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I would suggest only engaging if you have to protect yourself or if you feel like you couldn't live with yourself if you didn't. Know that it likely means you won't be living anyway.
I would strongly suggest Chris Bird's Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage. It's a great book that follows the history of the mass-killer in the US. It breaks it down between those done by lone actors for personal reasons and those done by terrorists. It also walks you through some of the current active shooter training provided to cops and school teachers including drills and what scenarios you'll have to account for. The best part is how he looks at what you are likely to encounter vs. what you think you'll encounter.
Others have recommended Surviving a Mass Shooting by Burrese, but I haven't read it yet and have no opinion.
Target Focused Training provided a fantastic seminar on mass killers that really went well with Bird's book. It was the mental game that you should play at work or in scenarios that you think are more likely for an event to take place. The instructors were Aussie anti-terrorist guys who also do personal security contracting. At the very least, I think you should watch the video. It provides you with a great way to break down your options and also gives you something similar to a Rules of Engagement for when you need to fight and when you should run.
Finally, in force-on-force with cops, scenarios have shown that when the police show up and they see an outline of a gun, they are shooting. That even included guys holding a gun with one hand and holding their police badge in the other. They had a fraction of a second to make a decision, so they shoot. The one thing that changed it was when the gun was not immediately visible. So think covered sul position. Many of the after action reports show that police show up between 5 and 8min after it begins. So you either deal with the problem in that time and holster up, or you leave.
Not a lawyer, operator, policeman, or crossing guard. Just someone who was interested in the topic and wanted to read what I could about actual events.