That building must be jinxed with all the deaths in the past and now!!

I support CCW, but it wouldn't have helped at all in this situation, like so many gun nuts blindly suggested. Even the trained officer couldn't stop him, hard to know exactly when somebody is gonna pull a gun on you, and then it only takes a split second.

Actually, truthbetold, you are incorrect. A police officer is a marked person, plainly visible and always at a disadvantage in surprise situations such as this. CCW entails an armed society=polite society mindset. If 30 people around you may have guns (come to Arizona and see how this works), you would be crazy to pull a gun on anyone, especially a cop. You might get him first, but the odds are stacked against you when it comes to everyone else. The person with the CCW now has an advantage unless they are the first to randomly get shot (and are the only ones). This is simply due to the inescapable logic that a criminal has to commit an act that shows his intent, thus broadcasting it to everyone else around.

Having been in law enforcement in my younger years, I wish that there was more emphasis placed on weapons training in Police dept. The dept I was with back in the late 80's early 90's required officers to qualify every month with their service weapon, that same dept. requires officers to qualify quarterly, qualifications were done on a target that had no scoring rings, there were only 2 training session that were based on a shooting scenario the entire time I was with the dept. Getting officers to show up and shoot qualification was another issue. An officer making a routine traffic stop is when officers are the most vulnerable and are an easy target as already stated, a person that has a CCW has the same level of surprise or advantage that the criminal does, the problem for the officer is he doesn't know when he is standing next to or has pulled over a criminal.

Where's a cop when you need one?

For such a massive response, all the LEOs must have been attending the Dunkin-Donuts Convention.

Just kidding on the last, but I got to believe a review of such a gross over-response of first responders is in order during these times when every single penny of public-sector spend is being scrutinized.

My only request in this is that the individuals involved in the shooting die and remain dead. No spotlight, no cross-examination of their parents, no funeral or protests or interviews on 60 Minutes, thirty minute inquiries into who should have done what or a sampling of their 'friends', interests, or associates. Those who kill should remain dead... why do we insist on honoring the few murderers with recognition when we ignore those whose lives they shattered?

It is recognition that these criminals desire. They do not want to die unknown, unmourned, and with nobody left who knows their reasons or cares to remember them... and that is precisely what they should get out of this. Adhering to their last request is the single most damning thing we can do to those that remain.