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
Identified tonight as aaron alexix, a 34yearold naval reservist and naval contract torment more than a dozen others were wounded, including a washington, d. C. Police officer. The motive for the shooting is not known. Chip reed is at the Washington Navy yard for us. Chip. Reporter this street was a very different scene earlier today. It was a scene of utter chaos. Hundreds of police, federal agents, emergency medical responders were here. That i know arrived people were running for their life, including at the guy named todd who ran and saw the gunman as he was running from the building. It was maybe two or three seconds. We got a look at the guy. As we were going out the dark he turned and he started shooting. We immediately made a left to go down out of the building. The horror for him was not over at that point. He said he wept out into an alley where he thought he could seek cover. He talked briefly with another man who he did not know. He heard two gunshots. He looked up to where
That navy yard. Susan mcginnis is in washington where investigators are trying to learn more about the shooting. Reporter authorities are focused on one gunman. Were learning more about his past and about a history of Mental Illness that includes hearing voices. The investigation into mondays deadly shooting on a navy base continued through the night. One question that remains unanswered is why. We dont know what the motive is at this stage. Police say 34yearold aaron alexis opened fire inside a building on washingtons navy yard. It was like pow, pow, pow. From his position, he had a snipers view. It wasnt really no cover to take. We were out in the open. 12 people were killed in the attack. All of them civilian contractors. Alexis became the 13th person killed when he died in a shoot out with police. Because police cant question aaron alexis they are looking to the public about his whereabouts and activities in the days leading up to the shooting. The fbi released a poster asking the
Reporter 2004 seattle arrest for shooting out someones tires alexis says he blacked out then fired the shots. Reporter 2010 arrested in fort worth for shooting a gun through his ceiling supposedly because a beighbor of his was being too loud. Reporter Navy Reservist between 2007 and 2011. The navy says alexis was given the National Defense service medal, as well as the global war on terrorism medal while serving. Reporter 2011 discarged from military for a pattern of misconduct. Reporter after he was discharged, he worked as waiter and Delivery Driver at Thai Restaurant in fort worth, tx up until may of 2013. Reporter he was a military contractor working in ionformation technology. He reportedly converted to buddhism, and was taking classes to ger a bachelots degree in aeronautics. Reporter catherine it was a chaotic scene. On the ground and in the air. This Police Helicopter was hovering over the naval yard. Apparently taking out one of the wounded. There were swat teams, military wor
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