Navy Yard Shooter Sought Help as Military Missed Warning Signs
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Aaron Alexis sought medical help in the days before his shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, leaving a trail of missed distress signals now under scrutiny in the massacre’s wake.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel acknowledged yesterday that the military failed to pick up “red flags” in Alexis’s background, pledging to investigate and plug holes in security at facilities worldwide, and weaknesses in the clearance procedures that allow access to them.