network. hp is cooperating fully with law enforcement as requested. the washington post is reporting that aaron alexis would have had a contractor card allowing him into the navy facility. his security clearance was reportedly updating in july. what else about his background may shed light on why this happened? and maybe more specifically now on how this happened today. joining from us ft. worth, texas, is nbc news s charles hadlock. charles, thanks very much for your time tonight. hi, there. so, what sort of footprint did aaron alexis leave in ft. worth? what do people there know about him and how are they reacting today? reporter: well, rachel, most of his life centered around this place, the happy bowl restaurant here in northwest ft. worth. this is where he worked. this is where he met the owner of this restaurant at the buddhist temple just down the
everything of the owner and several other persons we spoke to say everything around aaron alexis was an image of peacefulness, which is obviously a kind of a hard thing to mix with the other reports of gun violence we are hearing in the fort worth area and in seattle as well. yeah, it doesn t add up at this point. but again, we are learning more and more by the minute, ed, thank you, we will continue to check in with you. a reminder, no matter how small, call 1-800-call-fbi. if you cross paths with him or can shed any light on what made him take the fbi. i want to turn next to another fort worth acquaintance, a guy named bud kennedy, who met him at that restaurant the happy bowl restaurant. thank you for being with us. you visit restaurants as a part of your job as a dlumist for the fort star telegram. the shooter apparently waited on you at the restaurant. what did you think of him? i write about news, but i
reporting that aaron alexis would have had a contractor card allowing him into the navy facility. his security clearance was reportedly updating in july. what else about his background may shed light on why this happened? and maybe more specifically now on how this happened today. joining from us ft. worth, texas, is nbc news s charles hadlock. charles, thanks very much for your time tonight. hi, there. so, what sort of footprint did aaron alexis leave in ft. worth? what do people there know about him and how are they reacting today? reporter: well, rachel, most of his life centered around this place, the happy bowl restaurant here in northwest ft. worth. this is where he worked. this is where he met the owner of this restaurant at the buddhist temple just down the street from here. they became fast friends. they even became roommates for several years. they lived in several different places here in ft. worth. and alexis, aaron alexis even
the happy bowl restaurant in forth worth where he works as a waiter. some may be able to shed a whole lot more light on it in the the way of motive. christy, aaron alexis was going to be the best man at her wedding. christy, thank you very much for being with us. what was any alexis like? he was very, very helpful. he actually helped us as our restaurant was getting on its feet and business was picking up. he would help serve. he would help deliver food. a lot of the customers loved him because he now how to talk. he could talk if thai, actually. he was pretty fluent in thai. he was so helpful in helping us out however he can. he was very friendly. how long was he working there? was he working full time? well, actually, he wasn t working because that indicates that he got paid. he was volunteering. he was helping while he was doing contracting work and trying to get on his feet.
the washington post is reporting that aaron alexis would have had a contractor card allowing him into the navy facility. his security clearance was reportedly updating in july. what else about his background may shed light on why this happened? and maybe more specifically now on how this happened today. joining from us ft. worth, texas, is nbc news s charles hadlock. charles, thanks very much for your time tonight. hi, there. so, what sort of footprint did aaron alexis leave in ft. worth? what do people there know about him and how are they reacting today? reporter: well, rachel, most of his life centered around this place, the happy bowl restaurant here in northwest ft. worth. this is where he worked. this is where he met the owner of this restaurant at the buddhist temple just down the street from here. they became fast friends. they even became roommates for several years. they lived in several different places here in ft. worth. and alexis, aaron alexis even worked here as