The FBI said Tuesday that it has no information at this point indicating Aaron Alexis, the Navy contractor identified as the gunman who killed 12 people Monday at the Washington, DC Navy Yard, was in possession of an AR-15 assault rifle.
Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office, said in a news conference that Alexis entered the Navy Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) building with a shotgun and may have obtained a handgun once inside the facility.
Parlave added that the FBI determined Alexis arrived in the metro area on or around Aug. 25 and stayed in local hotels. Alexis was most recently known to have stayed at a Residence Inn in Southwest Washington starting on Sept. 7, she said.
