be among the mourners at a memorial service sunday for those who died in the yafy yard shooting rampage. nbc s karen travers has more. the pentagon acknowledged there were red flags about aaron alexis. abc news learned he carved the words better off this way and elf weapon. authorities are trying to determine what those phrases could mean including whether better off this way meant alexis knew he would not survive his rampage. vectors are also piecing together clues about alexis mental state. one recent incident stands out on august 7th at 6:00 a.m. he called the newport, rhode island, police. he claimed that after an argument at the airport they sent three people to follow him and keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations through his body.
promise and pled guilty to drunk driving in an ohio courtroom. he got attention in this youtube video where he admitted to killing a gentleman drinking and driving. a locksmith in suburban san francisco recovering from a gunshot wound. the locksmith had the gun drilling a doorknob when he shot through that door. that started a four-hour standoff that ended when the man was arrested. a wild police pursuit in south florida. it ended in death. a man fleeing from police who killed his girlfriend and daughter. he killed another woman who died at the scene. s.w.a.t. teams moved in to get him. investigators may never know what caused this accident.
will be among the mourners on sunday for those who died in the navy yard shooting rampage. this morning we re learning more. kachb travers has more. reporter: the pentagon acknowledged there were red flags about aaron alexis. why they didn t get picked up. reporter: abc news has learned that alexis learned better off this way and my elf weapon on the stock of the shotgun he used in monday s massacre. authorities are trying to determine what those phrases could mean including whether if better off this way meant alexis knew he would not survive his rampage. investigators are also piecing together clues about alexis mental state. one recent incident stands out. on august 7th at 6:00 a.m. alexis called the newport, rhode island, police. he claimed after an incident at an airport it sent three people to follow him and keep him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations through his body through a microwave machine.
middle of the night still wearing her pajama bottoms. i m so wore rid about her. reporter: the tears fresh from the vigil. we re praying and expecting a safe return, father. reporter: police say they found her captive at a location east of atlanta. they arrested will dragle jackson and 40-year-old juan contreras rodriguez on immigration violations. the two men who broke into the home had no relationship with anyone in the house. here s a possible connection. according to court records, the men arrested were both arrested on drug charges in 2012. charges against the mother were dropped. there are several other subjects, suspects that we re still investigating. because of that, i really will not be able to get into a lot of particulars on this. reporter: there are still so many questions, one thing s for sure. their prayers were answered in
passengers tell the harrowing few minutes before the crash. ctv robert fleish reports. reporter: many have been injured, several are dead. they were yelling at the driver to stop. the train started coming. everyone s yelling, stop, stop to the bus driver. everyone shouted stop, stop. then as i looked up, the bus was coming no contact with the gate and the front of the bus, it like all impacted at once and everyone flew and there was just dust everywhere. all i just remember is i just grabbed my son and ran off the bus. reporter: rob giancarli was a passenger on the train. i felt a bump and saw smoke and we were going off the tracks. i thought we were going to flip over. reporter: ambulances, fire trucks and police vehicles flooded the scene as rescue crews worked on the mangled wreckage of the bus. the train left the ottawa train station en route to toronto when