Mass Shooting At Evolv Customer Kennywood Theme Park, A Month Later Still Not Certain How Gun Got In
One month after three people were shot at a theme park that uses Evolv's weapons detection systems, the police confirmed to IPVM that they still "do not definitively know how the guns got into Kennywood."
In this report, IPVM examines the challenges in keeping guns out of US public places, the risks for Evolv with shootings occurring at sites they protect, and various security measures the theme park has enacted post-shooting.
Background
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