Law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C. have identified the deceased suspect in the Navy Yard Shooting, a violent rampage at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters that reportedly claimed the lives of at least 12 people and wounded more on Monday, as Aaron Alexis. According to CBS News, Alexis was a 34-year-old civilian contractor from Fort Worth, Texas.
Earlier on Monday, CBS and NBC misidentified Alexis, allegedly due to an ID card found on his body that belonged to someone else. Both news outlets later retracted their reports. NBC later reported that the ID reportedly belonged to a man who had previously been employed at the Navy Yard. Pete Williams alleged that the ID card was discovered next to Alexis’ body in Building 197, where most of the shooting rampage took place.
The Associated Press reported that the suspected shooter was identified by two federal law enforcement officials who spoke to the publication on the condition of anonymity. At least one of those sources said that Alexis, who is believed to have recently begun working at the Navy, had a criminal record in Texas. At least one source also told the AP that Alexis likely had a concealed carry weapon permit.
Police have yet to confirm the number of total shooters, but Chief of Police Cathy Lanier said earlier that police had reason to believe there were two more potential suspects. "Right now we have multiple pieces of information that would suggest we have at least two other individuals that were seen with firearms," she said.
Police now say that at one other gunman may still be on the loose. On Monday afternoon, Lanier announced that moving forward, the FBI would be taking over the investigation.
President Obama addressed the shooting during a scheduled speech on the financial crisis, saying: “So we are confronting yet another mass shooting, and today it happened on a military installation in our nation’s capital. It’s a shooting that targeted military and civilian personnel. These are men and women going to work, doing their job protecting all of us. They’re patriots, and they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn’t have expected here at home."
Who Is Aaron Alexis? Law Enforcement Officials ID Deceased Navy Yard Shooting Suspect
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