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Washington Navy Yard shooting, the Glossary

The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013, when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. The attack took place in the Navy Yard's Building 197; it began around 8:16 a.m.^[1]

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ABC News (United States)

ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.

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Alex Jones

Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist.

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Antidepressant

Antidepressants are a class of medications used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and addiction.

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AR-15–style rifle

An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Beretta M9

The Beretta M9, officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is the designation for the Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed Forces.

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Blake Percival

Blake Percival was the Director of Fieldwork Services, Western Pennsylvania (WPA), for USIS.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in both Northeast D.C. and Southeast D.C..

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Cathy Lanier

Cathy Lynn Lanier (born July 22, 1967) is a former chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC).

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Chuck Hagel

Charles Timothy Hagel (born October 4, 1946), Associated Press, published in The News-Times, December 17, 2012.

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Common Access Card

The common access card, also commonly referred to as the CAC, is the standard identification for active duty United States defense personnel.

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DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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DXC Technology

DXC Technology Company is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.

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Edward Snowden

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is a former American NSA intelligence contractor and a whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.

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Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is a private university focused on aviation and aerospace programs.

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Extremely low frequency

Extremely low frequency (ELF) is the ITU designation for electromagnetic radiation (radio waves) with frequencies from 3 to 30 Hz, and corresponding wavelengths of 100,000 to 10,000 kilometers, respectively.

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Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy is an American news publication founded in 1970 focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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George Washington University Hospital

The George Washington University Hospital (GWUH) is a for-profit hospital in Washington, D.C., affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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Gun show loophole

Gun show loophole is a political term in the United States referring to the sale of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, that do not require the seller to conduct a federal background check of the buyer.

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Gun violence in the United States

Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.

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Gunshot wound

A gunshot wound (GSW) is a penetrating injury caused by a projectile (e.g. a bullet) from a gun (typically firearm or air gun).

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Half-mast

Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building.

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Handgun

A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand.

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Hewlett-Packard

The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Insomnia

Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder where people have trouble sleeping.

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Joshua Humphreys

Joshua Humphreys (June 17, 1751 – January 12, 1838) was an American ship builder and naval architect.

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List of rampage killers (workplace killings)

This is a list of mass or spree killers in that committed attacks at the place they worked.

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Long gun

A long gun is a category of firearms with long barrels.

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Lorton, Virginia

Lorton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Mass murder

Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.

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Mass shooting

A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers kill or injure multiple individuals simultaneously using a firearm.

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Mass shootings in the United States

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm related violence.

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Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a non-profit left-leaning watchdog journalism organization.

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MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is the largest private hospital in Washington, D.C. A member of MedStar Health, the not-for-profit Hospital Center is licensed for 926 beds.

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Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.

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The Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (proposed as, passed as) was a National Defense Authorization Act.

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National Rifle Association

The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States.

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Nationals Park

Nationals Park is a baseball stadium along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals. Washington Navy Yard shooting and Nationals Park are Washington Navy Yard.

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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (abbreviated NAS JRB Fort Worth) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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Naval Criminal Investigative Service

The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy.

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Naval Sea Systems Command

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the United States Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel (not to be confused with "material") organizations.

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Naval Station Newport

Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island.

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Navy Marine Corps Intranet

The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) is a United States Department of the Navy program which was designed to provide the vast majority of information technology services for the entire Department, including the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

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Navy Yard–Ballpark station

Navy Yard–Ballpark station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Petty officer third class

A Petty officer third class is a non-commissioned officer in some navies and coast guards.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Reason (magazine)

Reason is an American libertarian monthly magazine published by the Reason Foundation, with the tagline "Free Minds and Free Markets".

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Receiver (firearms)

In firearms terminology and at law, the firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which integrates other components by providing housing for internal action components such as the hammer, bolt or breechblock, firing pin and extractor, and has threaded interfaces for externally attaching ("receiving") components such as the barrel, stock, trigger mechanism and iron/optical sights.

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Remington Model 870

The Remington Model 870 is a pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, LLC. It is widely used by the public for shooting sports, hunting and self-defense, as well as by law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.

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Residence Inn by Marriott

Residence Inn by Marriott is a brand of extended stay hotels.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a public airport located in Crystal City, in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, from Washington, D.C. It is the closest airport to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, the 24th-busiest airport in the nation, the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and the second busiest in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

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Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States. Washington Navy Yard shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are mass murder in the United States in the 2010s, mass shootings in the United States, mass shootings involving shotguns and Massacres in the United States.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Security clearance

A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information (state or organizational secrets) or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough background check.

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Semi-automatic rifle

A semi-automatic rifle is an autoloading rifle that fires a single cartridge with each pull of the trigger and uses part of the fired cartridge's energy to eject the case and load another cartridge into the chamber.

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Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate

The sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the United States Senate (originally known as the doorkeeper of the Senate from April 7, 1789 – 1798) is the protocol officer, executive officer, and highest-ranking federal law enforcement officer of the Senate of the United States.

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Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor

Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitors (SARIs) are a class of drugs used mainly as antidepressants, but also as anxiolytics and hypnotics.

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Shootout

A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a armed confrontation entailing firearms between armed parties using guns, always entailing intense disagreement(s) between the fighting parties.

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Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony Nugent (born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.

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The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate

The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Toyota Prius

The is a compact/small family liftback (supermini/subcompact sedan until 2003) produced by Toyota.

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Trazodone

Trazodone, sold under many brand names, is an antidepressant medication.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Navy Memorial

The United States Navy Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring those who have served or are currently serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is the chief oversight committee of the United States Senate.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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USIS (company)

USIS (US Investigation Services) was a US corporation that provided security-based information and service solutions to both government and corporate customers, in the United States and abroad.

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Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East Division.

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Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is a ceremonial and administrative center for the United States Navy, located in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy, situated along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C. Formerly operating as a shipyard and ordnance plant, the yard currently serves as home to the Chief of Naval Operations and is headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Installations Command, the National Museum of the United States Navy, the U.S.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wayne LaPierre

Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. (born November 8, 1949) is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting

The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting was a mass shooting that took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on August 5, 2012, when 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others. Washington Navy Yard shooting and Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting are mass murder in the United States in the 2010s and Massacres in the United States.

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WNYW

WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the Fox network.

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WRC-TV

WRC-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's NBC outlet.

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Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.

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2009 Fort Hood shooting

. This helps people to use the same reference rather than adding multiple copies. Washington Navy Yard shooting and 2009 Fort Hood shooting are mass shootings in the United States and Massacres in the United States.

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2012 Aurora theater shooting

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred inside a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, United States, during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. Washington Navy Yard shooting and 2012 Aurora theater shooting are mass murder in the United States in the 2010s, mass shootings in the United States, mass shootings involving shotguns and Massacres in the United States.

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2019 Virginia Beach shooting

On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others before he was killed by responding police officers. It is the second-deadliest workplace shooting in U.S. Washington Navy Yard shooting and 2019 Virginia Beach shooting are attacks on government buildings and structures in the United States, mass murder in the United States in the 2010s, mass shootings in the United States and workplace shootings in the United States.

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911 (emergency telephone number)

911, sometimes written, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, and Uruguay, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting

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2013 mass shootings in the United States

2013 murders in the United States

Attacks on government buildings and structures in the United States

Attacks on military installations in 2013

Massacres in 2013

September 2013 crimes in the United States

September 2013 events in the United States

United States Navy in the 21st century

Washington Navy Yard

Workplace shootings in the United States

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