Washington (CNN) -- The FBI has
identified the dead suspect in Monday's shooting rampage at the Washington Navy
Yard as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old military contractor from Texas.
But authorities are still searching for more information about
him, and they're asking members of the public for help.
If you have information regarding Aaron Alexis or the Navy Yard
shooting, call 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit the FBI's website.
"No piece of information is too small," said Valerie
Parlave, assistant director in charge of the Washington FBI Field Office.
"We are looking to learn everything we can about his recent movements, his
contacts and associates."
In addition to the gunman, authorities said at least 12 people
were killed and about 12 others were injured in the shooting, which put
government buildings on lockdown and sent police SWAT teams rushing to the
scene.
It's unclear whether another gunman also opened fire at the
headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command -- and why the shooting occurred,
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray told reporters.
"We'll continue to seek information about what the motive is.
We don't have any reason at this stage to suspect terrorism," he said,
"but certainly it has not been ruled out."
Police said one other gunman may be on the loose. Authorities
earlier said there could be two gunmen at large, but later said one of them had
been cleared.
The other possible suspect described by police -- a black male,
between 40 and 50, wearing an "olive drab-colored" military-style
uniform -- has not been ruled out, Gray said.
"We still don't know all the facts. But we do know that
several people have been shot and some have been killed," President Barack
Obama said earlier Monday afternoon. "So we are confronting yet another
mass shooting. And today it happened on a military installation in our nation's
capital."
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