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At Santa Fe High School, police had an active-shooter plan. Then the fog of chaos descended.

May 22, 2018 USATODAY - News Top Stories

Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY At Santa Fe High School, police had an active-shooter plan. Then the fog of chaos descended.

While law enforcers are increasingly sketching out strategies on how they’ll respond to active-shooter scenarios, a spate of recent school shootings — including last week’s incident at a Santa Fe, Texas, high school — demonstrates that carrying out their plans has limits in the fog of chaos.