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Photos: Military veteran on a shooting spree kills 13 in Washington

Parag Shinde • September 17, 2013, 10:23:30 IST

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Thirteen people were killed and others injured when at least one gunman opened fire at the US Navy Yard in Washington DC on Monday, authorities said. Thirty-four-year old Aaron Alexis is a decorated military veteran who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday in a burst of violence.

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Photos: Military veteran on a shooting spree kills 13 in Washington

Law enforcement officers respond to the scene of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, September 16, 2013. Several people were killed and others injured when at least one gunman opened fire at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington D.C. on Monday, authorities said. One Navy official said that four people had died and eight others were injured, but other officials suggested caution over those numbers saying the situation was in flux. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Police block off the M Street, SE, as they respond to a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, September 16, 2013. The U.S. Navy said several people were injured and there were possible fatalities in the shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. on Monday. The Navy did not immediately provide additional details but a Washington police spokesman said earlier that five people had been shot, including a District of Columbia police officer and one other law enforcement officer. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

A helicopter pulls what appears to be a shooting victim up as it hovers over a rooftop on the Washington Navy Yard campus in Washington, September 16, 2013. The U.S. Navy said several people were injured and there were possible fatalities in the shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. on Monday. The Navy did not immediately provide additional details but a Washington police spokesman said earlier that five people had been shot, including a District of Columbia police officer and one other law enforcement officer. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Evacuees raise their hands as they are escorted from the scene of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, September 16, 2013. Several people were killed and others injured when at least one gunman opened fire at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington D.C. on Monday, authorities said. One Navy official said that four people had died and eight others were injured, but other officials suggested caution over those numbers saying the situation was in flux. REUTERS/Jason Reed

An official from the Washington, DC Office of the Medical Examiner wheels a body on a gurney out of the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital shortly after it was announced that the first victim of the shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington had died at the hospital, in Washington September 16, 2013. Hospital officials refused to either positively confirm or deny that the body bag seen in the photo contained the victim's remains. Babak Sarani, head of trauma surgery at the hospital, said that a man in his 60s had died of a single gunshot wound to his head. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

A U.S. flag flies at half staff at the White House September 16, 2013 in remembrance of victims of a shooting in the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington. A 34-year-old gunman opened fire at the Navy Yard in Washington in a shooting that left 13 people dead at the busy military installation not far from the U.S. Capitol and the White House. The suspect was identified by the FBI as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas. Washington D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier told reporters that Alexis

A woman weeps as she is reunited with her husband, who was one of hundreds of Navy Yard workers evacuated to a makeshift Red Cross shelter after a shooting, at the Nationals Park baseball stadium near the affected naval installation in Washington, September 16, 2013. A 34-year-old man opened fire at the U.S. Navy Yard on Monday in a shooting that left 13 people dead, including the gunman, not far from the U.S. Capitol and the White House, officials said. The suspect was identified by the FBI as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, Texas. Washington D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier told reporters that Alexis

Law enforcement officers stand in the street outside of the home of Cathleen Alexis, mother of Aaron Alexis in New York, September 16, 2013. Aaron Alexis is a decorated military veteran who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday in a burst of violence that killed 13 people, including the gunman, and set off waves of panic at the military installation just miles from the White House and U.S. Capitol. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

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