ç he has been reporting from the scene all day, and i spoke with him a short time ago. >> chris stromemuch for talking with us. first of all, tell us where you are and then tell us what you have been table to piece together about what happened. >> i&m in the southeast quad of washington, d.c. just down the street from the washington navy yard where the shooting today took place. and according to witnesses who are coming out, we're beginning to peace together the scene that took place inside÷ú today. opened up fire. the gunman has beent( identified by authorities as aaron alexis, who is a 34-year-old former navy reservist, and witnesses haveh.e morning when the gunshots began, down orderd8 some people were able to exit thev: buildings. one witness that i talked to, a commander, ken jarvis, said he witnessed another individual be shot when he came out into an alley. some witnesses were able to leave the scene. others were in lock down all day and they're just getting out now. >> what are you finding out, chris strome, from i i -- eyewitnesses about what they saw. >> witnesses are saying