Navy Yard shootings: What we know so far [Updated]

Several people are reportedly dead after a shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

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5:08 p.m.: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that shooting suspect Aaron Alexis was arrested in 2010 for allegedly shooting his handgun into the ceiling of his apartment in Fort Worth, Texas. The woman told police that she was "terrified" of Alexis and that he had called the police on her several times over noise complaints.

Friends told the Star-Telegram that he left his job as an aviation electrician's mate in the Navy Reserve "because he didn't like to get up early and had complained about getting underpaid" and eventually became a waiter and deliveryman at a restaurant called Happy Bowl Thai in Forth Worth.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.