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By Greg Ellifritz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Early Sunday morning\u00a0 on June 12, a murderer (who won\u2019t be named here) pledging fealty to the Islamic terrorist group ISIS, entered an Orlando gay nightclub and shot more than 100 people.\u00a0 Preliminary accounts indicate that 49 innocent victims were killed and an additional 54 victims were hospitalized with injuries.\u00a0 It is likely that countless more were injured but did not seek immediate medical treatment.<\/p>\n The police have been very reluctant to release many details on this shooting as the investigation is still ongoing.\u00a0 We know that the killer made entry armed with both a rifle and a handgun shortly after \u201clast call\u201d at 2 am.\u00a0 An off-duty Orlando police officer working security in the club\u2019s parking lot saw the man trying to enter the club carrying a rifle.\u00a0 The cop and the killer exchanged gunfire, apparently with neither getting hits.\u00a0 The cop reported the shooting.\u00a0 Within a minute, the first police cruiser arrived on scene.\u00a0 Details are sketchy, but it appears that the two Orlando PD officers who arrived in the cruiser made entry into the club and also exchanged gunfire with the killer.\u00a0 Police reports state that these two officers facilitated the evacuation of \u201cdozens and dozens\u201d of club patrons before retreating.\u00a0 No one reported why these men retreated or whether they were ordered by superiors to exit the building.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The man continued killing club goers without further police intervention for more than 20 minutes.\u00a0 At 2:22 am. the terrorist contacted police and stated he wanted to negotiate. In this call and several others he spoke Arabic and made reference to Islamic terrorism.\u00a0\u00a0 After speaking to police, the killer also made a 67-second long phone call to a local TV news producer.\u00a0 During his communication with police he claimed to have numerous hostages and an explosive device.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police spoke to the man by phone on and off for more than two hours as he continued to murder people in the club.\u00a0 At 5 am, fearing that the terrorist would detonate the explosive device and kill the remaining hostages, Orlando PD SWAT breached a wall with an armored vehicle<\/a> and made entry.\u00a0 The terrorist fired on police officers through the hole the officers made in the wall.\u00a0 Officers returned fire, killing the man.\u00a0 All in all 1\/3 of the total number of club patrons<\/a> was either killed or injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As I wrote earlier, we aren\u2019t even close to knowing all of the details about this event.\u00a0 But given the facts we know, I would like to provide some guidance for my readers based on the \u201clessons learned\u201d from this particular event.\u00a0 Undoubtedly, we will learn much more as the investigation progresses, but until then, here are a few tips to help you prevail should you encounter a similar scenario.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1) No one is coming to save you.<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry.\u00a0 Did you think that ever since the police learned their lessons at Columbine they would be making immediate entry to save your life in an active killer event?\u00a0 Sometimes, but not always.\u00a0 It took cops almost three hours<\/a> to make entry with enough people and equipment to neutralize the killer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you are caught up in one of these shootings, you must be able to take care of yourself.\u00a0 There\u2019s no telling when the cops will make their rescue attempt.\u00a0 You MUST think for yourself.\u00a0 Don\u2019t depend on ANYONE to save you!\u00a0 Escape, improve your position, find cover, attack the killer, do something!\u00a0 Waiting for a rescue attempt is not a successful alternative.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This advice goes for medical care as well.\u00a0 You need to know how to stop severe bleeding and prevent a tension pneumothorax <\/a>from a sucking chest wound.\u00a0 If you get hit, the medics might not be allowed in until it\u2019s too late.\u00a0 Just like you have to be ready to take care of yourself and your loved ones with a gun, you should also be ready to save their lives with a tourniquet as well.<\/p>\n