Report: Deceased alleged Navy Yard shooter ID’d as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis; FBI confirms mugshot [pics]

http://twitter.com/#!/NBCNews/status/379677265116016640

After initially erroneously naming the dead alleged Navy Yard shooter, media are now identifying him as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old man from Fort Worth, Texas:

http://twitter.com/#!/HurElizabeth/status/379681694619815937
http://twitter.com/#!/edshow/status/379677956375085056
http://twitter.com/#!/ChrisCuomo/status/379697008493494272

Alexis evidently has a criminal record:

http://twitter.com/#!/ScottGordonNBC5/status/379677475267444736

This mugshot photo is currently circulating online:

http://twitter.com/#!/AllenMcDuffee/status/379679651271950337

But as yet there is no confirmation that the man in the photo is in fact the alleged shooter.

We will continue to monitor this story and update with any developments.

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Update:

http://twitter.com/#!/collegepolitico/status/379687857683587072

NBC 4 in Washington believes the man in the mugshot and the shooter are one and the same:

Aaron Alexis Arrest record, confirmed by @nbcwashington:
*Arrested 9/10
*Charged w/discharge of firearm http://t.co/jJs3gF5KDN— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 16, 2013

http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/379692780940845056

Another purported photo of Aaron Alexis:

http://twitter.com/#!/NBCDFW/status/379692265670975489

Fox’s D.C. affiliate has also posted the mugshot photo:

http://twitter.com/#!/myfoxdc/status/379695119735488512

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Update:

After taking questions from media, Aaron Alexis’ former roommate says, ‘Wait, he’s dead?’

More information about Alexis:

http://twitter.com/#!/julianbarnes/status/379702324978909184
http://twitter.com/#!/CraigMWhitlock/status/379713531517493248
http://twitter.com/#!/SamFeistCNN/status/379726375441035264

The FBI is now running the mugshot as well:

http://twitter.com/#!/Chris_Moody/status/379703560096583681

http://twitter.com/#!/FBIPressOffice/status/379703850812207104

Verification that the man in the photo is shooting suspect Aaron Alexis.

Editor’s note: The title has been changed to reflect the FBI’s confirmation of the mugshot.

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For anyone curious:

http://twitter.com/#!/jasoncherkis/status/379715016963788800

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Update:

Alexis was reportedly arrested in Seattle in 2004:

http://twitter.com/#!/TyTribble/status/379723614985416705

From the Seattle PD Blotter:

Aaron Alexis, the man identified by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in this morning’s tragic attack on a US Navy Yard, was previously arrested by Seattle police in 2004 for shooting out the tires of another man’s vehicle in what Alexis later described to detectives as an anger-fueled “blackout.”

The Fort Worth PD has also released a statement from the Tarrant County D.A.’s office:

http://twitter.com/#!/fortworthpd/status/379711064184610816

Here is Eric Holder’s statement:

http://twitter.com/#!/ryanjreilly/status/379725146694885376

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Update:

http://twitter.com/#!/USNavy/status/379728680194674688

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