Posted on 09/16/2013 3:18:06 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE and injured 15 in Washington Navy Yard rampage was decorated petty officer who left military in 2011 after previous gun charge
While the motive of Aaron Alexis, the heavily armed gunman who shot dead at least 12 people in cold blood this morning at the Washington Navy Yard has not been revealed, speculation is growing his dismissal from the U.S. Navy for 'misconduct' in January 2011 may have inspired him to commit a deadly revenge.
Alexis, 34, has been revealed to have a prior arrest for letting a gun off that could have harmed his neighbor while he cleaned his own weapon at home in Fort Worth, Texas, 2010.
Despite the lack of acknowledged motive, one U.S. official has been quoted as saying Alexis was kicked out of the Navy in 2011 for 'misconduct' as a direct result of his gun arrest three years ago.
Law enforcement said that Alexis' identity was confirmed by fingerprints and that he served in the U.S. Navy between May 5th, 2007 and January 31st, 2011, the date he was dismissed from the service.
He was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal prior to his discharge in January 2011.
A U.S. Navy spokesman said that Alexis was an 'aviation electrician's mate' - ranked as a third class petty officer and served at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas.
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He is reported to have enlisted in New York and the Brooklyn native graduated from boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois as an Airman Recruit.
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This is the image with the article. No doubt about the MAIL ON LINE. They tell the entire story, with photographs.
My guess is, he's an ROP convert, not that your MSM will ever willingly tell you.
INCREDIBLE. TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, SO DIFFERENT.
The media knows nothing. We’ll find out what and who in about three weeks. Meanwhile the MSM will be going nuts trying to tie the guy to either the Tea Party or Rush Limbaugh and Conservatism.
The media knows nothing. We’ll find out what and who in about three weeks. Meanwhile the MSM will be going nuts trying to tie the guy to either the Tea Party or Rush Limbaugh and Conservatism.
“News is now reporting that he went to Thailand and converted to...Buddhism? But he had anger issues.”
Doesn’t sound like the Buddhists I’ve met.
I’m wondering what medications this shooter will be on?
Your right, hard to imagine seeing the statue of Buddha and doing something like this. I tend to think he didn’t have a good grasp of the religion and like you said, “anger issues”, mental problems, something. Or as someone said, maybe it’s the “going postal” situation which would be mental problems as well.
We called it a gedunk ribbon.
At least Drudge got it right for a change.
Damage control is taught in basic.
Remember, they tried saying that Nadil Hasan had PRE-tramatic stress disorder. Hadn’t been deployed but was crazed by the thought!
A few years after the end of the draft, awarding of the ribbon was ended. Then the 1st Gulf War happened, and it was brought back, thus I received a second award. Sorta cute of having a NSDM with oak leaf cluster for 2nd award.
So will we hear that he converted to Islam?
The Taliban blew up ancient Buddhist statues early in 2001. Muslims seeing a statue of Buddha might do all kinds of things.
Speaking of “bullshit” I think most are damned tired of you anti-blog bullshit.
Shouldn’t you be trolling the nursing home hallways now?
What a shocker...
My ex-son-in-law was demoted more then he was promoted. He told his wife (my daughter) that he was going to shoot up his (Coast Guard) base.
She immediately reported it. Nothing was done.
That was about 3 yrs ago.
This past May, he was finally given the boot....he wasn’t allowed to re-enlist.
He moved with his parents in his home state but then moved back...lose the base.
His mother told my daughter that he’s in a bad way mentally.
He had given her a hand gun and when she left him, she took it with her. She was visiting with his parents and the father-in-law took it and gave it back to his son, so he has a gun.
To my knowledge, the CG did nothing...they probably dismissed it as a lie from an angry wife.
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