careful census, count heads, take attendance of everybody who is accounted for so they can keep careful records. and then you have this fact that the d.c. police department still is trying to check out this report of another person, which i think is going to turn out to be a washout, but they are just being very careful. and so, for all those reasons, that s right, everybody hasn t gone home yet. wow. have you learned any more details late today and tonight about this alleged shooter, aaron alexis? we ve got reports today that he did have some relatively minor criminal history, also some interesting reports about his status as a defense contractor. how does that relate to his potential access to this site? well, he certainly had access to the site. there s no question about that. what we believe is that he came up here the last couple of days to work with a team of contractors on a military computer project and that they were staying in a hotel, a residence iinn right near the wash
contractors on a military computer project and that they were staying in a hotel, a residence iinn right near the washington navy yard, and that s how he that s why he was so up close. still not 100% clear whether he was going to work at the navy yard today or whether he just was near the navy yard, but he has a navy connection. he was in the naval reserve, he was an electronics specialist. he worked in several places. he worked in ft. worth, texas. he s originally from new york. his parents still live there. as far as his criminal past, three years ago, he was arrested for firing a weapon that went into the apartment above him, didn t hurt anybody. the police questioned him. he said he was cleaning his gun but he was charged with that. and nine years ago when he was living in seattle, police charged him with shooting out the tires of a car that was driven by some workers who were parking near where he lived. he told them that the shooting was the result of what he called
so, there s that. secondly, the navy wants to do a careful census, count heads, take attendance of everybody who is accounted for so they can keep careful records. and then you have this fact that the d.c. police department still is trying to check out this report of another person, which i think is going to turn out to be a washout, but they are just being very careful. and so, for all those reasons, that s right, everybody hasn t gone home yet. wow. have you learned any more details late today and tonight about this alleged shooter, aaron alexis? we ve got reports today that he did have some relatively minor criminal history, also some interesting reports about his status as a defense contractor. how does that relate to his potential access to this site? well, he certainly had access to the site. there s no question about that. what we believe is that he came up here the last couple of days to work with a team of contractors on a military computer project and that they