at the others on the third floor balcony. at least one man on the fourth floor corridor. for more on what we are learning about the alleged shooter s life leading up to yesterday s tragedy. here is nbc national investigative correspondent. michael, what is the, the new york times report tonight about, sounds like we could have had a much worse body count if he had gotten his hands on that automatic, that assault weapon. well it was pretty bad. as it was. of course, lawrence. actually elt wit was not just o last week. it was on saturday. less than two days before before the rampage. alexis goes to the gun store in, in lorton, virginia. northern virginia. practice tests. not clear whether he tried to
confronted a man in the fourth floor corridor and shot him at point blank range. law enforcement officials say he bought the shotgun as recently as a week ago in nearby virginia. president obama was briefed about the attack and his remarks addressing the five year anniversary of the financial crisis quickly took a somber turn. we poll gapoll gaze for that. those killed range from n. age from 46 to 73. the victims were all civilians and contractor, not active duty military. a witness says arthur daniel spotted a gunman running down the hallway inside building 197. and this is a huge complex.