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| The DC Shipyard (or known as the Navy Yard) is within two miles of the U.S. Capitol. There's a breaking news event happening. There's a report of a shooting at the Yard. |
Reports of a mass shooting once again sparks the feverish pitch for gun control. This time it happens in the lawmakers' backyard. The last mass shooting events were the Boston Marathon bombing, the Christopher Donner situation, the Newtown's Sandy Hook school shooting, and Aurora movie theater shooting.
There's a mass shooting at the Navy Yard and it's a report (not confirmed) that four people are dead and their are looking for the shooter.
Like the last time we've covered an event we've jumped to conclusions about who the individual was.
The mistake of jumping to conclusion is solely relied on the agitators. What CNN and the Associated Press is reporting that their are fatalities (confirmed). As far as they know it's ten people (not confirmed).
The Washington, DC police have responded immediately to the event. They have the possibility of more than one gunman (not confirmed).
When the DC police got to the investigation there were scenes of a mass causality event.
President Barack Obama, DC Mayor Vincent Gray and lawmakers were informed about the event.
The cable news networks are covering it. And it's not on the local news yet. But if they go live, it's a mass fatality event and it's another one for the record books.
Every mass shooting in America sparks the push for reasonable gun control. The National Rifle Association located in nearby Fairfax, Virginia has been lobbying members of Congress to stop legislation that restrict the usage of firearms.
They've deem President Barack Obama an enemy of the "Second Amendment".
They tuck their tails between their legs whenever a mass shooting comes forth. And these events, will even affect reasonable gun rights advocates. Some may look at this as a way to push for restrictions to have high powered firearms and undisputed variable magazine clips.
Anymore information will come from CNN, the Associated Press and Wikipedia.
We here at Journal de la Reyna will not assume who the shooter is! All we need to know is that an event happened and we're going to cover it as best as we can.
Wikipedia details the events. On September 16, 2013, a shooting took place at the yard at around 8:20 a.m EDT. Shots were fired at the headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building #197. A search for the shooter(s) is ongoing.
At least 10 people, including 8 civilians, 1 law enforcement officer and one military officer, were shot. Four of which were fatalities according to the United States Navy and Metro Police officials.
The United States Navy continued to tweet throughout the ordeal, revealing that a shelter in place order had been instructed after the initial shots were fired.
Multiple schools have been locked down, and many roadways and bridges have been closed.
The Associated Press reports a confirmation of death. At least 14 people, including at least 12 civilians, 1 D.C. police officer and one base officer, were shot. Seven fatalities have been reported.
At least 3 victims, a male police officer and two female civilians, were in critical condition and are being treated at Georgetown University Hospital.
At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and officials said six people were killed and at least four were wounded, including a law enforcement officer.
Police were looking for two other potential gunmen wearing military-style uniforms, including one who had on a beret, chief Cathy Lanier said.
Authorities have identified the dead shooter as a Navy employee whose work status had been changed earlier this year, said a federal government official who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak on the record. While that may suggest the motive was job related, authorities haven't ruled out anything including terrorism, the official said. Lanier said she didn't think the other gunmen were part of the military.
Witnesses described a gunman opening fire from the fourth floor, aiming down on people in the first-floor cafeteria. Others said a gunman fired at them in a third-floor hallway. It wasn't clear whether the witnesses on different floors were describing the same gunman.
As emergency vehicles flooded the streets around the complex, a helicopter hovered overhead, nearby schools were on lockdown and airplanes at nearby Reagan National Airport were briefly grounded so they wouldn't interfere with law enforcement choppers. Less than 2 miles away, security was beefed up at the U.S. Capitol and other federal buildings, but officials said there was no known threat.
President Barack Obama mourned what he called "yet another mass shooting" in the U.S. that he says took the life 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 discuss the situation publicly.
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, an executive assistant with Navy Sea Systems Command, said he and other co-workers encountered a gunman in a long hallway of their building 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 program management analyst who is a civilian with the U.S. Navy, 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.
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.
Police and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies responded. Ambulances were parked outside, streets in the area were closed and departures from Reagan National Airport were temporarily halted for security reasons.
Janis Orlowski, chief operating officer of Washington Hospital Center, told reporters the hospital was treating three gunshot victims in critical condition. One was Washington, D.C., metropolitan police officer and two were civilian women.
Orlowski said the police officer was in the operating room with gunshot wounds to the legs. A woman had a gunshot wound to the shoulder and the other had gunshot wounds to the head and hand.
District of Columbia schools officials said 12 public and charter schools and one administrative building in the vicinity of the Navy Yard were placed on lockdown. The action was taken out an abundance of caution, schools spokeswoman Melissa Salmanowitz said.
The Homeland Security Department said security was stepped up at federal buildings in Washington as a precaution in the wake of the shooting.
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 24/7, and must be used by visitors. A second gate is only for military and civilian Defense Department employees and the other 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 Nationals Park.
THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A BLACK MAN WITH A CLEAN SHAVEN BALD HEAD.
IDENTIFIED AS AARON ALEXIS. HE WAS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH THE LAW. HE IS THE LONE GUNMAN.
CONFIRMED THAT 12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. THE SHOOTER IS CONFIRMED KILLED.
THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS TO EMERGE AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS!
DC POLICE SAY TERRORISM ISN'T RULED OUT!
