Shooter at Washington Navy Yard kills 12

[jimmy olsen]

Saw this as a breaking news banner at NBC

https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/379584916549550080

Several people wounded, gunmen is armed with a rifle and on the loose.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/16/20522196-gunman-opens-fire-at-navy-yard-in-washington-several-wounded-officials-say?lite

[CountDeMoney]

3 shots fired inside Naval Sea Systems Command HQ?  Ass is probably involved.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Unusual.

[lustindarkness]

Seems this is still going on.

[CountDeMoney]

So far, the score is:  as many as 12 shot, 4 dead.  DC Metro officer and a base officer wounded.  Shooter is either down/wounded/cornered, depending on who's reporting.

[Kleves]

At least we can all take comfort in the fact that the shooter's right to an assault rifle wasn't interfered with prior to the shooting.

[Scipio]

I find it hard to believe that in a secured military base, located in a city with extensive firearm regulations, someone managed to secure a firearm illegally and then use it to illegally shoot other people.  Clearly, the Washington Naval Yard needs more gun control.

[crazy canuck]

Heard a report there could be three gunmen.

@Scipio, if Kleves is right the gun were obtained legally.

[Neil]

The solution is to ban privately-owned guns in the United States.

[Caliga]

So I just opened up Facebook and the first "our thoughts and prayers are with the victims" post from a company I see was made by... Glock.

[Neil]

So I just opened up Facebook and the first "our thoughts and prayers are with the victims" post from a company I see was made by... Glock.

[garbon]

I find it hard to believe that in a secured military base, located in a city with extensive firearm regulations, someone managed to secure a firearm illegally and then use it to illegally shoot other people.  Clearly, the Washington Naval Yard needs more gun control.

That's what happens when you have lax laws elsewhere.

[Caliga]

I kind of wonder if these other 'possible shooters' were workers in the building firing back at the shooter.

[KRonn]

They're saying several shooters so my first thoughts were a terrorist attack, especially given that it's at a prominent Naval Shipyard.

[Caliga]

The dead suspect in Monday's killings at the Washington Navy Yard has been identified as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old military contractor from Texas, the Washington FBI Field Office told CNN's Pamela Brown.