Originally Posted by Rochard

I think everyone is calling this wrong.

The job of a lone security is not to actively hunt down and shot a gunman who is much better armed than he is. His job is to take up a defensive position, call for backups, and engage the shooter if possible. Four other officers showed up and did the same exact thing - took up a defensive position and tried to figure out where the gunman was.

You all watch way too much TV. You all think a single "security guard" (who most likely couldn't make out to his mailbox without losing his breath) is going be able to walk in, quickly locate and close with the gunman, and take him out in a single shot. It just doesn't happen that way.