Needless confrontation. At least 1,000 Police Officers in ferguson have gone through special training on how to deal peacefully with protesters and the mayor of st. Louis asked for an additional 400 National Guard troops for support. Scott broom joins us now from Mount Vernon Square in northwest with more on the ferguson protests that are planned for the area. Reporter its called dcferguson and the protests are planned for here at Mount Vernon Square 24 hours after whatever decision is made by that grand jury and, of course, the announcement of when thats going to happen still hasnt been made yet. As you can see from some video, protests posted by the d. C. Protesters themselves previous marches by d. C. Ferguson have been loud, perhaps disruptive but not violent and incident free. We do not know what the grand jury in missouri will do or when, but d. C. Ferguson announced it will rally here at Mount Vernon Square for a march to chinatown at 7 00 the day after whatever announcement com
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Wounded, some critically. There were report of a possible second gunman, but police are now confident that is not the case. The gunman had a valid pass to get into the navy yard. Kpix 5 linda has more on the suspect tonight. Dc police and fbi have identified the gunman as a former decorated petty officer. Hes aaron alexis of 34yearold military reservist whose military record included misconduct charges. He left the navy in january, 2011, before todays rampage, alexis was involved in two minor shooting incidents. Aaron alexis was arrested in seattle in 2004 for shooting out another mans tires, then again in texas in 2010 for tiring a weapon into the ceiling of his apartment, but alexis was not prosecuted in either case. Todays blood bath surprises this former roommate who met him at a buddhist temple. He might be a little angry sometimes, you know, but uong i dont believe he going to kill myself if he didlieve i it. Alexis was a fulltime reservist from mae, 2007, to january, 2011, but h