UPDATE 21: The death toll is now at 13, as stated in another press conference by the Chief of Police in DC.
The FBI has also released this shooter info sheet on Aaron Alexis. They are apparently seeking information on the suspect:
Here’s a large photo of Alexis:
UPDATE 20: Dead shooter identified as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Texas. One suspect police thought was involved has been found and released:
FOX NEWS – A gunman suspected in the killing of at least eleven people at a Navy building in Washington has been identified as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Texas, Fox News has learned, although police were searching for a second possible suspect in the attack.
Police were operating under the theory that the gunman may not have acted alone, although one person being sought was later found and cleared. Alexis was killed in the shooting, which broke out just after 8 a.m. at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters in southeast Washington.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters that 12 people died in the early morning incident at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters in southeast Washington. There were conflicting reports on the number of victims and the number of gunmen in the ensuing hours, although a federal law enforcement official told Fox News that one shooter has died. Police said as many as two additional gunmen wearing military-style uniforms may still be at large and thousands of workers at the building were told to “shelter in place” until officials could safely evacuate them.
“This is not over,” Rear Admiral John Kirby, the U.S. Navy’s chief spokesman, told reporters. “The building is still in lockdown, as are other buildings. Still being treated as an active search. No one is moving right now.”
UPDATE 19: This from the Chief of Police at a press conference: 12 Confirmed dead; Others injured including police (not all gun shot wounds); Suspects still on the loose: White Male wearing tan military naval uniform wearing beret-style, black male 40-50 years old wearing olive military who is 5’10” with gray hair on side of head.
UPDATE 18: Both NBC Washington (via livestream) and NBC Evening News are reporting that the death toll is now 7 dead and up to 15 may have been shot:
LATEST: 7 killed, as many as 15 shot in Washington Navy Yard shooting, Navy officials tell @JimMiklaszewski
— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 17: Turns out initial reports by CBS and NBC identifying suspect as Rollie Chance are WRONG:
BREAKING. @johnmillercbs advises the initial reports identifying the suspected shooter as Rollie Chance are wrong.
— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) September 16, 2013
NBC News: we are now NOT reporting name of shooter; retracting that report. deleting those tweets
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 16: Or maybe that suspect info is incorrect after all:
Regarding suspect in Navy Yards shooting: Info may not be correct after all–ongoing
— cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 15: CBS News is identifying shooter (assuming dead?) as Navy chief petty officer Rollie Lee Chance, born 1963, from Chesapeake, VA:
From CBS’s John Miller: Navy yard shooter was retired Navy chief petty officer, about 50 years old.
— cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) September 16, 2013
CBS’s John Miller reports the Navy Yard shooter was retired Navy chief petty officer, Rollie Chance.
— cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) September 16, 2013
Also more info about weapons:
Law enforcement officials tells CBS News Navy Yard gunman had a handgun, an AR 15 assault rifle, and a shotgun
— cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 14: Below is the Chief of Police in DC at the first press conference talking about the 2 shooters on the loose:
BREAKING: Navy officials say at least 6 dead in Navy Yard shooting.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2013
Latest on Washington Navy Yard shooting: – Navy: At least 6 were killed – A shooter is dead – Police seek possible 2nd shooter
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 11: Multiple sources now reporting that the number shot was 11 and 4 were killed. Also being reported is that the shooter was a former Navy official:
MT @ABC: Source tells @PierreTABC shooter was a former Navy official in his 50’s whose work status recently changed
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 10: NBC Washington reporting from NBC News that there may have only been one shooter. That shooter has been neutralized and, according NBC Washington, and used a double barrel shotgun to target specific people, according to police.
UPDATE 9: NBC Washington now reporting 4 officers down and that includes a mix of police and naval officers…
UPDATE 8: NBC Washington reporting from 2 police sources that shooter is dead. Second Shooter still on the loose according to WNEW below…
LIVE UPDATE: Police have entered second building as part of search for active shooter. 3 helicopters circling Navy Yard grounds.
— 99.1 WNEW (@WNEW) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 7: NBC Washington reporting that Pete Williams from NBC News is telling them that the 2nd shooter operating in a 2nd building and police are still searching for suspect. Gunfire still being reported… UPDATE 6: NBC Washington confirming at least 10 people shot…4 killed. Also, more details are coming out that shooter was firing from overlook down at people in cafeteria:
MORE: U.S. Navy worker says gunman was shooting from 4th floor overlook, aiming at people in cafeteria. (via @AP)
— 99.1 WNEW (@WNEW) September 16, 2013
Witness at Navy Yard says she heard “pop, pop, pop” inside building cafeteria. People “running, running, running.” http://t.co/r5umdjPaOV
— 99.1 WNEW (@WNEW) September 16, 2013
UPDATE 5: NBC Washington reporting that police are telling them it is still an “active shooter situation.” They are also hearing from police that there are at least 2 shooters and they believe one has been taken down.
UPDATE 4: Washington Post also reporting MULTIPLE SHOOTERS – at least 3:
Three shooters are involved in the Navy Yard shooting, a police spokeswoman said.
One of the shooters is “down,” police said, but two remain in a building on the grounds.
One of the shooters at large is dressed in fatigues. At least one has a long gun, police said.
UPDATE 3: NBC Washington now reporting from multiple sources that there are MULTIPLE SHOOTERS involved in shooting…
UPDATE 2: Senior Navy official telling NBC Washington that 12 people were shot and 4 of them are dead.
UPDATE 1: At least 10 people shot according to NBC Washington Livestream.
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At least seven shot including two police officers at a DC Naval yard and the shooter is still on the loose:
NBC WASHINGTON – As many as seven people were shot – two of them police officers – on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning, and the shooter has not yet been apprehended, authorities confirmed.
One of those shot was a D.C. police officer, reported NBC News’ Pete Williams.
The U.S. Navy says three shots were fired at 8:20 a.m. inside Building #197 at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters, 1336 Isaac Hull Ave. in the Southeast section of the District. U.S. military officials say the gunman – armed with an AR-15, a military-style assault weapon – first shot an U.S. base security officer.
Authorities say a base police officer also was seriously injured.
One victim was reported to be on the roof of a building, reported News4’s Tony Tull.
The shots continued to ring out through the morning, including a volley that Tull reported at about 9:20 a.m.
WATCH LIVE STREAM HERE for latest.