Washington Navy Yard shooting

Washington Navy Yard shooting
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Freeze-frame shot of CCTV footage of Aaron Alexis in building 197 holding a Remington 870 shotgun
LocationNAVSEA Building 197, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates38°52′28.7″N 76°59′54.7″W / 38.874639°N 76.998528°W / 38.874639; -76.998528
DateSeptember 16, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-16)
8:16 – 9:25 a.m.[1][2] (EDT)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, shootout
Weapons
Deaths13 (including the perpetrator)[6]
Injured8 (3 from gunfire)[7]
PerpetratorAaron Alexis
MotiveUnknown

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 police killed Alexis around 9:25 a.m. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Washington, D.C. history, as well as the second deadliest mass murder on a U.S. military base, behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.

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  3. ^ "FBI releases terrifying footage of the Navy Yard shooter". The Week. September 25, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
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  7. ^ Morello, Carol; Hermann, Peter; Williams, Clarence (September 16, 2013). "Authorities identify seven of the 13 people killed in Navy Yard shooting". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2013.