Via Navy.Mil:
WASHINGTON (NNS) — Several people were injured and there are reports of fatalities in a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard Sept. 16.
An active shooter was reported inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building (Bldg. 197) on the Washington Navy Yard at 8:20 a.m. (Eastern Time).
Emergency personnel remain on scene and a “shelter in place” order has been issued for Navy Yard personnel.
This release will be updated as new information is confirmed
From Twitter:
From one of our staffers sheltering in place in SE DC. #NavyYardShooting pic.twitter.com/UNcWqRLExY
— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) September 16, 2013
(removed video – did not work…)
Update: CBS Washington has a live blog up and running. From the blog:
Witness at Navy Yard says she heard "pop, pop, pop" inside building cafeteria. People "running, running, running." http://t.co/r5umdjPaOV
— CBS D.C. (@CBSDC) September 16, 2013
Update #2:
Video from CBS:
Update #3:
Via Defense One:
Breaking shooter description: Black male w/ dark complexion, approximately 5’10” to 6 feet tall, 170 pound with a black shirt and black hat.
There are conflicting report of more than one shooter. Stay tuned, as this sort of information does change rapidly. Updated! See below…
Update #4:
And already the neocon right starts the stupidity:
I believe the Washington Naval Yard is a gun free zone. Can anyone confirm?
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) September 16, 2013
Hmph, maybe Ed Brayton has a point. I’ll just call her the stupid bitch daygo of the day.
Update #5:
Speaking of Stupidity:
Новая стрельба у штаба ВМС в Вашингтоне – одинокий стрелок и 7 трупов. Никто уже не удивлен. Наглядное подтверждение "амер.исключительности"
— Алексей Пушков (@Alexey_Pushkov) September 16, 2013
The USA should part with the notion of American exceptionalism. It contradicts the principles of equal rights and smells of political racism
— Алексей Пушков (@Alexey_Pushkov) September 16, 2013
Via BuzzFeed:
Translation of Russian tweet:
Translated from Russian by Bing Translator
New shooting NAVY HQ in Washington-the lone shooter and 7 corpses. No one is surprised. Visual Confirmation “u.s. exceptionalism”
Nice. Communists gloating over American deaths. 😡
Update #6:
Some interesting photos from the scene at BuzzFeed.
Update #7:
Fox News is now reporting that one shooter is now dead. Updated! See Below!
Update #8:
Smoke Break! Be right back!
Update #9:
I’m back! Much better! *cough* *cough* 😀
Update #10:
Eyewitness account via NBCNews.com:
WASHINGTON — Two workers at the Washington Navy Yard who came face to face with the gunman in a dimly lit hallway recounted Monday how he silently raised his rifle and opened fire on them.
Don Andres, a legislative aide to Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., describes to MSNBC’s Chris Jansing the scene near the Washington Navy Yard, where 12 were wounded and at least four people died after a shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command.
“We’re lucky he was far enough away he was a bad shot,” said Terrie Durham, a civilian employee in the Office of Naval Sea Systems Command.
Durham and co-worker Todd Brundivge were in their office Monday morning when a fire alarm went off, followed by an announcement of an emergency and orders to leave the building.
“I was on the phone and someone came up to my desk and said, ‘This is not a drill. Someone had just been shot. There are shots in the building,'” Brundivge said.
“So I hung up the phone and started to try to get people out of the building.
Update #11: Fox News is now reporting that one shooting is now dead, and that Navy police and DC police are looking for two other shooters. Terrorism, at this time, is not suspected; that this is an isolated incident. I will refrain from my commentary in a news post. Hopefully, the police and Navy Police find out is going on and the motive for this. My thoughts and prayers to victims and deceased and their families. 🙁
Oh, BTW, when I refer to commentary; I am referring to motive. Fox News is pushing the terrorism motive hard. I won’t do that. It is too soon to speculate and I won’t do that here. Anything else, is fair game.
Update #12: Some interesting news via ABC News:
Details on #NavyYard shooter: Source tells @PierreTABC shooter was a former Navy official in his 50's whose work status recently changed
— ABC News (@ABC) September 16, 2013
…and here is some weapons grade stupidity, props to Hotair.com for finding this one.
Here’s the video:
Wow… Just wow…. 🙄
Update #13: Still no word on motive. One shooter has been ID’ed and they are still looking for a second shooter. I will take this off sticky and move on.
Related:
- Washington Post: Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C.
- Austin Wright / Politico: Shooter stalks Washington Navy Yard
- CBS DC: 4 Killed, 8 Injured at Washington Navy Yard
Others: WJLA-TV, ThinkProgress, Crooks and Liars, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite,NPR, Daily Kos, Gawker, Macleans.ca, Scared Monkeys and National Review, Yahoo! News, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Defense One, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, Washington Monthly,American Spectator, Shakesville and The Raw Story, Weekly Standard, Hot Air, WND, NBCNews and Ed Driscoll, ABC News, The Lonely Conservative
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