Observing Events at the Navy Yard

I have been following events at the Washington Navy Yard since they started to unfold this morning. Multiple, differing news reports of either a single or multiple shooters that have injured or killed a number of people in what is being described as a "shooting rampage" from reporting by CNN. As I write this post I'm watching a news briefing by the chief of the Metropolitan DC Police. It is still an active, ongoing incident, involving multiple agencies. Reports of at least 10 wounded and 3 dead are what are being published right now. I some immediate thoughts about this. First, it seems that because it is ongoing and therefore quite dynamic, it is possible that some or most of the information being disseminated is not accurate. And the area where the shootings occurred is an active crime scene, so it's likely that some information is simply not being made available because of the investigation that is underway. Plus, there are other military facilities around the area of the Yard, including the Pentagon. If there are multiple shooters loose, and they have other ideas, then the security at all of these other facilities is already ramped up. The obvious question being asked is who these people are. Are they disgruntled military personnel? Is this a terrorist act? If they are not military, how did they get onto the property? It is supposed to be a secure facility. Military installations, as a rule, are not supposed to be easy to get into. While there have been so many ma...
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