Aaron Alexis’ employer told the Washington Post Tuesday that the military never disclosed the man’s police reports to his company.
Thomas Hoshko, chief executive officer of Navy subcontractor The Experts, said he never would have hired the man who killed 12 people at the Washington, DC Navy Yard if he had known about Alexis’ record.
“If I can find this out just by doing a Google search, that is sad,” Hoshko told the Post. “Anything that suggest criminal problems or mental health issues, that would be a flag. We would not have hired him.”
Hoshko said he was disturbed by media reports of Alexis’ run-in with police in Fort Worth, Texas in 2010. He was arrested for allegedly shooting a bullet into the apartment of the woman who lived upstairs from him.
He also told the newspaper that his company relies on the military to vet its employees for security clearances.
“None of this was made aware to us or to the company,” he said. “If there’s not full disclosure on this, how do they expect us to make good decisions about who to trust and hire.”
