Nearby here. we believe, or at least the investigators tell me they believe that he came to the navy yard today carrying only that shotgun. that once he shot his way in, that he then grabbed two other weapons, taking an ar-15 semiautomatic weapon, perhaps from the guard station there, and then shooting a law enforcement officer and taking the officer s handgun so that by the time he was shot and killed, they recovered three weapons. the shotgun they believe he had in the first place and the other two that he picked up along the way. stunning. absolutely stunning. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. thank you very much. appreciate you being here. you bet. all right, more on who the apparent shooter was today. we ll have a live report from one of the places where he reportedly worked before coming to washington, d.c. plus, there s lots more ahead. stay with us. we are confronting yet another mass shooting, and today it happened on a military installation in our nation s
Were staying in a hotel, a residence inn 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 an anger-fueled blackout. and at the time, seattle police say they ca
The incidents with the gun in seattle, the other one here in ft. worth, they said they never knew about that. they never knew the severity of it. but one thing a friend did say to us that said looking back on it, it was kind of disturbing, that alexis was obsessed with online, violent video games, that every time they went over to his apartment or to his house, he was in his room with headphones on, communicating with other people online and playing these very violent games, the types where you have a weapon and you round the corner and shoot not targets but people, and they even halfway joked about it, saying, you re 34 years old, you need to get a life here. and he said, well, this is my life, or words to that effect. he enjoyed playing the video games. whether that had any affect on his actions today, we just don t know. charles, do we know anything about what authorities still want to know about his background and his history, what police are still trying to find out about him?
Then took the guard s sidearm and either picked up the assault rifle from a safe/cabinet nearby or the guard was also armed with a long gun. so, as pete williams was suggesting earlier this hour, having one weapon when he approached the building, shooting a security guard and taking either one or two guns off of that guard or away from that guard post. evidence collection team said to be expected on the scene throughout the day tomorrow. they are still determining the number of rounds fired. but again, the two pieces here of information are the reported locating of the rental car in a garage across the street from the building where the shooting happened and at least reports from law enforcement sources in washington about how accessing the building may have happened, including with those weapons. it was about 2:30 p.m. eastern today when nbc s pete williams reported that officials had identified the man who allegedly opened fire at the navy yard, killed 12 people before he
The first persons who was shot was the security guard at the entrance. it is believed that mr. alexis then took the guard s sidearm and either picked up the assault rifle from a safe/cabinet nearby or the guard was also armed with a long gun. so, as pete williams was suggesting earlier this hour, having one weapon when he approached the building, shooting a security guard and taking either one or two guns off of that guard or away from that guard post. evidence collection team said to be expected on the scene throughout the day tomorrow. they are still determining the number of rounds fired. but again, the two pieces here of information are the reported locating of the rental car in a garage across the street from the building where the shooting happened and at least reports from law enforcement sources in washington about how accessing the building may have happened, including with those weapons. it was about 2:30 p.m. eastern today when nbc s pete williams reported that officials had