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Behavior? >> those are the forensics that were doing. thats what were trying to take a look at is through those brushes with civilian law enforcement, if we missed anything. and so were looking at that right now. >> so drew, he was checked out just this past year by this defense contractor. >> twice according to the defense contractor. which is really troubling. because they say that they actually hired a firm to do a security check on this suspect, and twice came back said he was cleared. in fa...

Charlotte, north carolina. i want to bring in mark omara, cnn analyst an defense attorney. of course you know this face very well, he represented george zimmerman in the trayvon martin murder trial earlier this year. okay, mark, good to talk to you. you heard the story but the optics here, white police officer, young unarmed black man shot, killed. the white officer now charged with a felony of voluntary manslaughter. did the trayvon martin/george zimmerman case where it took almost two months...

Yet the navy allows him to essentially leave the service with his clearance intact. >> thats right. >> making him gold to these contractors who are scrambling to get workers. >> the administrative offenses he was guilty of in the navy, dereliction of duty, absent without leave, habitually late for work, while certainly not commendable offenses for a navy sailor, dont rise to the level that would instantly call for a revocation of a security clearance. >> do you know if the navy had access to his...

Health issues. that wouldnt necessarily affect getting his security clearances updated? >> no. as a matter of fact we dont want that to be the case. youve heard military officers to say we want them to come forward if they think they have a problem and not have to fear the stigma on their career or security clearance. >> what about the allegations he shot into somebodys tires, shot into a neighbors apartment, all these incidents that we now know about. >> there are many reasons why a security cl...

Investigators, that at least one of the firearms was taken from the guard. we also know that right now theyre going through the casings at the scene to try to determine who shot which shots in these types of incidents you have the first responders, the law enforcement officers at the scene, firing off shots. the suspect apparently was fire back and so now they have to determine exactly -- they have to catalog each shot and try to determine who fired which shot. >> and, as we understand, thats go...

We know at this time two of them went in immediately when they arrived at the building and heard the gunshots. immediately went in the building and started giving lookouts and passing information on. once they got inside the building, the thought they put into ensuring other teams could get in, that other teams could get in quickly, that other teams could move around safely was unbelievable. i dont have the exact time it took before the final engagement. that will come much later after all the f...

>> we absolutely are taking a look at it. were doing the forensics inside the navy and in particular on this individual. >> good luck with this review. thanks very much rear admiral john kirby. when we come back, well remember the 12 victims, the people who died at the washington navy yard yesterday. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, were loving this communal seating. its great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for bu...

Surrounding that. also interesting, in a police report, his father noted that he had suffered from ptsd after being involved in a 9/11 rescue effort. he had several run-ins with the law. >> he mentioned it as well when talking to police, right? >> he mentioned it as well. >> he identified himself as someone who struggled with memories of 9/11 and emotional somewhat impact on him from it. this was a common theme for him. >> right. he had three times he was arrested, 2004 arrested for shooting out...

Two va hospitals apparently for psychological issues. authorities say alexis was a former navy reservist who was discharged after eight instances of misconduct. >> eight instances. right now forensics investigators are scouring the navy yard for evidence. sources say police have recovered three weapons from the scene. one is a shotgun that police believe he brought into the compound. the other two are handguns that may have been taken everyone guards. >> police have now released the names and th...

Is now deceased. police went to the home of this individual, have been in contact with him conducting their investigation relative to him. it may turn out to be an extraordinary coincidence that he resembles the shooter, was an employee at that facility, may no longer be an employee there. to give you a sense of whats going on apart from at the scene itself, there are investigations spreading out to include this one in which this id card that was found, may be information of a name put out by ot...