Navy Yard Gunman's Employer: Our Background Check Only Found a
"Minor Traffic Violation"  | Tue Sep. 17, 2013 4:28 PM EDT
Following Aaron Alexis' Navy Yard shooting spree on Monday,
during which he reportedly killed 12 people, media reports have
noted that the 34-year-old had several previous run-ins with the
law, including two arrests for firearms violations. But the
government subcontractor that employed Alexis to do IT work, The
Experts Inc., says it ran two background checks on Alexis—one as
recently as June—and they turned up nothing more than a traffic
ticket.  "The suspect had been employed by The Experts for
approximately six months over the last year, during which time
we enlisted a service to perform two background checks and we
confirmed twice through the Department of Defense his Secret
government clearance," Lou Colasuonno, a spokesman for The
Experts Inc., tells Mother Jones in an email. "The latest
background check and security clearance confirmation were in
late June of 2013 and revealed no i