Navy Yard Shooter Called RI Police, Claiming to Hear Voices

Thought people in hotel room next door were plotting against him

NEWPORT, R.I.  — The man who gunned down 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard called police in a Rhode Island city last month to complain that voices were harassing him through a wall at his hotel and that he worried they might harm him.

According to a police report, two Newport police officers were called to a Marriott in town around 6 a.m. Aug. 7. Aaron Alexis told them he was in town as a naval contractor. Newport is the site of Naval Station Newport, the Naval War College and several military contractors.

Alexis, 34, a defense contractor employee, fired inside a building at the Washington naval installation Monday and killed 12, the FBI said. He was killed in a gunbattle with police.

Comments

[Paul.]

You know who else claimed to hear voices?

[The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc]

Jeanne d’Arc?

[Spoonman.]

Background checks will solve everything!

Also, maybe in a world where prisons aren’t full of pot dealers, people who shoot out other people’s car tires because of “disrespect” go to jail.

[playa manhattan]

This.

[db]

I wonder how much of his ability to skate past serious charges/consequences of his actions was afforded to him by his veteran status?

[Scott S.]

Oops. Supposed to be in 24/7. Carry on!

[XM]

He had the insanity defense all figured out. Ruined by death, unfortunately.