If this is another Sandy Hook I hope and pray that this gets better results than SH did. It seemed to me to be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be a hoax but still ended up being "proven" in court to be real!
Even the kids said they were told it was a drill.
The crisis actors are nothing new. Even the military use them to train for combat. First responders are trained in the same way. They are also used in war time skits. Anything to tug on the heartstrings of sympathetic observers especially those against said war. The more gore the better to train the thoughts of the public at large. Believe me, the military use the crisis actors more often than you imagine!
I think when it is "weaponized" it is horrible to treat people in such a manner. IF there are not really shooting deaths, it is worse than despicable to treat the trusting public in this way. People will stop caring and when the crime is real no one will notice. Could be the expected result, huh?