A former UNC student from the 1980s was among the 12 employees of the Washington Navy Yard who were shot and killed on Monday.
Mary DeLorenzo Knight, 51, was shot to death by Aaron Alexis, who fired multiple rounds at law enforcement officers before he was shot to death by officers.
Knight’s name was released Tuesday by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C.
The case is currently being investigated by the FBI, along with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch and the Crime Scene Investigation Division. The suspect’s motive is currently unknown.
Knight was a UNC student in the 1980s, but the University does not have a record of her graduation or degree, said UNC spokeswoman Susan Hudson.
The registrar’s office found that Knight was enrolled as a full-time student from the fall of 1980 to spring of 1981. At that time, her major was radio, television and motion pictures.
Knight lived in Reston, Va., according to the police department. She worked at the Navy Yard, which serves as an administrative center for the U.S. Navy. A family spokesman could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
She also was an adjunct professor who taught information technology courses at Northern Virginia Community College, school spokeswoman Jessica Baxter said.
It was her first semester teaching at the college, and she was teaching two courses on the Annandale and Loudoun campuses, Baxter said.