he had going for him to stay alive and to keep killing people, law enforcement did a phenomenal job in getting there as fast as they can and make that dynamic-type entry. also, chief ramsy, you have the initial officers who are responding to this to hear from a police scanner to hear the officers saying that he s on the 32nd flo. they are probably outgunned and don t know what s on the other side of the door which is why they re waiting for s.w.a.t. your active shooter training, first officers will form a team and their job is to locate the shooter and neutralize the threat. that s probably what you had there. after columbine, you no longer wait for s.w.a.t. to get there. if you get into the scene and you have to go and try to locate the shooter and do whatever you can to try to neutralize the scene.