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Gunman's doctor before Navy Yard rampage: 'No problem there'
WASHINGTON — The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard lied so convincingly to Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that they concluded he...
Navy Yard killer eyed revenge
Two weeks before he slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, a desperate-sounding Aaron Alexis told an online "mind control" outreach group that the Navy was targeting his brain...
DC killer just one of many 'ELF' paranoids
“Extremely low frequency” waves — which Washington Navy Yard mass murderer Aaron Alexis blamed for his Sept. 16 rampage — are all around us. They’re generated by electric-power lines, computers,...
DC shooter’s bizarre messages
The madman who gunned down 12 people on Sept. 16 at the Washington Navy Yard wrote bizarre messages about his delusion that his mind was being controlled by mysterious electromagnetic...
Aaron Alexis' path of destruction
The FBI has released chilling footage of Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis’s shooting rampage.
Navy Yard gunman's rampage caught on tape
Frightening new video images show Washington Navy Yard killer Aaron Alexis in the midst of his massacre, stealthily hunting his prey as he moves through the complex with his sawed-off...
Obama: Tougher gun laws 'will happen'
WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed on Sunday that tougher gun laws “will happen,” as he consoled families of victims from the deadly shooting spree last week at the Washington Navy...
The futility of gun control
The Navy Yard massacre won’t revive the gun debate in Congress for a simple reason: There is no gun-control agenda this side of a total ban and confiscation that would...
Same contractor vetted Snowden, Navy gunman
WASHINGTON — The same federal contractor that vetted Edward Snowden, who leaked information about classified U.S. spying programs, also performed a background check that let the Washington Navy Yard shooter...
Gunman carved eerie sayings into his gun before rampage
Mass murderer Aaron Alexis carved the words “Better off this way” and “My ELF weapon” on the shotgun he used during his rampage at the Washington Navy Yard. The homicidal...
The Navy Yard shooting & American insecurity
When news broke of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, many naturally thought of Fort Hood: Was America seeing another terror-inspired attack? In the days that followed, there’s been...
Aaron Alexis' mother: 'I am so, so very sorry'
Washington Navy Yard killer Aaron Alexis’ mom says her “heart is broken” over her son’s shooting spree and offered an emotional apology Wednesday morning to the families of his victims....
Aaron Alexis' message from the grave
Mass murderer Aaron Alexis carved the phrase "Better off this way" into the stock of his shotgun before embarking on his deadly shooting spree at the Washington Navy Yard, it...
DC shooter got clearance despite violations
Aaron Alexis racked up at least eight misconduct charges in the Navy Reserve, but still got an honorable discharge — allowing him to retain the clearance that gave him access...
New push on gun-safety reform
WASHINGTON — President Obama is facing new pressure from Congress to take another crack at tougher gun controls in the wake of the DC Navy Yard shooting spree that left...
Gunman told cops 'vibrations' kept him from sleeping
Just a month before unleashing a deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, crazed gunman Aaron Alexis told cops he hearing voices and that people were sending “vibrations to his...
Navy Yard shooter was dumped by Thai crush
Washington Navy Yard madman Aaron Alexis wasn’t particularly religious — using Buddhist temples and trips to Thailand to troll for women, pals told The Post Tuesday. The Queens-born killer claimed...
Navy Yard shooter did not use AR-15 assault rifle
Aaron Alexis did not use an AR-15 assault rifle in his Navy Yard killing spree Monday, authorities said Tuesday. Alexis rented the deadly weapon, but returned it before unleashing his...
Gunman had 'problems' with Navy bosses
Federal law-enforcement authorities said Tuesday the former-reservist gunman in the bloody mass murder at the Washington Navy Yard wanted to get back into the Navy — but was blocked because...
Gunman started Navy Yard job last week
WASHINGTON - Aaron Alexis, the man suspected of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday only started working there last week, his employer...