Heads up something happening at White House gun incident per Ed Henry I am digging
They heard two gunshots outside the NW gate. Lockdown the White House.
Mark Berman @themarkberman 4m
Multiple reports of shots fired outside the White House. We’re checking.
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Thanks! Keep us posted. Not seeing anything on cable news.
Alexis’ father said his son was studying while working a computer job
His service appears to have been unremarkable: Alexis was given the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, two awards of relatively minor distinction, before his discharge. The spokeswoman had no other details on the grounds for his discharge.
In Texas, a former roommate, Oui Suthamtewakul, said he did not think Alexis had a beef with the military or the government, and that he “could not be the shooter.”
Suthamtewakul, who owns a Thai restaurant in Fort Worth, said he had kept in touch with Alexis via text in the four months since he had left Fort Worth for Washington.
Alexis’ father, Algernon Alexis, seemed stunned.
“This comes as a complete shock,” he told a reporter for the Reuters news service, then asked how he could reach authorities leading the investigation. The father said his son was studying and working the computer job for a private company.