Been asking about how he got access to this secure facility. the same law enforcement sources in washington are now telling nbc news that it appears that aaron alexis entered the building armed and that one of 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
The last few minutes, the people here in ft. worth are learning virtually for the first time about the man they called their friend. 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
Weapons that he may have had, and does that tell us anything about what it might have taken for him to get that kind of weaponry into the navy yard facility? sure, good questions. and i guess i have two answers to that. there s nothing that we know of in his past, even though he had treatment at v.a. hospitals for some psychiatric issues, nothing that would have disqualified him from buying a weapon. remember that the federal standard is a judged mentally incompetent. that s the phrase in the law, or mentally defective i think is the word that the statute uses. so, a judge has to make a finding that you have a mental problem that would disqualify you, not merely that you have psychiatric problems. so, the weapon, we believe, was purchased just within the past few days, just last week at a gun store in lorton, virginia, which is about 20 miles from washington, d.c. it takes about an hour to drive there on the very crowded interstate 95, but it s right
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? reporter: well, we know that he was roommates with another
It wasn t really shock, actually, because i know that 40% of gun trades done in america are done without any background check. but to see the ease with which you went to a gun show and bought a bushmaster ar-15 assault rifle, the exact same weapon that adam lanza used at sandy hook, was pretty disturbing. let s take a look at a clip from your investigation. reporter: this private seller had an ar-15 for sale, the type of weapon adam lanza used. this is a bushmaster? yeah. he just wanted cash. no test, no questions asked. so, this is the gun i bought. it s an ar-15 semiautomatic weapon. i didn t to fill out any paperwork at all to buy it. i don t have to license it now that i bought it. that s ow easy it is to buy and own a gun in texas. were you surprised, hillary, with the ease in which you bought that rifle?