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Rampage survival

Instructor Bret Bandick holds an airsoft gun as he acts as a shooter at the Olmeca Residence Hall at San Diego State while police officers and school officials participate in the training exercise. The two-day Active Shooter Response Training aims to teach college and school officials and others what to do in the event of a mass shooting.

Instructor Bret Bandick holds an airsoft gun as he acts as a shooter at the Olmeca Residence Hall at San Diego State while police officers and school officials participate in the training exercise. The two-day Active Shooter Response Training aims to teach college and school officials and others what to do in the event of a mass shooting.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Two dozen people from colleges and schools throughout Southern California came to San Diego State for a two-day session with the chillingly modern title of Active Shooter Response Training.

Seeking the shooter

A police team enters a dorm at San Diego State during an exercise. Although the program of lectures, discussions and scenarios was planned months ago, the recent shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed, only heightened the urgency of planning for possible violence.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Standing ready

Police officers with airsoft handguns stand ready outside while instructors put a person in place inside the dorm to play an “active shooter.”  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Barricade

Participants acting as students and teachers at San Diego State attempt to barricade themselves in a room in the Olmeca Residence Hall to keep out a “gunman” during a training exercise.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Being watched

With the media nearby, San Diego State chaplain Dana Garrett, left, and retired police officer Chuck Harold simulate a police team entering the Olmeca Residence Hall in search of a gunman during a mass shooting.   (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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