Washington Navy Yard Shooting: Multiple Injuries Reported As Police Hunt For Suspect

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At least one shooter has died at the Washington Navy Yard, an official told the Associated Press. Police are looking into the possibility of a second shooter.

Several people were killed and at least 10 were wounded, a Defense Department official told the AP. MSNBC reports that a naval security guard was among those shot.

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A suspect was reportedly inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building at 8:20 a.m. Several news outlets are reporting that he has barricaded himself inside a particular room, but police haven't confirmed. Approximately 3,000 people work in the building.

A suspect is described as a black male with a dark complexion, approximately 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, 170 pounds with a black shirt and a black hat. He is believed have multiple guns, including an AR-15, according to WUSA9.

A "shelter in place" order was issued for Navy Yard personnel. At least six schools were on lockdown as a precaution in the D.C. area, according to CNN.


Two females and one male are undergoing treatment at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, a representative said at a press conference. One female has a gunshot wound to the head and hand, another was shot in the shoulder. The male has "multiple wounds to his legs."

"Their chances for survival are very good," she said.

SWAT crews as well as police from multiple local and federal agencies are on the scene. President Obama has been briefed "several times" about the shooting, Fox News reports.
 
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You're a little late with this one, Cr122. I heard about this two hours ago.
 
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The shooter is dead.

I guess the governement has finally realized TO KILL THESE BASTARDS BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED OF PAYING TAXES TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
 
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You know, if these fucktards who run our government weren't so busy watching everyone they could probably prevent these situations.
 
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1 suspect dead in Navy Yard shooting; 2 others may be on loose, police chief says


By Tom Cohen. Barbara Starr and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN

updated 12:36 PM EDT, Mon September 16, 2013


Washington (CNN) -- One suspect is dead after a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, but two others may be on the loose, the D.C. police chief said Monday.

"The big concern for us right now is that we potentially have two other shooters that we have not located at this point," Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters.

Lanier said authorities were looking for a white man and a black man in military-style clothing who could be connected to the shooting.

"We have no information to believe that either of those folks are military personnel, but we do have information that those individuals are wearing military-style uniforms," she said.

Earlier Monday, Ed Zeigler, director of public affairs for Naval District Washington, told CNN that two suspected shooters were "down," but a senior Navy official could not confirm whether there was more than one gunman.

A police helicopter hovers above snipers on the roof of a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16, after at least three gunmen opened fire. At least 10 people have been injured.


Police stand guard on M Street in Washington.

Police vehicles move toward the Navy Yard.


Multiple people were killed in the deadly shooting, Zeigler said, which sent police in SWAT team gear swarming to the scene.

Helicopters hovered overhead. In one chopper, there appeared to be a police sniper peering out, with a scope at the ready.

Earlier, authorities said a gunman dressed in all black fired shots inside the Navy Yard, injuring at least 10 people.

Witness: 'He aimed his gun at us' and fired

The injured included a Washington police officer who has been hospitalized, and a base security guard officer, said Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Saray Leon.

Three people, including the D.C. police officer, were admitted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center with multiple gunshot wounds. They are expected to survive, chief medical officer Janis Orlowski told reporters.

The incident started unfolding at 8:20 a.m. when several shots were fired inside the headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command in southeast Washington.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent a team of about 20 special agents to the scene, a law enforcement official said. The team was the same group that helped apprehend Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the official said.

Police spokesman Chris Kelly earlier described the suspect as an adult male, about 6 feet tall with a bald head and medium complexion, dressed in a black top and black jeans.

Two witnesses told CNN affiliate WJLA that they heard a fire alarm go off in the building where they worked, then saw a man with a rifle down the hallway as they exited the building.

"He aimed the gun and fired our way," a man who identified himself as Todd Brundidge told WJLA, adding, "I couldn't believe it."

People frantically tried to run out of the building, Brundidge said.

"Everyone was going down the stairs. They were pushing. They were shoving. People were falling down," he told WJLA. "As we came outside, people were climbing the wall trying to get over the wall to get out of the spaces. It was just crazy."

Emergency personnel, the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and local D.C. police responded to the shooting, shutting down traffic in the area on the District's south side along the Anacostia River. Some people are being evacuated, and others are sheltering in place.

Security was stepped up at the Pentagon.

At least eight schools were on lockdown as a precaution, the Washington public schools said.

Air traffic to Reagan National Airport in northern Virginia, the closest airport to downtown Washington, was suspended but later resumed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

A White House statement said President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation.

The headquarters -- the workplace for about 3,000 people -- is the largest of the Navy's five system commands. It has a fiscal year budget of nearly $30 billion.

"With a force of 60,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems," the Navy said.

The Washington Navy Yard -- the Navy's oldest land establishment -- was created in 1799 following an act of Congress, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. Originally envisioned as a shipbuilding and fitting facility on the Anacostia River, it serviced some of the Navy's most famous early vessels, including the USS Constitution.

Burned during the War of 1812, the Navy Yard was transformed into a center for ordnance and technological development. The facility was the world's largest ordnance plant during World War II, but its military role steadily diminished during the Cold War era.

Today, the Navy Yard includes the headquarters of Naval District Washington and is home to a naval museum. The area around the facility has been marked in recent years by significant commercial and residential revitalization.
 
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Maybe the EPA could send their tactical assault water testing team to take out the bad guys.
 
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Isn't that that a gun free zone? They should have read the signs and this could have been avoided.
 
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JBond said:
Isn't that that a gun free zone? They should have read the signs and this could have been avoided.
Keep reading...

That's how the libtards drew it up, but it didn't go as planned.

That happens a lot.
 
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