The BBC is reporting a tactical response team of the Capitol police, which guards the U.S. Capitol buildings, was told to leave the scene of the Navy Yard shooting Monday instead of coming to the help of municipal police officers.
Senior officials are said to be investigating why a supervisor told the elite unit to leave. Continue reading
Navy Yard killer Aaron Alexis reportedly suffered serious and prolonged mental health problems before his Monday assault.
Alexis, 34, had been treated for paranoia, hearing voices and sleeplessness according to a report from the Associated Press. Alexis, a full time U.S. Navy reservist from 2007-2011, was decorated with the National Defense Service medal and Global War on Terrorism Service along with receiving multiple positive reviews. However, Alexis did receive a general discharge, suggesting misconduct. Continue reading
A D.C. police spokesman told reporters at a press conference that if it wasn’t for the police who arrived within seven minutes of the 911 call mass murder Aaron Alexis “would have kept shooting.”
NBC has reported that the killer served in the U.S. Navy from 2007-2011. Continue reading
Washington, D.C. police have announced they are no longer looking for a second shooter after identifying the man who killed 11 others at the Navy Yard in Washington.
The killer is Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old man who had been a civilian government contractor from Fort Worth, Texas. It is believed that Alexis used the identification badge of someone else to gain access to the base. Police found three weapons on the gunman’s body: an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a semiautomatic pistol. Continue reading
Authorities now say at least 12 people are dead as a result of the gun attack at the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning.
The FBI has taken charge of the investigation and has already cleared one man who initially was called a suspect in the shootings. Continue reading
One suspect is dead after a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, but two others may be on the loose, the D.C. police chief said Monday.
“The big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point,” Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters. Continue reading
The Washington Navy Yard, where police were responding to a shooter Monday morning, may not be one of the capital’s most well-known facilities. But it serves as a major headquarters for several Navy divisions.
Fox News security analyst K.T. McFarland described it as the “beating heart of the United States Navy.” Continue reading
A shooter who had engaged police in a running firefight through the sprawling Washington Navy Yard was shot and killed Monday, as officials continued to search the base for a possible second shooter, law enforcement officials said.
At least four people in addition to the shooter were killed and at least eight were wounded in the rampage that began at approximately 8:20 a.m. at the Navy Yard, a huge complex of buildings located along Washington’s Anacostia River waterfront. Continue reading
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said one shooter was confirmed killed at the scene of the Navy Yard rampage and authorities are looking for two other men who may also have been involved in the attack.
The two at large suspects were dressed in military garb but are not believed to be U.S. service personnel, Lanier said. Continue reading
Several people were killed and others injured when at least one gunman opened fire at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington D.C. on Monday, authorities said.
One Navy official said that four people had died and eight others were injured, but other officials suggested caution over those numbers saying the situation was in flux. Continue reading