Studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. Did we do something with the set . Did i miss something . We changed something. Sorry i missed the House Warming Party but it looks good. It looks good. We are excited. Good. We are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. After conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. Natalie morales is there with the latest. Natalie, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. We are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. According to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34yearold aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. He was a computer contractor, a former Navy Reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. Alexis did have a valid pass to en
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Good evening. There has been another mass shooting in this country. This time close to the center of our government in washington, d. C. , not far from the u. S. Capitol. Gunfire erupted this morning inside the Washington Navy yard, a complex of buildings dating back to the late 1700s. Tonight, at least 12 people are dead. The police say another dozen are injured. Seven minutes after the first call to 911, the First Police Officers rushed in. There were numerous gun battles, apparently, inside one of the buildings before the gunman could be taken down. He has been identified as aaron alexis, a military contractor and former naval reservist from texas. Now this ranks with the shootings in ft. Hood, texas, and aurora, colorado, in terms of size, scale and death toll. The shooting brought much of d. C. To a stand still. Flights grounded, schools locked down. Even the u. S. Senate locked down because the u. S. Capitol is just a mile and a half away from the navy yard and building 197 where