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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (41715)	9/16/2013 6:42:27 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

Don't you wish the Navy Yard shooter had been a white Christian tea partier i/o a black Buddhist? Make that a probably gay black Buddhist. Aaron Alexis, the man identified as the shooter at the Washington Navy Yard, was a Buddhist according to one of his friends. Former roommate Nutpisit Sathamtewakul, who owns Happy Bowl Thai in White Settlement, told local media that Alexis worked at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Ft. Worth, Texas. He worked there from 2007 to 2011, and left the Navy as a petty officer 3rd class on January 31, 2011. According to Sathamtewakul, Alexis practiced Buddhism. ...... Alexis visited Thailand recently, according to his friend, and had traveled to Japan with a computer defense contractor, according to a customer of Happy Bowl and copy editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. His landlord described him as well-behaved and calm. BigGovernment.com ..... A LinkedIn page that is no longer online appeared to have belonged to an Aaron Alexis in Texas. The portion of the page that was still visible in search results described him as having worked at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, as a “network tech” at a company called SinglePoint, and as having attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. According to the FBI, Alexis was a native of New York City. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Alexis served in the Navy from 2007 to 2011. The newspaper also reported Alexis spent three years living with a man named Nutpisit Suthamtewakul, who owns Happy Bowl Thai restaurant in White Settlement, Texas. Suthamtewakul described Alexis as “my best friend” and said he sometimes worked at the restaurant. Another man who spoke to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said Alexis was interested in Buddhism and went to a temple where he would “meditate in Thai and English.” ...... tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com Living with a guy for 3 yrs - sounds like DADT. .... Alexis maintained addresses in Manhattan and Queens from the late 1990s through 2002, and is still a registered voter in New York. According to a deleted LinkedIn profile, he attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and worked for a tech firm. After enlisting in New York, he graduated from boot camp at Great Lakes, Ill., as an airman recruit. He was classified as an aviation electrician’s mate — a petty officer third class — and served at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, Texas, at the time of his discharge, the spokeswoman said. investigations.nbcnews.com Sheesh, the guy probably voted for Obama in both TX and NY, despite not living in NY for a decade. But wait, he might have been a Washington state voter too: ... Alexis was living in Seattle in 2004 when he was suspected of shooting out another man’s tires in what police described as an anger-fueled “blackout.” According to police, Alexis' father claimed his son helped in rescue efforts during the Sept. 11 attacks while living in New York City. Alexis was not charged in the May 6, 2004, incident, but police contend he shot out the tires of a car parked near his grandmother’s home in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. According to a police statement, Alexis was suspected of firing three rounds into the Honda Accord’s rear tires before returning to the home, located next door to the construction site where the car had been parked. The owner of the construction business told police he believed Alexis was angry over the parking situation around the work site. Several workers reported Alexis staring at them prior to the shooting. Seattle detectives ultimately arrested Alexis a month later. According to police, Alexis told detectives he had been “mocked” by construction workers and said they had “disrespected him.” Alexis also claimed he had an anger-fueled “blackout,” and could not remember firing his gun at the victims’ vehicle until an hour after the incident. Alexis also told police he was present during “the tragic events of September 11, 2001? and described “how those events had disturbed him.” According to police, detectives later spoke with Alexis’ father, who lived in New York at the time, who told police Alexis had anger management problems, and that Alexis had been an active participant in rescue attempts on Sept. 11, 2001. Seattle detectives referred the case to the Seattle Municipal Court for charges. Court records indicate Alexis was not charged. ..... http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Police-Navy-Yard-gunman-previously-arrested-in-4819067.php