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13 dead in Washington Navy Yard shooting
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At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard yesterday and officials said 13 people were killed and at least three people were critically wounded in the rampage, including a law enforcement officer.
Hospital officials said all three were expected to recover..
President Barack Obama called the attack a “cowardly act.”
One shooter was killed, but police were looking for two other potential gunmen wearing military-style uniforms, District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
The FBI took charge of the investigation at the Navy Yard and identified the gunman killed in the attack as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis of Texas. He died after a running gunbattle with police, investigators said.
Authorities said he was working in information technology with a company that was a Defense Department contractor but it wasn't clear if he was assigned to the Navy Yard. As a contractor, he could have had a badge that might have gained him access to the base.
The rampage led to tightened security at the Capitol nearby.
The Navy Yard attack was the deadliest shooting at a U.S.-based military installation since an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas.
Witnesses described a gunman firing down on a cafeteria from an upper floor and a gunman firing at people in a hallway on another floor.
About 3,000 people work at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters, which builds, buys and maintains the Navy’s ships and submarines and combat systems.
Todd Brundidge said he and other co-workers encountered a gunman in a hallway on the third floor. The gunman was wearing all blue, he said.
“He just turned and started firing,” Brundidge said.
Terrie Durham said she also saw the gunman.
“He aimed high and missed,” she said. “He said nothing. As soon as I realized he was shooting, we just said: ‘Get out of the building.’”
Rick Mason said a gunman was shooting from a fourth-floor overlook in the hallway outside his office. He said the gunman was aiming down at people in the building’s cafeteria. Mason said he could hear the shots but could not see the gunman.
Shortly after the gunfire, Mason said someone on an overhead speaker told workers to seek shelter and later to head for the gates at the complex.
Patricia Ward said she was in the cafeteria.
“It was three gunshots straight in a row — pop, pop, pop. Three seconds later, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running,” she told reporters.
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