Washington Navy Yard shooting
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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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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; 10 years ago (2013-09-16) 8:16 – 9:25 a.m.[1][2] (EDT) |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, shootout |
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Deaths | 13 (including the perpetrator)[6] |
Injured | 8 (3 from gunfire)[7] |
Perpetrator | Aaron Alexis |
Motive | Unknown |
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