Aaron Alexis, the Washington Navy Yard shooter who killed 12 people on Monday, received treatment for insomnia several weeks prior to the incident, according to a Veterans Affairs memo delivered to congressional committees Wednesday, the Washington Post reported:
During his visit Aug. 23 to the VA Medical Center in Providence, Alexis was given a small amount of a sleep medication and instructed to follow up with a primary care provider, the memo states.
Alexis showed up at the emergency room at the VA Medical Center in Washington five days later to request a refill, complaining of insomnia which he attributed to his work schedule, according to the memo.
Alexis had also been suffering from a host of mental problems, including paranoia and a sleep disorder, and had been hearing voices in his head, according to the Associated Press.
