Fury at ‘Active Shooter’ game

ANTI-GUN violence advocates and the parents of Parkland, Fla., shooting victims are outraged over a new video game that enables users to play the part of an active shooter who opens fire inside a school.

The computer game, called Active Shooter, permits players to control either the gunman or a member of the SWAT team who attempts to stop the attack.

The game, which is created by Revived Games and due out June 6, has been met with widespread backlash in the aftermath of numerous school shootings in America.

“The last thing we need is a simulated training on school shootings,” Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February, told the Miami Herald. “Video game designers should think of the influence they hold. This really crosses the line.”

Active Shooter is set to be released on Steam, an online video game market operated by the Valve publishing company. The game is promoted on Steam as a “dynamic SWAT simulator,” with a description page for the game noting that a mode in which users can play as a civilian is also coming.

“Please do not take any of this seriously,” a disclaimer on the description page reads.

An online petition to cancel the game’s release has racked up over 20,000 signatures in the three days since it was created. A CITY bus caught fire on the Upper West Side, but no one was injured, officials said.

The blaze erupted on an M4 bus on 110th St. near Broadway at about 2:20 p.m., according to police. Responding firefighters doused the flames.

A local resident posted a photo of the smoking bus on Twitter.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.