President Obama vowed Monday to hold responsible those who carried out the "cowardly" mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, while calling the victims "patriots" who served their nation.
Details are still emerging about the shooting. Officials say one gunman is dead, but two others may be at large. At least 10 people were shot, and Obama said "some have been killed."
"We are confronting yet another mass shooting, and today it happened on a military installation in the nation's capital," Obama said.
The president had planned to speak Monday morning to address the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis. He went on to discuss his economic agenda, saying it's been his "No. 1 priority," but addressed the shooting at the top and spent the morning being briefed by his security team.
A White House official said counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco and Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromanaco are keeping the president updated on the shooting.
Obama lamented that those caught in the crossfire on Monday knew of the dangers abroad, but "today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home."
Via: Fox News
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