Aaron Alexis, a former subcontractor on a Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services contract supporting the navy marine corps computer network. He showed up in Washington DC and bought a 870 express tactical 12 gauge shotguns and 2 boxes of shells. On Monday, September 16th, Alexis showed up to the Navy Yard in a rented Toyota Prius at 7:53 am. He used a valid pass to get in and assembled his shotgun on the fourth floor bathroom. He hid the shotgun in a bag. He then started on his rampage killing 12 people and wounding 8 others. This act pulled through with minimal effort, and it makes you wonder how safe you really are. There is no easy way to comment on this other than its disgusting, both on his part, and people close to him. He obviously was going through problems, as someone with no problems in his life would not just start shooting people. This wasn't just planned over night, this took time to plan, so this started to bubble up inside of him. I really wish that the people who were closest to him tried to talk to him about what was happening, because of him losing his job. I am placing very little blame on the people closest to him though. I really don't know who to blame other than him. His actions were awful, and devastating. This puts things into perspective, as we don't know how safe we really are.
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