Who Was Aaron Alexis?

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A 34-year-old former Navy reservist was the source of chaos and havoc Monday at the secure military facility Washington Navy Yard, when he entered the compound with three firearms and killed 12 people, and injured eight others. But who is Aaron Alexis, and what was his motivation for the mass shooting that brings to mind Army Maj. Nidal Hasan's attack at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, which killed 13 people?

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