The survivors of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. recalled horror scenes of panic and personal loss. At least 12 people were killed in the incident.
“It was like pop, pop, pop,” Patricia Ward, a logistics management specialist who was at the Navy Yard cafeteria when the shooting took place, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
“And in a few seconds it stopped and then pop, pop, pop, pop, we were just flailing.”
Witnesses said a gunman opened fire from a fourth-floor overlook on people in the cafeteria of Building 157. Others spoke of a gunman firing in a third-floor hallway. It was not clear whether they were describing the same gunman or separate ones.
“All the people that were in the cafeteria, we all panicked,” said Ward, after she was rescued.
Meanwhile, Vishnu Pandit, a person of Indian origin, was listed among seven of the 12 Washington Navy Yard shooting victims identified by the authorities. All of the victims are described as civilians or contractors.
Pandit, 61, was identified Monday night along with six others: Michael Arnold, 59; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; and Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46.
No further details were available about the victims.
The 13 dead include alleged gunman Aaron Alexis, 34, who was killed after an encounter with security in Monday morning’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Mayor Vincent Gray told reporters.
“It was like pop, pop, pop,” Patricia Ward, a logistics management specialist who was at the Navy Yard cafeteria when the shooting took place, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
“And in a few seconds it stopped and then pop, pop, pop, pop, we were just flailing.”
Witnesses said a gunman opened fire from a fourth-floor overlook on people in the cafeteria of Building 157. Others spoke of a gunman firing in a third-floor hallway. It was not clear whether they were describing the same gunman or separate ones.
“All the people that were in the cafeteria, we all panicked,” said Ward, after she was rescued.
Meanwhile, Vishnu Pandit, a person of Indian origin, was listed among seven of the 12 Washington Navy Yard shooting victims identified by the authorities. All of the victims are described as civilians or contractors.
Pandit, 61, was identified Monday night along with six others: Michael Arnold, 59; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; and Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46.
No further details were available about the victims.
The 13 dead include alleged gunman Aaron Alexis, 34, who was killed after an encounter with security in Monday morning’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Mayor Vincent Gray told reporters.
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