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Navy Yard Shootings: Thursday's Headlines

Flowers, flags and a child's drawing at a makeshift memorial outside the Washington Navy Yard, where a gunman killed 12 people on Monday.
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Flowers, flags and a child's drawing at a makeshift memorial outside the Washington Navy Yard, where a gunman killed 12 people on Monday.

Picking up the story from , here are some of Thursday's headlines about Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, in which 12 victims and gunman Aaron Alexis died:

-- "Officials: Navy Yard shooter carved odd messages into his gun before carnage." ( )

-- "SWAT team 'stood down' at mass shooting scene ... Capitol Police department has launched a review." ( )

-- "Washington Navy Yard police union: Lax security cost lives." ( )

-- "Navy Yard shooter's security clearance based on outdated inquiry." ( )

-- "Officials never learned of police doubts on gunman's stability." ( )

-- "Most of Washington Navy Yard reopens for 'regular work day' Thursday." ( )

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