Tuesday marked 10 years since a man opened fire on an Excel Industries plant in Hesston, leaving 14 injured and three dead. It came as a realization for many: a mass shooting can happen anywhere. The sounds of simulated violence ring from inside the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center as instructor Thomas Watts guides his cadets through the stairs and corridors of active shooter training. “This is getting to the ‘walk’ phase of the ‘crawl, walk, run,’” Watts said. “Active killer training,” as they put it, comes at the very end of a 16-week basic training course.
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