Authorities have released the names of seven of the 12 victims shot dead by gunman Aaron Alexis in the Washington Navy Yard massacre. The victims' ages range from 46 to 73.
Following are the names that have been released so far:
Michael Arnold, 59
(LinkedIn)
Arnold, a retired Navy commander and pilot who lived in Lorton, Virginia, worked at the Yard designing ships. He leaves a wife, Jolanda, and two sons, Eric and Christopher.
Martin Bodrog, 54
Bodrog was from Annandale, Virginia.
Arthur Daniels, 51
Daniels was from Washington D.C. He was grandfather of nine who installed office furniture at federal buildings in D.C, reports ABC 7.
The Washington Post spoke to Daniels' wife, Pricilla, who said:
I don't know why they shot him. He was a good father and hard worker.
The Post reports that Daniels was shot in the back.
Daniels was a subcontractor for District Furniture Repair in Arlington County.
Priscilla Daniels (Fox 5)
Sylvia Frasier, 53
Frasier, 13-year employee of Naval Sea Systems Command, worked as an information assurance manager, according to her LinkedIn profile.
The Washington Post reported yesterday from her family home where her loved ones gathered while they waited for news. The Post said:
The Frasiers prayed and watched the live TV coverage. They clutched their iPhones and clasped one another’s hands every time a cellphone rang or beeped with a text message. Their minister came over, and everyone sat on the couches and sang from the Bible.
The FBI told Frasier's sibling, Lindlee, that her sister was in the hospital having been shot in the attack. At 10 p.m., Lindlee was told the news that everybody feared all day, Sylvia had died.
Kathy Gaarde, 63
Gaarde, of Woodbridge, Virginia, worked as a financial analyst. Her husband told the AP that they had a grown son and daughter.
John Roger Johnson, 73
NPR reports that Johnson lived in Derwood, Maryland. Johnson was known to his friends as "J.J." His work mainly involved administration work throughout the building's IT department, which included "distributing cellphones and wireless cards." One former co-worker, William Vinable told NPR's Hansi Lo Wang:
His greeting to me — every day, religiously — was, 'How ya doin' buddy?!'
I'm a 20-something-year-old black man, and he's a 70-plus-year-old white guy. You know, we had zero in common. But we had great conversations, and he was a great spirit; it was a spirit that you could connect with. He was one of my best friends in that place.
Frank Kohler, 50
The Baynet reports that Kohler lived in Tall Timebers, New Jersey. It's not known what brought him to the Navy Yard. It's further reported that he was married with two daughters.
Mary Francis Knight, 51
(Facebook)
Knight was from Reston, Virginia.
Vishnu Pandit, 61
Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46
Proctor, of Maryland, was a civilian utilities foreman who leaves two sons and an ex-wife whom he recently divorced. His oldest son just enlisted in the Army.
The Baynet reports that Proctor, 46, was from Charles County, Maryland. His role at the Washington Navy Yard was as a civilian utilities foreman and was not based in the building where the shooting took place. His wife told The Associated Press that Proctor normally went to the building for breakfast.
Gerald L. Read, 58
Read was from Alexandria, Virgnia.
Richard Michael Ridgell, 52
Ridgell was from Westminister, Maryland, close to Baltimore. CBS Baltimore reports: "He was a Maryland State Police trooper from January 1983 - August 2000. He resigned with the rank of corporal."
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