***Update: At least 12 dead*** in shooting at Washington Navy Yard

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'Multiple' people killed at Washington Navy Yard

 

Police in Washington have confirmed "multiple" people were killed in a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, a naval installation in the US capital.

 

At least four others including a police officer were injured, officials said. Police entered an office building in search of a gunman, after shots were fired at 08:20 local time (13:20 GMT).

 

One gunman was killed at the scene and police are searching for two other "potential" gunmen, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. A 50-year-old Navy employee whose employment status had recently changed has been identified as the deceased gunman, ABC News reported.

 

Officials are searching the area surrounding the Navy Yard in south-east Washington DC for two additional suspects in military-style uniform, Ms Lanier said. "The big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located," she said.

 

She described one as a white male in a tan short-sleeve military-style outfit and beret hat. He was last seen about 08:35 local time carrying a handgun. A black male approximately 50 years of age and wearing olive kit was seen carrying a long gun and is also being sought.

 

Washington Mayor Vincent Gray said four people were wounded in the shooting. Ms Lanier said "multiple victims" were deceased. The US Navy said shots were reported fired at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters at the yard in south-east Washington DC.

 

At least three people suffering "severe" gunshot wounds were brought to Washington Hospital Center by helicopter, said chief medical officer Janis Orlowski. A Washington DC Metropolitan Police officer suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his legs, a female civilian was shot in the head and hand, and another woman was being treated for a shoulder wound, she said.

 

All three were in critical condition but their chances for survival were "very good", Dr Orlowski said.

 

Eyewitness Patricia Ward reported hearing at least seven shots from inside a cafeteria on Monday morning. "It just happened so fast… I just ran," she said.

 

Cmdr Tim Juris was on the fourth floor of the building when he heard shots, he told the BBC. "It sounded like a cap gun as opposed to a real gun," he said.

 

In the minutes following the initial reports, dozens of emergency vehicles converged on the site. Helicopters have been flying overhead. The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department has instructed family members to reunite at the car park of a nearby baseball stadium.

 

President Barack Obama has been briefed on the matter by senior aides and has directed federal agencies to co-ordinate their response and investigation efforts. At the White House, Mr Obama said he mourned "yet another mass shooting" and sent his thoughts and prayers to the victims.

 

"These are men and women going to work and doing their job," he said. "They know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they face the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home."

 

As many as 3,000 people work at the command, which engineers, purchases, builds and maintains ships and submarines for the Navy. The Washington Navy Yard is the US Navy's oldest shore installation, first opened in the early 19th Century, according to the Navy.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24111481

[NumbersGirl]

Official says 12 killed, others hurt in shooting inside Washington Navy Yard military building

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) - BREAKING UPDATE:

 

DC police chief: 12 dead in shootings at Washington Navy Yard.

 

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As many as three gunmen opened fire Monday inside one of the Navy's oldest buildings, attacking office workers at a heavily guarded military facility in the heart of the nation's capital. At least six people were killed.

 

One of the gunmen was dead, and police were searching for two other men believed to have joined in the attack at the Washington Navy Yard. The suspects were reportedly dressed in military-style clothing, including one who had on a beret.

 

In all, more than a dozen people were shot, at least half of them fatally. It was not immediately clear whether that number included the dead gunman.

 

The attack unfolded just a short distance from the White House and the U.S. Capitol at a former shipyard that is one of the Navy's oldest shore facilities.

 

The building that was targeted was the military's headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command, which buys, builds and maintains ships, submarines and combat systems. About 3,000 people work at the headquarters, many of them civilians.

 

Witnesses described a gunman opening fire from a fourth-floor overlook, aiming down on people in the first-floor cafeteria. Others said a gunman fired at them in a third-floor hallway.

 

It was not clear whether the witnesses on different floors were describing the same gunman.

 

As emergency vehicles and law enforcement officers flooded streets around the complex, a helicopter hovered overhead, nearby schools were locked down and airplanes at nearby Reagan National Airport were briefly grounded so they would not interfere with law-enforcement choppers. Less than 2 miles away, security was beefed up at the Capitol and other federal buildings, but officials said there was no known threat.

 

President Barack Obama mourned yet another mass shooting in the U.S. that he said took the lives of American patriots. Obama promised to make sure "whoever carried out this cowardly act is held responsible."

 

Two Navy officials confirmed at least six people had died. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the situation publicly.

 

Todd Brundidge, an executive assistant with Navy Sea Systems Command, said he and other co-workers encountered a gunman in a long hallway on the third floor. The gunman was wearing all blue, he said.

 

"He just turned and started firing," Brundidge said.

 

Terrie Durham, an executive assistant with the same agency, said she also saw the gunman firing toward her and Brundidge.

 

"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, a civilian program-management analyst for the Navy, said a gunman was shooting from the overlook in the hallway outside his office.

 

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, a logistics-management specialist, said she was in the cafeteria getting breakfast.

 

"It was three gunshots straight in a row — pop, pop, pop. Three seconds later, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running," Ward told reporters several blocks away from the Navy Yard.

 

Ward said security officers started directing people out of the building with guns drawn.

 

One person died at George Washington University Hospital of a single gunshot wound to the left temple, said Dr. Babak Sarani, director of trauma and acute care surgery. A police officer and two civilian women were in critical condition at Washington Hospital Center, said Janis Orlowski, the hospital's chief operating officer.

 

Orlowski said the police officer was in the operating room with gunshot wounds to the legs. One woman had a gunshot wound to the shoulder. The other had gunshot wounds to the head and hand.

 

Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the Navy's five system commands and accounts for a quarter of the Navy's entire budget. Only security personnel were allowed to be armed on the campus.

 

The Navy Yard has three gates, according to its website. One is open around the clock and must be used by visitors. A second gate is only for military and civilian Defense Department employees. The other gate is for bus traffic.

 

The Navy Yard is part of a fast-growing neighborhood on the banks of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, just blocks from the Nationals Park baseball stadium.

 

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[Nikola]

Gun control

Health care

Civil rights

Economic growth

Immigration reform

Education

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NAH FUCK THAT LETS JUST BOMB SYRIA INSTEAD !!!

[Black Rose]

R.I.P. to the people who lost their lives

 

Rot in Hell for the shooter

[nancyk58]

Another terrible incident with shootings in the USA. But still no gun control in sight. So sad.

 

And I read that in Iowa (I think it was) blind people can buy guns. How will blind people be able to take aim when being blind. They might hear an unfamiliar noise and shoot - and then it might turn out that the unfamiliar noise was caused by a pet entering the room or the like.

 

R.I.P. to the victims and wishes for quick recovery for those wounded/injured.

[The Final Track]

Once again a man who under no circumstances should have access to fire arms, has.

[Batman]

Half automatic machine guns for self-defense MY ARSE.

 

 

And RIP to those who died.

[Cobalt]

:/ guess mental health stuff isn't going so great in the us huh