Monday 16 September 2013

4 killed and many injured at a deadly shooting in US Navy base

The nation's capital went on high alert Monday morning after a shooting incident at the city's U.S. Navy Yard that caused multiple casualties — including, according to news reports, federal law enforcement sources and medical personnel, at least a few deaths.

The first shots were fired around 8:20 a.m. ET in a building on the grounds of the facility, just minutes later.

Initially, there was word that only a few people had been injured and that only one gunman was responsible. Among those hurt, according to reports from emergency personnel, was a police officer who was struck at least twice.


But at 10:04 a.m. ET, that there had been "reports of fatalities." It wasn't clear whether the Navy was reporting that there had been deaths, or that it was just acknowledging that there had been such reports. Federal law enforcement sources told NPR a short time later that there had been "multiple fatalities."

Just before 11:45 a.m. ET., Dr. Janis Orlowski of MedStar Washington Hospital Center said that at her hospital, "we understand that there are individuals at the scene who will not be transported because they are deceased."

It also wasn't clear in the first couple hours whether there may have been more than one attacker. It is now reported that they may have been two shooters. CNN just reported that one of the suspected gunmen is dead

Immediately after the shots were fired, the area around the Navy Yard in southeast Washington was filled with police and emergency personnel.




This is a developing story, I’ll let you in on more details as things progress.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...