Shooter at Washington Navy Yard kills 12

[11B4V]

(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 years in the Navy as a full-time reservist, and was discharged in 2011. Sources tell the AP that Alexis has a criminal record—CBS reports that he was arrested in 2010 for discharging a firearm in public—but nonetheless has a concealed carry permit in Texas. During the shooting, he was allegedly carrying a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, reports NBC Washington.

Authorities are investigating whether Alexis was working as a defense contractor or a civilian employee of the Navy, and whether he was assigned to the navy yard, reports the Post, but authorities believe he got into the naval yard using someone else's ID card. CBS reports that the ID belonged to one Rollie Chance, who has been on administrative leave since October. Chance says he does not know Alexis. Meanwhile, police are still searching for a second possible suspect in the shooting, described as a black man between 40 and 50, wearing an olive drab and armed with a "long gun", reports NBC Washington.

[jimmy olsen]

(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 years in the Navy as a full-time reservist, and was discharged in 2011. Sources tell the AP that Alexis has a criminal record—CBS reports that he was arrested in 2010 for discharging a firearm in public—but nonetheless has a concealed carry permit in Texas. During the shooting, he was allegedly carrying a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, reports NBC Washington.

Texas

[Admiral Yi]

The DC chief of police is a white chick.  By 250 pound dyke standards she looked pretty good.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

(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 years in the Navy as a full-time reservist, and was discharged in 2011. Sources tell the AP that Alexis has a criminal record—CBS reports that he was arrested in 2010 for discharging a firearm in public—but nonetheless has a concealed carry permit in Texas. During the shooting, he was allegedly carrying a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, reports NBC Washington.

Texas

According to the law, he held the CHL illegally then, assuming he was convicted of the public discharge.  The article only says he as arrested.

[Scipio]

(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 years in the Navy as a full-time reservist, and was discharged in 2011. Sources tell the AP that Alexis has a criminal record—CBS reports that he was arrested in 2010 for discharging a firearm in public—but nonetheless has a concealed carry permit in Texas. During the shooting, he was allegedly carrying a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, reports NBC Washington.

Authorities are investigating whether Alexis was working as a defense contractor or a civilian employee of the Navy, and whether he was assigned to the navy yard, reports the Post, but authorities believe he got into the naval yard using someone else's ID card. CBS reports that the ID belonged to one Rollie Chance, who has been on administrative leave since October. Chance says he does not know Alexis. Meanwhile, police are still searching for a second possible suspect in the shooting, described as a black man between 40 and 50, wearing an olive drab and armed with a "long gun", reports NBC Washington.

Not convicted, thus, don't count.

[DGuller]

Isn't is standard practice for Texans to discharge two guns into the air simultaneously at any and all occasions?

[Ed Anger]

Isn't is standard practice for Texans to discharge two guns into the air simultaneously at any and all occasions?

While hopping.

[garbon]

Isn't is standard practice for Texans to discharge two guns into the air simultaneously at any and all occasions?

While hopping.

On their vaginas.

[mongers]

Reports of 'shots' heard near the White House.

edit:
BREAKING | Reuters news agency reports agents telling  White House bystanders to go inside after reports of shots heard. More soon.

edit2:
BREAKING | White House locked down after man set off firecrackers, hours after gun massacre at a US naval base in Washington. More soon.

[Ed Anger]

Reports of 'shots' heard near the White House.

edit:
BREAKING | Reuters news agency reports agents telling  White House bystanders to go inside after reports of shots heard. More soon.

edit2:
BREAKING | White House locked down after man set off firecrackers, hours after gun massacre at a US naval base in Washington. More soon.

'murica. Fuck yeah.

[Phillip V]

In addition to being a former Navy reservist, Secretary of Navy says shooter may have been a defense contractor working for the Navy in information technology.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/live-updates-from-washington-navy-yard-shootings/#suspect-was-a-navy-contractor-navy-secretary-says

[Ideologue]

So not former cop who worked in information security?  Good news.

[11B4V]

So not former cop who worked in information security?  Good news.

[dps]

(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 years in the Navy as a full-time reservist, and was discharged in 2011. Sources tell the AP that Alexis has a criminal record—CBS reports that he was arrested in 2010 for discharging a firearm in public—but nonetheless has a concealed carry permit in Texas. During the shooting, he was allegedly carrying a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle, reports NBC Washington.

Authorities are investigating whether Alexis was working as a defense contractor or a civilian employee of the Navy, and whether he was assigned to the navy yard, reports the Post, but authorities believe he got into the naval yard using someone else's ID card. CBS reports that the ID belonged to one Rollie Chance, who has been on administrative leave since October. Chance says he does not know Alexis. Meanwhile, police are still searching for a second possible suspect in the shooting, described as a black man between 40 and 50, wearing an olive drab and armed with a "long gun", reports NBC Washington.

Not convicted, thus, don't count.

From what I've read, he was never even charged with anything.  He told the cops that his gun had accidentally discharged while he was cleaning it, and I guess there wasn't enough evidence to the contrary to pursue the matter any further.

[Admiral Yi]

9.5 quatloos says Rollie Chance is going down.