Case Study “Active Shooter”
Active Shooter Scenario
This assignment involves reading through a scenario (a case study- see attached) that contains active shooters within
a facility. Read the attached scenario and the milestone questions to answer. Read each section of the
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document; base your answers on what you know at that point in the scenario. Use those questions
posed throughout the case as your initial outline, and your final work should be a more formal graduate-
level paper by changing those section headings to help with transitions, so your work does not appear as
a question and answer approach.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze the situational approach, path-goal theory, and
leader-member exchange theory as they each relate to an active shooter incident within a facility with
employees.
Use those questions posed throughout the case as your initial outline, and your final work
should be a more formal graduate-level paper by changing those section headings to help with
transitions, so your work does not appear as a question and answer approach.
Save all of your answers within one Word document before submitting it in Blackboard for grading. Your case study should be a minimum of two pages and formatted in APA style.
Unit IV Assignment Storyboard for development
Purpose Statement/Learning Outcome
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze an emergency event while
applying the situational approach, path-goal theory, and leader-
member exchange theory.
Introduction
Throughout the remainder of this module, you will be presented with
the key milestones of an active-shooter event. As the details of the
event unfold, you will be asked to think like an emergency manager by
answering questions related to the event.
Setting the initial scene…
There is a report of an active threat within the
local hospital. The suspect is considered active
and moving throughout the hallways of the
building. Shots have recently been fired within
the past 30 seconds. There are two confirmed
dead, and there are three who are currently
wounded since the shooting has taken place.
One of the nursing personnel runs into the
security office and states that there is man on
one of the floors, walking room-to-room, and
opening fire on bedridden patients and visitors.
Milestone 1 Questions
1. Given the circumstances of the event, how would you apply the situational
approach to address the active threat’s location, identify how the active threat may
be posing a threat to others, and identify if there are other active threats within the
building?
2. How would you remain flexible in a situation that is fluid and continually changing
such as an active threat/shooter?
This is what happens next…
It has been confirmed that there are now three
active threats on the floor/unit of the hospital.
They are moving simultaneously from room-to-
room and impacting patient care. Police, EMS,
and local fire departments have now been
notified. There are confirmations of 10 or more
dead and 15 injured patients and visitors. The
hospital is now on lockdown, and no one is able
to enter or leave the facility. Law enforcement
SWAT members have arrived on scene and have
been briefed regarding the situation.
Milestone 2 Questions
1. Given the circumstances of the event, how could you utilize path-goal theory to
increase the efficiency toward mitigating the event?
2. How could leadership get team members (subordinates), SWAT, and other law
enforcement agencies involved by using path-goal theory to mitigate the threat at
this point?
The number of dead and injured on the hospital floor
remain the same. The active threats have heard SWAT, PD,
FD, and other officials have arrived on the scene. The
police have entered the floor and engaged one of the
active threats who has now fallen due to gunshot wounds
from police. The second active threat has surrendered to
police unconditionally in one of the hospital rooms. The
third active threat has taken approximately nine hostages
and has barricaded himself along with the hostages
within the nursing unit breakroom area. He is threatening
to cause “great harm” to the hostages if he does not
receive proper medical attention for his ailing mother.
Next…
Milestone 3 Questions
1. After reading about the milestones that have occurred thus far, how would you
integrate leader-member exchange theory to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with team members?
2. How would you use leader-member exchange theory to address communication
between hospital representatives and the media?
This concludes the assignment. Be sure to address the questions, and review your answers before submitting them in Blackboard for grading.
The End
