Crime & Safety
Parkland Grad Guarding Washington Navy Yard
A Lehigh County man who is a U.S. Marine is stationed at Washington Navy Yard, where 12 people were shot to death 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.
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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