I've not seen this mentioned about the shooting in DC earlier this week.
Shortly after the shooting, they cleared the museum. Why?
They knew that nobody in the museum had a weapon -- that's why they were manning metal dectors and that's why the shooting happened at the entrance.
So they sent all the people from the safety of the museum and sent them out to the streets where they had no idea if the creep had cohorts waiting. Admittedly, by that time, there were police swarming all over the place by then so nothing much was going to happen out there.
But really, the museum was a safe haven. What was the need to evacuate?
Shortly after the shooting, they cleared the museum. Why?
They knew that nobody in the museum had a weapon -- that's why they were manning metal dectors and that's why the shooting happened at the entrance.
So they sent all the people from the safety of the museum and sent them out to the streets where they had no idea if the creep had cohorts waiting. Admittedly, by that time, there were police swarming all over the place by then so nothing much was going to happen out there.
But really, the museum was a safe haven. What was the need to evacuate?