Washington Navy Yard shooting

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At least 10 wounded in Washington Navy yard shooting: multiple fatalities

http://news.yahoo.com/shots-fired-at-washington-navy-yard--u-s--navy-confirms-130407614.html

At least 10 people were injured in the shooting, including eight civilians, one Washington, D.C., Metro police officer and one base officer, D.C. Metro Police said. There were several fatalities, according to the Associated Press.

The Navy said three shots were fired at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building on the base at approximately 8:20 a.m., and police were treating it as an active shooter situation. According to the Washington Post, the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman had barricaded himself.

Rick Mason, administrative specialist program management specialist for the U.S. Navy, told Yahoo News he was on the fourth floor when he saw a shooter had a shotgun, aiming down into the atrium. The gunman, Mason said, was targeting people who walked into the cafeteria.

A “shelter in place” order was issued for Navy Yard personnel, the Navy said in a news release

Approximately 3,000 people work in the building where the shots were heard, though it’s unclear how many people were inside at the time of the shooting.

A heavy SWAT and police presence could be seen around the Navy Yard, and a helicopter was circling overhead

Employees could be seen huddled outside the base crying and holding each other. At least one of the victims was airlifted from the scene

According to WJLA-TV, a “ground stop” was ordered at Reagan National Airport, and schools in the area were placed on temporary lockdown, and several roads were closed in the area.

A White House official said President Barack Obama has been briefed several times about the unfolding situation at the Navy Yard by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco and Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromanaco.

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Rob is down there. http://gcaptain.com/active-shooter-us-navy-washington/

Don’t be surprised if the site is going slow today.

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I remember eating in that food court/cafeteria they said suspect was in (or above). Cripes, he was shooting people like fish in a barrel. It was morning and folks were probably picking up coffee and Danish or what have you.

They say the suspect was a DoD contractor- I wonder if he was still employed, or terminated? This is going to have repercussions. DoD recently began scanning CaC (Common Access Cards) for the identity chip at entry gates but they are not consistent about it. I’ll bet that changes very, very soon and expands to the other departments and agencies…the days of using it (and for that matter, the TWIC) as a flash pass should be consigned to history.

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I have come to the conclusion of late, we can just send all these dingbats and maybe even open a few prisons - send them all to Moscow airport and ask for asylum.

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Tragic.

and the blood has not even been cleaned up and the anti-gun lobby is already screaming for increased gun control over this terrible event. What the anti-gun folks are missing is the fact the shooter began his rampage with a Joe Biden approved shotgun and then stole a semi auto pistol and AR-15 from base security victims.

Do they want to prohibit police & military from possessing these weapons as well?

Not to diminish from the suffering of the victims - their recovery should be our focus. I just shake my head when every mentally deranged misuse of firearms is immediately politicized.

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William S. Burroughs, an american writer, artist and gun rights supporter famously said “After a shooting spree they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people who have guns are the police and the military.”

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[QUOTE=Jetryder223;120589]Tragic.

and the blood has not even been cleaned up and the anti-gun lobby is already screaming for increased gun control over this terrible event. What the anti-gun folks are missing is the fact the shooter began his rampage with a Joe Biden approved shotgun and then stole a semi auto pistol and AR-15 from base security victims.

Do they want to prohibit police & military from possessing these weapons as well?

Not to diminish from the suffering of the victims - their recovery should be our focus. I just shake my head when every mentally deranged misuse of firearms is immediately politicized.[/QUOTE]

Update - OOPS! No evil AR-15 assault weapon was used. Just a shotgun and 2 pistols taken from security guards. Do you think Feinswine will correct her earlier statements?

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[QUOTE=Jetryder223;120622]Update - OOPS! No evil AR-15 assault weapon was used. Just a shotgun and 2 pistols taken from security guards. Do you think Feinswine will correct her earlier statements?[/QUOTE]

Never in a million years. She’ll just add those guns to her list of evil guns.

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[QUOTE=“PaddyWest2012;120604”]William S. Burroughs, an american writer, artist and gun rights supporter famously said “After a shooting spree they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people who have guns are the police and the military.”[/QUOTE]

When anyome talks about “gun control”, just remember to mentally delete “guns” from everything they say; it is about control . . . of what you can buy/use, eat, drink, or drive. Don’t you inderstand how little you know? The government is here to protect you!

Thffft!