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Sep 17, 2013 11:52 AM CDT

Survivors Describe Navy Yard Shooting

'We're lucky he was far enough away he was a bad shot'

(Newser) - Terrie Durham and Todd Brundidge were working in a third-floor office at the Navy Yard yesterday when the alarm went off. "Someone came up to my desk and said, 'This is not a drill. Someone had just been shot," Brundidge tells NBC . They left their office, only...

Navy Yard Gunman Had
Been 'Hearing Voices'

Sep 17, 2013 7:59 AM CDT

Navy Yard Gunman Had Been 'Hearing Voices'

And he had a 'pattern of misbehavior' in the military

(Newser) - Aaron Alexis, who is now believed to have been the only shooter behind yesterday's Navy Yard massacre , suffered from serious mental issues, including paranoia and a sleep disorder, and had been hearing voices in his head, sources tell the AP . Alexis also suffered from PTSD, his father told investigators,...

8 Victims Named
in Navy Yard
Shooting

UPDATED

Sep 17, 2013 7:43 AM CDT

8 Victims Named in Navy Yard Shooting

'Single worst loss of life' in DC in decades

(Newser) - A picture of alleged Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, who was apparently a military contractor, has begun to emerge ; now, we're learning about the 12 other people killed in the shooting, which the Washington Post calls "the single worst loss of life in the District" since a 1982...

Cost-Cutting Navy Yard Was Poorly Protected: Report

Sep 17, 2013 4:57 AM CDT

Cost-Cutting Navy Yard Was Poorly Protected: Report

Aaron Alexis worked for Navy subcontractor

(Newser) - The Navy Yard attacked yesterday hadn't adequately guarded itself when it came to contractor access, an upcoming report finds. Seeking "to reduce access-control costs," the Navy "did not effectively mitigate access-control risks associated with contractor-installation access," says the report, begun in August 2012 by the...

Accused
Navy Yard
Gunman Was
a Buddhist

Sep 16, 2013 6:21 PM CDT

Accused Navy Yard Gunman Was a Buddhist

Dad also told police he was traumatized from 9/11

(Newser) - New details have emerged about accused Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis . Perhaps most unexpected: Alexis was a practicing Buddhist, who visited a Fort Worth Thai Buddhist temple to meditate twice a week. "From the outside, he was a quiet person," says one of the monk's assistants,...

Navy Yard
Shooter
Identified

UPDATED

Sep 16, 2013 4:04 PM CDT

Navy Yard Shooter Identified

Authorities ID suspect as Aaron Alexis; death toll hits 13

(Newser) - The FBI has identified the alleged shooter responsible for today's Washington Navy Yard shooting as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, the Washington Post reports. At the same press conference, officials confirmed the death toll in the shooting has risen to 13—including Alexis. Alexis served four...

Mass Shootings:
Now 'as American
as Apple Pie'

OPINION

Sep 16, 2013 3:24 PM CDT

Mass Shootings: Now 'as American as Apple Pie'

Petula Dvorak: Mass shootings are now simply routine in the US

(Newser) - Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Tucson, Aurora, Newtown. No more context is needed—we mentally amend the words "mass shooting" to each of these. And today we add another location to that list: Washington Navy Yard . "How can this country tolerate another mass shooting, after we’ve endured so...

Navy Yard
Death Toll
Hits 12

UPDATED

Sep 16, 2013 2:15 PM CDT

Navy Yard Death Toll Hits 12

DC police chief says cops still seeking 1 other potential shooter

(Newser) - At least 12 people have died in the shooting at the US Navy Yard , DC Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier confirmed today, and police aren't sure if they've accounted for all the culprits. Police have confirmed that one shooter is among the dead, but Lanier said that the...

At Least 4 Dead, 8 Shot
at DC Navy Yard

UPDATED

Sep 16, 2013 10:00 AM CDT

At Least 4 Dead, 8 Shot at DC Navy Yard

Reports are changing swiftly in shooting rampage

(Newser) - At least four people have been killed and at least eight are injured in the shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, a US Navy public affairs director is confirming . The Navy itself is reporting fatalities , though it won't say how many. The shooter is described as "contained,...