Another day, another mass shooting: Gunmen at Navy Yard in D.C.

[cali]

A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning.

A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman has barricaded himself after allegedly shooting at least three people on the Navy Yard grounds in Southeast Washington.

The U.S. Navy said that three shots were fired around 8:20 a.m. at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building, where about 3,000 people work.

Police said that at least three, possibly four, people were shot. All are in critical condition, authorities said.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-search-for-active-shooter-on-grounds-of-washington-navy-yard-in-southeast-dc/2013/09/16/b1d72b9a-1ecb-11e3-b7d1-7153ad47b549_story.html

[alsame]

1. 4 dead, 8 wounded, shooter is

'down' according to MSNBC just now.

[Laurian]

2. Well, damn. We can't seem to get through more than

a day or two without this insanity. How utterly depressing that nothing is being done to curb the gun violence in hs country.

[malaise]

3. One gunman

four dead

[aolwien]

4. And the week JUST begun

[Stargazer09]

5. I have to wonder

If this could be related to sequestration. A lot of government civilians lost 20% or more of their pay and benefits for at least part of the summer, and economic stress can lead to violence.

[rocktivity]

6. That's what I'm suspecting -- a workplace shooting

Will "going naval" become the "going postal" of this generation?


rocktivity