Crime & Safety

Lehigh County Man Guarding Washington Navy Yard

A Marine with Lehigh Valley roots is helping to guard Washington Navy Yard where 12 people were fatally shot on Monday.

A man with Lehigh Valley roots is helping guard the Washington Navy Yard in the wake of Monday's shooting rampage.

Lance Corporal Christopher Kuhns, a U.S. Marine, is a guard at the Navy Yard and has family in Schnecksville, according to a WFMZ report. He graduated from Parkland High School.

Kuhns was not injured in the mass shooting that killed 12 people plus the alleged gunman.

Shooting suspect Aaron Alexis was a Navy veteran who was arrested but not convicted on a previous weapons charge. 

A survivor likened the rampage to 9/11 in an interview with Patch.


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