The shooting revealed a potentially serious security breach. Authorities said they were searching for another possible gunman wearing military-style clothing.Įarlier, officials said they were looking for two men, but then said police had established one of them was not a suspect in the shooting, which began at about 8.30 a.m. Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the Washington field office of the FBI, asked the public for help with information about Alexis. “We have no indication of motive at this time,” Lanier said. police chief Cathy Lanier told reporters that Alexis “was engaged in shooting with police officers” when he died. The suspect was identified by the FBI as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas. The Navy did not immediately provide additional details but a Washington police spokesman said earlier that five people had been shot, including a District of Columbia police officer and one other law enforcement officer. Navy said several people were injured and there were possible fatalities in the shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. Police block off the M Street, SE, as they respond to a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, September 16, 2013.
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