Following another mass shootout that left thirteen dead and many others wounded, United States Law Enforcement have announced that the suspect named as the gunman had been suffering a multitude of severe mental issues, some of which are paranoia and a sleeping disorder. He had also allegedly been hearing voices in his head.
Aaron Alexis, 34, a navy contractor, was being treated by the Veterans Administration since August for his mental condition. However, the Navy had found nothing altogether threatening with him, not even deeming him 'mentally unfit,' which would have possibly reclaimed his security clearance; something he had during his time at the Navy Reserves. The clearance was what had led him into the Washington D.C> Navy Yard, where the shootings took place.
Alexis had been armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, with a source saying he also had a shotgun. Witnesses and survivors recount how he had calmly aimed to kill. He ended up killing 12 people and injuring several more at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building, after reportedly opening fire near the cafeteria at around 8:20 in the morning. Witnesses recall hearing several pops, thinking that somebody might have dropped something, only beginning to flee upon later realizing that the succeeding pops were gunshots. Bullets ricocheted off the walls, and several people were hit, and fell to the ground, bleeding.
Eight schools that stood nearby were put on emergency lockdown, as precaution in one of the deadliest shootings in the capital's history. It is also one among the deadliest mass shootings that have occurred in the country this year, bringing into urgent focus the leniency surrounding gun laws in the United States.
Navy Vice Admiral Bill French announced that all deaths were of civilians.
Alexis was killed on the scene, but little is said of the details surrounding his death.
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