter simulation at Stuttgart High School tested the skills and reactions of the 554th Military Police Company
during morning classes, Jan. 27. Just seconds after a role-player active shooter stormed into the SHS main entrance, the facility went into a complete lockdown. At the same time, nearby Stuttgart Elementary School also went into a complete lockdown and accountability of all of its students.
SHS science students visit Hadron Collider in Switzerland — Page 5
Within minutes after the breach into the high school, the MPs had subdued the active shooter and defused the incident. The exercise was one of many training scenarios performed at various locations on Panzer Kaserne by various the U.S. Army Garrison
Stuttgart’s Directorate of Emergency Services. In cooperation with Department of Defense Education Activity, the scenario also involved members of the SHS administration and 18 students from the drama class — Continued on page 13
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