Man killed at Navy Ship shooting

**American Patriot** · March 26th, 2014, 18:30

Just thought I'd put this in here. No one has posted anything about it.

I'm still trying to figure this out, but they aren't releasing much about it.

Why haven't they released the names yet, especially if the father has been notified already????

Why haven't the released the name of the asshole who did the shooting?

Military policeman was Navy shooting victim, father says

As the investigation continues into the shooting at Naval Station Norfolk, more details are emerging about both the shooter and the victim.

David Larter, Navy Times 12:27 p.m. EDT March 26, 2014

NORFOLK, Va. — The father of a military policeman from Maryland said Wednesday his son was killed when a civilian disarmed a sailor on watch on a destroyer docked at a naval base.

Decondi Mayo of Hagerstown, Md., said a Navy representative told the family Tuesday that his son Mark Mayo, 24, had been killed in the Monday shooting at Naval Station Norfolk. Another security officer subsequently killed the civilian.

Mark Mayo's mother, Sharon Blair, said her son had been interested in law enforcement since childhood when he played cops and robbers with his siblings, according to The (Hagerstown, Md.) Herald-Mail.

"Just put there he died a hero," Blair told the paper. "He was at work, the line of duty." Hagerstown, about 60 miles from the District of Columbia, is about 200 miles northwest of Norfolk.

The male civilian shooter gained access to the world's largest naval base with proper credentials while driving a tractor-trailer onto base Monday and then gained access to Pier 1, which has a separate guard who checks identification. The guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan and hospital ship USNS Comfort are docked at the pier, one of 13 at the Navy base.

STORY: Suspect in Va. Navy shooting wrested gun from guard

The suspect had a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, which allows maritime workers unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels. The cards are commonly issued to truck drivers, employees of the Navy Military Sealift Command, merchant mariners and other employees who work at a commercial port.

The program was created after Sept. 11, 2001, as a way to strengthen security at commercial ports and other sensitive areas, but some in Congress have questioned the credentials' value because the biometric data stored on the cards is not scanned when civilians are granted access, as the program was designed to work.

The struggle on the USS Mahan began just about 11:20 p.m. ET Monday when the quarterdeck watch noticed the civilian behaving erratically.

Several security officers confronted him, according to a military source familiar with the incident reports. The civilian stripped the gun from the petty officer of the watch and shot the chief of the guard, Mark Mayo, who was rushing to the scene.

A roving guard then shot and killed the civilian, according to the source, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly amid an ongoing investigation.

Navy officials haven't released the names of either man who died nor have they mentioned a reason that the civilian might have been on the USS Mahan.

The ship has a crew of 300 and returned to Norfolk in September after a deployment of more than eight months that included being positioned in the eastern Mediterranean for a potential strike against Syria.

The Norfolk base covers more than 6,000 acres and is the home port for 64 ships, according to information the Navy provided in February. About 46,000 military members and 21,000 civilian government employees and contractors are assigned to the base and its ships.

Mayo had been a military policeman since completing special forces training in 2008 and he patrolled the base, his mother said. He previously had been stationed in Bahrain and Spain.

Blair said she wants her son to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Contributing: Nick Ochsner, WVEC-TV, Hampton-Norfolk, Va.; The Associated Press

**American Patriot** · March 26th, 2014, 18:33

This article states "after families are notified"......

Civilian Who Fatally Shot Sailor At Norfolk Naval Base Didn't Have Own Weapon: Officials

| by BROCK VERGAKIS

Posted: 03/25/2014 7:59 pm EDT Updated: 03/25/2014 7:59 pm EDT

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A civilian approaching a Navy destroyer at the world's largest naval base late at night took a weapon from a sailor who was standing watch and used it to shoot and kill another sailor who was trying to help his embattled colleague, Navy officials said Tuesday.

Navy security forces then killed the suspect, who was authorized to be on Naval Station Norfolk and did not bring his own weapon on base, according to Capt. Robert Clark, the base's commanding officer.

The identities of the civilian and the sailor who were killed have not been released.

"Information about our sailor will come at the appropriate time and today is not that day," said Clark, who asked for privacy for the sailor's family.

No other injuries were reported from the encounter, which occurred Monday about 11:20 p.m. on the USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer that had recently returned from a port visit in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. It wasn't immediately clear why the civilian approached the ship or if he ever had access to it previously.

The Navy said the civilian was coming toward the ship's quarterdeck, which is traditionally the ceremonial entry point aboard a ship, when the struggled ensued and the civilian was able to disarm the Petty Officer of the Watch.

Clark said the identification found with the civilian indicates it is unlikely he was a military dependent authorized to be on base for that reason. He said the civilian was found with a TWIC card.

A TWIC is a transportation worker's credential and is issued by the Transportation Security Administration to personnel who require unescorted access to secure areas, such as truck drivers. The cards are valid for five years, according to the TSA. All merchant mariners are also required to have a TWIC card, including employees of the Navy's Military Sealift Command.

Military Sealift Command hires civilian mariners to crew its ships, including the hospital ship USNS Comfort, which uses the same pier as the Mahan. Clark said it was unclear what exactly the civilian's job was or when he worked on the base.

The base was briefly on lockdown following the shooting, but traffic was back to normal early Tuesday morning.

The Navy will release both men's names after their families are notified, said Naval Station Norfolk spokeswoman Terri Davis.

Aside from the pier where the Mahan was docked, operations had returned to normal at the base, with counselors available, the Navy said in a statement.

But most enlisted sailors on the Mahan — docked at the first of 13 main piers — were not to report to duty Tuesday.

Some sailors gathered for a training session — unrelated to the shooting — and began with a moment of silence for their colleague. "We'll find out what happened, and we'll prevent that from occurring again," Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, based in Norfolk, told them.

The shooting on the Mahan comes about a month after the Navy held anti-terrorism and force protection exercises on bases around the U.S., including an active-shooter drill at the Norfolk station.

To get on the base, civilians must be escorted or have identification that allows them to be there. Authorized civilians can include Department of Defense employees, contractors and military family members.

Each base entrance is guarded, and motorists present IDs. Inspections are rare. All 13 piers have additional security forces. As part of ongoing security efforts, handheld ID scanners were implemented this year at Navy bases in the region, including the Norfolk station.

The shooting comes months after a September incident at the Washington Navy Yard, in which a gunman — identified as a contractor and former Navy reservist — killed 12 civilian workers before being shot to death.

The Norfolk base covers more than 6,000 acres and is the home port for 64 ships, according to information the Navy provided in February. About 46,000 military members and 21,000 civilian government employees and contractors are assigned to the base and its ships, according to the Navy figures.

The Mahan, commissioned in 1998, has a crew of nearly 300. In September, it returned to Norfolk after a deployment of more than eight months that included being positioned in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a potential strike against Syria.

Clark became Naval Station Norfolk's commanding officer in February, after previously serving as the installation's executive officer since 2012.

**American Patriot** · March 26th, 2014, 18:34

Mark Mayo is the Navy man.

Heartbroken parents identify victim of fatal shooting at Naval Station Norfolk as Mark Mayo, 24, a military policeman

Decondi Mayo and Sharon Blair said their son was killed at the Virginia base on Monday
A civilian approached the USS Mahan, disarmed a sailor and shot Mayo who came to help
The attacker, who was authorized to be on the base, was shot dead
The Navy has not identified the shooter or named Mayo as the victim
Mayo had been a military policeman since completing special forces training in 2008 and patrolled the base

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 08:43 EST, 26 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:56 EST, 26 March 2014

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The parents of a 24-year-old military policeman shot dead by a civilian at Virginia's Naval Station Norfolk on Monday have opened up about their heartbreak for the first time.

While the Navy has not officially released the victim's identity, Decondi Mayo and Sharon Blair said naval officers told them on Tuesday that their son, Mark Mayo, was killed in Monday's attack.

Mayo was chief of the guard aboard the USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer, when a civilian gained access to the ship and disarmed a sailor. Mayo was shot as he rushed to help the sailor.

'Just put there he died a hero,' Blair said, according to Herald Mail-Media. 'He was at work. The line of duty.'

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Tragic: Mark Mayo (pictured left and right) has been identified as the victim of a Naval Station Norfolk shooting

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Heartbroken: The parents of Mark Mayo, Sharon Blair (pictured left with Mark) and Decondi Mayo (right), have confirmed their son was the victim of Monday's fatal shooting

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Loving family: Sharon Blair said her son Mark Mayo (pictured together) was devoted to his family and often went to the movies with her

Blair said before she knew anything about the shooting, she began to feel sick.
She said her son, a Williamsport High School graduate who made a name for himself as a standout wrestler, was devoted to his family and often went to the movies with her.

Blair said her son had been a military policeman since completing special forces training in 2008 and patrolled the base.
He'd been stationed in Bahrain and Spain before patrolling the U.S. Navy base in Norfolk.
Blair said her son was born in Washington, D.C., but she moved her family to Hagerstown in 1998 for a better life.

'I wanted to do right by them,' Blair said.

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Scene: Mark Mayo was chief of the guard on board the USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer (pictured) docked at Naval Station Norfolk on Monday when he was shot dead by a civilian

USA Today reported the tragic events unfolded about 11.20pm Monday when the quarterdeck on USS Mahan noticed a civilian behaving erratically.
As several security officers confronted him, the civilian stripped the gun from the Petty Officer of the Watch and shot Mayo as he rushed to the scene.

A roving guard subsequently shot and killed the civilian, who gained access to the world's largest naval base with the proper credentials.
According to USA Today, the shooter had a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, which allows maritime workers unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels.

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The cards are commonly issued to truck drivers, Navy Military Sealift Command employees, merchant mariners and workers at a commercial port.
The civilian used the card to gain access to Pier 1, which has a separate guard who checks identification.

The cards were created after September 11, 2001, in order to strengthen security at commercial ports.
However, USA Today reported some members of Congress have criticized the cards because the biometric data stored on them is not scanned when civilians are granted access.
It is not clear what prompted the attack and if the civilian worked at the base. He has not been identified.

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Scene: The Navy is investigating how a civilian gained access to Naval Station Norfolk (pictured) on Monday

The Norfolk base was briefly on lockdown after the Monday night shooting but all areas aside from USS Mahan resumed operations on Tuesday.
Blair said she would bury her son at Arlington National Cemetery, a U.S. military cemetery in Virginia.

Naval Station Norfolk covers more than 6,000 acres and is the home port for 64 ships, according to information the Navy provided in February.

About 46,000 military members and 21,000 civilian government employees and contractors are assigned to the base and its ships, according to the Navy figures.