Mother of Navy shooter 'so, so very sorry'

2013-09-18 22:05
The home of Cathleen Alexis in New York.

The home of Cathleen Alexis in New York. (AFP)

Multimedia   ·   User Galleries   ·   News in Pictures Send us your pictures  ·  Send us your stories

New York - The mother of the US man who killed 12 people in this week's shooting at a Navy complex in Washington says she is "so, so very sorry that this has happened".

Cathleen Alexis said on Wednesday that she does not know why her son, Aaron, did what he did and she will never be able to ask him.

The mother read a statement at her home in New York. She concluded, "My heart is broken."

The 34-year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire on Monday before he was killed in a shootout with police.

Authorities say he had been suffering several serious mental problems including paranoia and a sleep disorder.

Read more on:    us  |  navy yard shooting

Join the conversation!

24.com encourages commentary submitted via MyNews24. Contributions of 200 words or more will be considered for publication.

We reserve editorial discretion to decide what will be published.
Read our comments policy for guidelines on contributions.
NEXT ON NEWS24X

North Korea's Kim promises no more nuclear or missile tests

8 minutes ago

24.com publishes all comments posted on articles provided that they adhere to our Comments Policy. Should you wish to report a comment for editorial review, please do so by clicking the 'Report Comment' button to the right of each comment.

Comment on this story
10 comments
Comments have been closed for this article.

Inside News24

 
/News
WATCH: People with disabilities march for jobs in Tshwane
Traffic Alerts
PowerBall and PowerBall Plus results Friday, April 20 2018-04-20 21:12 Click here for the full list of lottery results
There are new stories on the homepage. Click here to see them.
 
News24
English
Afrikaans
isiZulu
|   OLX  |  PROPERTY24  |  CAREERS24  |  SPREE  |  AUTOTRADER  |  

Hello 

Create Profile

Creating your profile will enable you to submit photos and stories to get published on News24.


Please provide a username for your profile page:

This username must be unique, cannot be edited and will be used in the URL to your profile page across the entire 24.com network.

Settings

Location Settings

News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location. If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a location for each component and click "Submit" in order for the changes to take affect.




Facebook Sign-In

Hi News addict,

Join the News24 Community to be involved in breaking the news.

Log in with Facebook to comment and personalise news, weather and listings.