How do I remove all instances called by the AddChild function? - actionscript-3

Question

I'm working on a sniper game and I'm trying to fix a issue I run into when I click the character to kill him. Anyways, long sotry short multiple instances of a MovieClip are created and I need them all to be removed at the same time when a if statement is executed. Is this possible, if so, what is the code?
Code:
stop();
Mouse.hide();
var blood:Array = [];
// after you create your clips your needing to keep track of.
var level_complete1:level_complete = new level_complete();
var ammo:Number = 5;
var cash:Number= 100;
var level:Number = 1;
var exp:Number = 0;
var blood_c:Number = 0;
var exp_needed = 25;
var dead_check:Number = 0; //Check to see if the target is dead
var check_blood:Number = 0; //Check to make sure blood doens't loop
var blood_splat1:blood_splat = new blood_splat();
blood.push(blood_splat1);
target1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, target_shot);
function target_shot(event:MouseEvent):void{
if(dead_check==0){
addChild(blood_splat1);
blood_splat1.y = mouseY;
blood_splat1.x = mouseX;
target1.gotoAndPlay(32);
if (blood_splat1.currentFrame==6){
//blood_splat1.gotoAndStop(6);
//removeChild(blood_splat1);
cash=cash+150;
exp=exp+25;
ammo=ammo-1;
dead_check = 1;
blood_c = 1;
}
}
if (dead_check==1){
addChild(blood_splat1);
blood_splat1.y = mouseY;
blood_splat1.x = mouseX;
target1.gotoAndStop(38);
blood_c = 1;
//if (blood_splat1.currentFrame==6){
//blood_splat1.gotoAndStop(6);
if (blood_c==1){
for each(var mc:MovieClip in blood){
mc.parent.removeChild(mc);
blood.splice(blood.indexOf(mc), 1);
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Edit:
Ok here is the problem I see from testing.
Your never getting blood_c set to 1 so it will never remove the blood splat. if you force it (for testing I forced it to = 1) you will never see the blood splat because it is removed instantly after it is created.
So my advice is when you first addChild(blood_splat1); you make a timer. or a frame counter. or something and when it counts down or fires (like a timer it calls a function to remove the blood splat. Like this:
stop();
Mouse.hide();
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
var bloodTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 1); // one second and doesn't repeat.
//var level_complete1:level_complete = new level_complete();
var ammo:Number = 5;
var cash:Number= 100;
var level:Number = 1;
var exp:Number = 0;
var blood_c:Number = 0;
var exp_needed = 25;
var dead_check:Number = 0; //Check to see if the target is dead
var check_blood:Number = 0; //Check to make sure blood doens't loop
var blood_splat1:blood_splat = new blood_splat();
target1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, target_shot);
function removeBlood(te:TimerEvent):void
{
if(blood_splat1.parent != null && blood_splat1.parent.contains(blood_splat1))
{
blood_splat1.parent.removeChild(blood_splat1);
}
}
function target_shot(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(dead_check==0)
{
addChild(blood_splat1);
bloodTimer.start();
bloodTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, removeBlood);
blood_splat1.y = mouseY;
blood_splat1.x = mouseX;
target1.gotoAndPlay(32);
if (blood_splat1.currentFrame==6)
{
//blood_splat1.gotoAndStop(6);
//removeChild(blood_splat1);
cash=cash+150;
exp=exp+25;
ammo=ammo-1;
dead_check = 1;
blood_c = 1;
}
}
if (dead_check==1)
{
addChild(blood_splat1);
bloodTimer.start();
bloodTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, removeBlood);
blood_splat1.y = mouseY;
blood_splat1.x = mouseX;
target1.gotoAndStop(38);
blood_c = 1;
//if (blood_splat1.currentFrame==6){
//blood_splat1.gotoAndStop(6);}
}
}

Answer 2

Down and dirty, you can do this (but it won't remove children of the children) :
while (numChildren > 0) {
removeChild(getChildAt(0));
}