TRUTHstreammedia
Published on Sep 19, 2013
First
reports came that suspected shooter Aaron Alexis had filed a police
report on Aug. 7 claiming he was being targeted with microwave weapons
and was hearing voices through the walls, ceiling and floor of his hotel
room. Then reports came out that Alexis carved "My ELF Weapon" and
"Better off this way" into his shotgun before the killings. NOW the BBC
is reporting the Containment and Emergency Response Team or CERT team
was told to "stand down" when they could have been on scene at the Navy
Yard in under 15 minutes after the shootings began. This is bombshell...***********************************************************************
Navy Yard: Swat team 'stood down' at mass shooting scene
On Wednesday, investigators continued to process the scene
One
of the first teams of heavily armed police to respond to Monday's
shooting in Washington DC was ordered to stand down by superiors, the
BBC can reveal.
A tactical response team of the Capitol Police, a
force that guards the US Capitol complex, was told to leave the scene by
a supervisor instead of aiding municipal officers.The Capitol Police department has launched a review into the matter.
Aaron Alexis, 34, killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard.
"I don't think it's a far stretch to say that some lives may have been saved if we were allowed to intervene," a Capitol Police source familiar with the incident told the BBC.
Assault weapons ready
A
former Navy reservist, Alexis was working as a technical contractor for
the Navy and had a valid pass and security clearance allowing him entry
to the highly secure building in south-east Washington DC.
About
8:15 local time (12:15 GMT), Alexis entered Building 197, headquarters
for Naval Sea Systems Command, which builds and maintains ships and
submarines for the Navy, and opened fire.Armed with a shotgun and a pistol he took from a guard he had shot, he sprayed bullets down a hallway and fired from a balcony down on to workers in an atrium.
He fired on police officers who eventually stormed the building, and was later killed in the shootout.
Multiple sources in the Capitol Police department have told the BBC that its highly trained and heavily armed four-man Containment and Emergency Response Team (Cert) was near the Navy Yard when the initial report of an active shooter came in about 8:20 local time.
The officers, wearing full tactical gear and armed with HK-416 assault weapons, arrived outside Building 197 a few minutes later, an official with knowledge of the incident told the BBC.
'A different outcome'
According to a Capitol Police source, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Washington DC's main municipal force, told the Capitol Cert officers they were the only police on the site equipped with long guns and requested their help stopping the gunman.
Jim Konczos Capitol Police Officer"Odds are it might have had a different outcome”
When the Capitol Police team radioed their superiors, they were told by a watch commander to leave the scene, the BBC was told.
The gunman, Aaron Alexis, was reported killed after 09:00.Several Capitol Police sources who spoke to the BBC asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal.
Capitol Police Officer Jim Konczos, who leads the officers' union, said the Cert police train for what are known as active shooter situations and are expert marksmen.
"Odds are it might have had a different outcome," he said of Monday's shooting and the decision to order the Cert unit to stand down. "It probably could have been neutralised."
Capitol Hill Police chief Kim Dine has ordered "a comprehensive, independent review of the facts surrounding the Capitol Police's response to the Navy Yard shootings".
The Capitol Police Board responded by establishing what it called a "Fact Review Team", led by Michael Stenger, a former assistant director of the US Secret Service.
Read More Here
***********************************************************************
Related articles
No comments:
Post a Comment
Hello and thank you for visiting my blog. Please share your thoughts and leave a comment :)