until recently, never charged in that case. alexis had been staying at this hotel not far from the navy yard since last week. alexis recently purchased one of the guns used in the shooting at a gun store in virginia. he passed two security clearances last september and this past july before starting work at the navy yard. his violent rampage has left his family devastated. >> it's very hurtful. and our hearts are going out more to the victims, people that got hurt because, you know, more lives lost. we don't need that right now. >> it is believed that the point that alexis acted alone. officials do not believe there's any link to terrorism. there are a lot of questions about the weapons. we know that three were recovered at the scene. we believe that alexis entered the building with a shotgun and somehow acquired either one or two weapons from the guards there. >> but yesterday we heard a lot