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On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed 12 people in the Washington Navy Yard shooting.
Washington Navy Yard shooting
CCTV footage of the shooter in building 197 holding a Remington 870 shotgun.
Location: NAVSEA Building 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates: 38°52?28.7?N 76°59?54.7?W
Date: September 16, 2013; 8:16 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.[1][2] (EDT)
The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013 when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. The attack took place in the Navy Yard's Building 197; it began around 8:16 a.m. EDT and ended when Alexis was killed by police around 9:25 a.m. It was the second-deadliest mass murder on a U.S. military base, behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
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CCTV footage of the shooter in building 197 holding a Remington 870 shotgun.
Location: NAVSEA Building 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates: 38°52?28.7?N 76°59?54.7?W
Date: September 16, 2013; 8:16 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.[1][2] (EDT)
The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013 when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. The attack took place in the Navy Yard's Building 197; it began around 8:16 a.m. EDT and ended when Alexis was killed by police around 9:25 a.m. It was the second-deadliest mass murder on a U.S. military base, behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
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