facility. he had a pass, not necessarily security clearance, but he had a security pass that allowed him to enter the base as a subcontractor as a low computer technician. now, once on base, he confronted one of the base police officers, shot him and grabbed his service revolver. but the big question being asked today is how did alexis get on that base with at least one weapon perhaps two. now it could have easily been concealed in some kind of duffel bag and once they get through the gate they have open access to the rest of the base. once he overpowered the security guard he went up to the fourth floor and opened fire on a breakfast crowd below, ultimately killing 12 before he himself was shot and killed in a shootout with police.
13 people including the gunman are dead. eight victims injured including a washington, d.c., police officer. all are expected to survive. the shooter gained entry using his security pass, but it s still unclear how he managed to get weapons inside. abc s jim avila begins our coverage. reporter: a shooting free-for-all that began even before the suspect wearing black with a tall military bearing marched his way to the navy yard. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. reporter: at that moment, we all realized this is the real deal. this is serious. let s go. move. everyone said, this is no drill. go, go, go. emergency exits now. go, go, go. reporter: d.c. police say they get their first call of multiple victims down at 8:20 in the morning. by then a security guard on the first floor of building 197 of this massive complex is hit, and
we begin with the mass shooting at the washington navy yard. 13 people including the gunman are dead. eight victims injured including a washington, d.c., police officer. all are expected to survive. the shooter gained entry using his security pass, but it s still unclear how he managed to get weapons inside. abc s jim avila begins our coverage. reporter: a shooting free-for-all that began even before the suspect wearing black with a tall military bearing marched his way to the navy yard. multiple shots fired. multiple people down. reporter: at that moment, we all realized this is the real deal. this is serious. let s go. move. everyone said this is no drill. go, go, go. emergency exits now. go, go, go. d.c. police say they get their first call of multiple victims down at 8:20 in the morning. by then a security guard on the first floor of building 197 of this massive complex is hits, and
areally that this man was able to get into such a secure facility with a gun. that s about the last thing you d expect to happen, even in facility that s are not secure. what needs to happen to make sure that this doesn t occur again? he went in apparently with a valid security pass. he was given a security clearance just over the summer, despite incidents of violence, gun violence, in his past. what changes need to be made? you re going to see oversight by congress and you re going to see internal investigations. but this is a real issue that this man s condition, his mental condition, detier yaedetier yai got his clearance? there needs to be experts.
are multiple layers of security because of the work that they do, the classified work they do, there are multiple areas where you need a security pass to swipe an i.d. throughout the building. he is still his friends who are on the upper floors of the building making sure that they are safe, military become as small family in these situations. his friends are safe but they are reporting that security people are throughout the building now trying to ensure the safety of the people who are still there beyond these layers of security that are always there, wolf. and this is going to be the question. we ve talked about it. yes, a person can bring a weapon into an area and find a way to get it past security but there s going to be an awful lot of questions about how this happened and how someone might have been able to move through such a building armed and able