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Two police officers walk down M Street Southwest outside the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier hold a press conference to discuss the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. (Andrea Noble/Washington Times)

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U.S. Marines stand guard with weapons drawn outside the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A woman walks past one of the entrances to the old Navy Yard along M Street in Washington on Oct. 23, 2000. (The Washington Times)

**FILE** Thorbjoern Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe (left) speaks to Chairman of the Russian parliamentary committee on international affairs Alexey Pushkov during his meeting with lawmakers at the State Duma, lower parliament chamber, in Moscow on May 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Workers from the Navy Yard evacuate the area as police search for a gunman, in Washington, D.C., Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Police work the scene on M Street S.E. in Washington, where a gunman was reported in a military building at the Washington Navy Yard Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Shots have been fired and employees directed to a shelter. Police and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene and streets in the area were closed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Police respond to an active shooter on the loose at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16. (Washington Times/Drew Geraci)

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Police work the scene on M Street Southeast in Washington after a gunman was reported at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)