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EDM Afternoon Update: San Bernardino Mass Shooting, UNC False Alarm, Another Chicago Video

Emergency and disaster management afternoon update for Wednesday, December 2, 2015: A mass shooting San Bernardino, a false alarm at the University of North Carolina, and another Chicago police video may be released.

San Bernardino mass shooting

Both [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/02/officials-shooting-reported-calif-golf-course/76675776/” title=”multiple shooters and multiple victims“] are being reported in the early stages of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA. Initial reports have [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-respond-reports-active-shooter-san-bernardino/story?id=35535995″ title=”up to 20 people shot and up to 12 killed“] in the mass shooting.

Emergency crews descended onto the scene that includes a cluster of office buildings and a golf course. Police confirmed that they are [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-up-to-20-shot-in-san-bernardino-active-shooter-sought-20151202-story.html” title=”seeking active shooters“] and the fire department [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/us/san-bernardino-shooting.html?_r=0″ title=”reported of as many as 20 victims“].

Details are still emerging.

False alarm at UNC

Officials at the University of North Carolina (UNC) [link url=”http://www.wral.com/unc-issues-all-clear-after-alert/15149505/” title=”issued an all clear“] after a report of an armed person walking on campus forced a lockdown on campus. Law enforcement descended on the campus at Chapel Hill Wednesday morning to investigate a report of the armed person, but authorities are now saying that there is no threat and [link url=”http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/12/armed-dangerous-person-reported-on-campus” title=”no armed person was found on campus“].

Despite the false alarm, UNC Police Chief Jeff McCracken said [link url=”http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/unc-police-chief-glad-for-report-of-possible-gunman-though/article_c5e2ea46-9900-11e5-89c0-531d3a1e2f4a.html” title=”he wants people to continue reporting what they see“].

Another Chicago Police video

In the wake of the [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/us/laquan-mcdonald-chicago-dashcam-video/index.html” title=”release of the Laquan McDonald video“], some predicted that judge’s decision to release the video to the public [link url=”http://chicagoreporter.com/judges-decision-could-lead-to-release-of-more-police-shooting-videos/” title=”could lead to release of more police shooting videos“].

The family of another man shot and killed by Chicago police in 2014 [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/us/chicago-police-shooting-ronald-johnson-dashcam-video/index.html” title=”now wants the dashcam video of that incident released“]. Ronald Johnson, 25, was shot and killed by a police officer in October 2014, and his family is pushing for the video’s release to the public.

Chicago Police Superintendent out, Mayor next?

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/01/us/chicago-laquan-mcdonald-police-shooting/index.html” title=”called for the resignation of Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy“] yesterday but is [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/rahm-emanuel-laquan-mcdonald-resignation/” title=”rejecting calls for his own resignation“]. Emmanuel said that [link url=”http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/rahm-emanuel-no-resign-216346″ title=”he did not see the tape before its release“] and that his [link url=”http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-resists-resign” title=”primary loyalty is to the city of Chicago“].

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