District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier speaks to reporters at Washington Navy Yard on Monday, September 16. She said the mass shooting, which left at least 12 people -- and the suspect -- dead, was "one of the worst things we've seen." Many of the people directing the official response to the horrific incident are women.
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Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-Washington, briefs members of the media at a Washington government building on September 16. "Washington needs a lot more answers," Norton said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, September 17.
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Dr. Janis M. Orlowski, chief operating officer at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, speaks at a news conference on September 16. She was tasked with treating many of the wounded after the rampage at the Navy Yard, and desires a day in which her job becomes obsolete. "You know what America? Put me out of business," she said. "Make it so I don't have to have a trauma center."
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U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers walks to a press conference on September 16. "We will be a part of this ongoing and fluid investigation," she told reporters.
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Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, September 17. Authorities are still searching for more information about the gunman, Aaron Alexis, and they're asking the public for help. "No piece of information is too small," Parlave said.
