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'Active Shooter' Game Pulled From Online Gaming Platform

The computer game “Active Shooter” has been pulled from the online gaming platform Steam a few days before its release, after it provoked widespread outrage.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson learns more from Ben Johnson (@TheBrockJohnson), senior producer of “Endless Thread” and a tech correspondent for Here & Now.

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