UPDATE: FBI: Dead Navy Yard shooting suspect ID’d as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, a military contractor from Texas – @CNNbrk
UPDATE: Mayor Gray confirms 12 fatalities
UPADTE: Hospital reporting severe injuries in critical conditions but victims able to communicate with medical personnel. Chances of survival for victims “very good.”
It’s being reported this morning that at least one shooter at Washington D.C.’s Navy Yard has injured multiple victims including at least three civilians and two officers, though the U.S. Navy initially confirmed only one and has since cited ‘”several” in total. Tallies vary but it’s being circulated that as many as 12 may have been shot, four of whom may have been killed.
The local Twitter handle MyFoxDC notes that one of the possible suspects, a male carrying what’s thought to be an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, is on the contained but not apprehended within a Navy Yard building. Ladder 36 of the D.C. Fire Department notes that a victim was found at New Jersey and M streets while one officer, a MPD officer, has been rushed to MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
The Washington Post is now reporting that the one of the gunmen has been located though has barricaded himself in a room, likely at the Navy Yard.
The Navy noted in a press release that “Emergency personnel are on scene and a ‘shelter in place’ order has been issued for Navy Yard personnel.”
The U.S. Navy has also confirmed over the popular social media network that a shooting did take place, though details are scarce at this time. The incident was reported at around 8:40 a.m. ET this morning, though the U.S. Navy notes three shots were fired at approximately 8:20 a.m. at the Navy Sea Systems Command Headquarters, Building 197. Some 3,000 people work there engineering, purchasing, building, and maintaining ships and submarines for the Navy.
NBC Washington: One shooter dead at #NavyYardShooting, according to two law enforcement sources.
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 16, 2013
#UPDATE: 10 people have been shot at the Navy Yard, including a D.C. police officer and a U.S. base security officer. http://t.co/gWUMcGa7Bb
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) September 16, 2013
#BREAKING: #USNavy confirms active shooter at Washington Navy Yard. More to follow.
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) September 16, 2013
Police Scanner: AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE SHOT – WASH NAVY YARD.
— Doug Buchanan (@dbfox5) September 16, 2013
Update: Navy Yard report of possibly 5 people shot inside building
— DC Fire Fighters L36 (@IAFF36) September 16, 2013
Scanner: Woman – shot in the shoulder – awiting help – atop a roof on grounds of Wash Navy Yard.
— Doug Buchanan (@dbfox5) September 16, 2013
#NavyYard shooting suspect description issued from MPD: adult black male, bald head, dark top & pants,6ft tall, carrying AR15 assault rifle.
— Laura Evans (@lauraevansfox5) September 16, 2013
FAA: National Airport is not allowing any flights out due to the Navy Yard incident
— WSJ Washington Wire (@WSJwashington) September 16, 2013
BREAKING: Defense official says several killed and as many as 10 wounded in Navy Yard shooting.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2013
This is a developing story. Stay tuned to BostInno for the latest details regarding the shooting at Washington D.C.’s Navy Yard. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as more information continues to be made publicly available.
