Lone gunman named in fatal Washington shooting
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray said officials see no sign of terrorism, though he offered no other clues to Alexis’s motive.
The shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard was the work of a lone gunman, a government contractor named Aaron Alexis, who entered the facility legally with a valid identification card, according to authorities.
Even as those details came into focus, Washington’s mayor and police chief still couldn’t say why Alexis went to the base about a mile from the U.S. Capitol yesterday and opened fire, killing 12 people, before he was shot to death...
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