Families grieve: 'He killed my sister'

Families are in mourning for the dozen people killed by a gunman in a shooting rampage at a US Navy Yard.

Three women embrace near Nationals Park where family members waited to greet loved ones that were at the Washington Navy Yard, Monday Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington. Picture: AP Source: AP

Stories from an horrific horrific morning in Washington DC with 13 shot dead at a Navy yard.

MORE details about the Washington navy yard shooting victims have emerged, as their families remain in shock over how the event unfolded.

Eight victims who died have been identified. They include: Michael Arnold, 59; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46; Vishnu Pandit, 61; and Arthur Daniels, 51.

ARTHUR DANIELS 

Arthur Daniels' wife Priscilla has told of her shock after the shooting, and how she found out her husband had been shot.

Arthur and Priscilla Daniels. Picture: Fox 5 WTTG Source: Supplied

She told DC News FOX 5 that Arthur went to work on Monday morning and was on the fourth floor of the building when the gunman Aaron Alexis opened fire.

"I call his supervisor and left a message …. When he called me back he said, 'your husband got shot'," she said.

Too distraught to talk much further, she said she was struggling to find out about his condition at a number of hospitals before he was pronounced dead.

Priscilla Daniels says a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer came to her apartment just before 9pm. Monday and told her that her husband, Arthur, was among those killed at the navy yard. Picture: Fox 5 WTTG Source: Supplied

MICHAEL ARNOLD

Michael Arnold, 59, of Lorton, Virginia, was a Navy veteran and avid pilot.

He had retired from the Navy as a commander or lieutenant commander and had previously been stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Arnold graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and served in the Navy for 29 years, before retiring as a captain last October, according to an article in the Navy Supply Corps Newsletter.

Arnold, who had two master's degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle, then went to work for LMI, a consulting firm based in McLean, Virginia.

He worked at the Navy Yard on a team that designed vessels such as the USS Makin Island, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship used by the Marine Corps.

He loved building and designing ships almost as much as he loved his family, The New York Daily News reports.

"He was a wonderful person, a loving son, brother and father to two boys, Chris and Eric," Arnold's uncle, Steve Hunter, told the Daily News. "It was just a normal day going to work."

Hunter told The Huffington Post that Arnold returned to Michigan for Labor Day to visit his 80-year-old mother, Patricia.

"He was a loving son of his mother and his wife, and great father to his kids," he said.

"It's tragic. How can you get up in the morning and go to work and have that happen? How do bad things like that happen to good people?"

Jeff Bennett, a vice president at LMI, told The Washington Post that Arnold "was just a solid, solid citizen ... great American."

Arnold and his wife, Jolanda, had been married for more than 30 years with two sons Eric and Christopher.

Arnold lived in the same town where his killer, Aaron Alexis, allegedly bought the shotgun he used during his killing spree, CBS reported.

Aaron Alexis, who police believe was a gunman at the Washington Navy Yard shooting in Washington. Picture: AP Source: AP

SYLVIA FRASIER

Sylvia Frasier, 53, had worked at Naval Sea Systems Command as an information assurance manager since 2000, according to a LinkedIn profile.

Frasier studied at Strayer University, earning a bachelor of science in computer information systems in 2000 and a master's in information systems in 2002.

Her duties at NAVSEA included providing policy and guidance on network security, and assuring that all computer systems operated by the headquarters met Department of Navy and Department of Defense requirements.

She also led efforts "to establish and implement procedures to investigate security violations or incidents," according to the profile.

Her brother, James Frasier, declined comment Monday night.

The Washington Post reports the Frasiers prayed and watched the live TV coverage as it unfolded. Their minister came over, and everyone sat on the couches and sang from the Bible.

By 7pm, there still had been no word on Sylvia, who lived in Charles County and was the second-youngest of James and Eloise Frasier's seven children.

"My heart is beating so fast," said Wendy Edmonds, 52, the youngest of the siblings and a college professor. "Dad knows something's wrong since all the children are coming over. It's the middle of the day. We're supposed to be at work, not here at their home."

Shortly before 10pm, Lindlee Fraser and a brother arrived at their parents' home with news they couldn't bring themselves to deliver by phone: Sylvia was dead.

"He killed my sister!" Edmonds cried.

KATHLEEN GARDE

Kathleen Gaarde, 63, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was a financial analyst who supported the organisation responsible for the shipyards, her husband, Douglass, wrote in an email to the AP.

Douglass Gaarde declined to speak, but wrote that he was unable to sleep.

"Today my life partner of 42 years (38 of them married) was taken from me, my grown son and daughter, and friends," he wrote. "We were just starting to plan our retirement activities and now none of that matters. It hasn't fully sunk in yet but I know I already dearly miss her."

Madelyn Gaarde, of Grand Junction, Colorado, who's married to Douglass Gaarde's brother, said her sister- and brother-in-law met while he was studying electrical engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa. 

Brittany Carter, of Bowie, MD., (L) Jibri Johnson, of Landon, MD., (C) and Bryan Beard of Washington D.C. hold candles in remembrance of people affected by gun violence during a vigil at Freedom Plaza on September 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Douglass Gaarde, an Illinois native, also worked for the Navy until his retirement last year, his sister-in-law said.

"She was a very gracious person and very welcoming," she said of Kathleen Gaarde.

KENNETH PROCTOR

Kenneth Proctor Senior, 46, pictured, was a father-of-two who also lost his life at the Washington Navy Yard. Source: Supplied

Kenneth Proctor, 46, worked as a civilian utilities foreman at the Navy Yard, his ex-wife, Evelyn Proctor, said.

Evelyn had spoken to Kenneth early Monday morning before he left for work at the Navy Yard.

While they were divorced, they were high school sweethearts who talked every day as they shared custody of their two sons.

"He just went in there in the morning for breakfast," she said.

"He didn't even work in the building. It was a routine thing for him to go there in the morning for breakfast, and unfortunately it happened."

She said she tried to call her ex-husband after the shooting. She was contacted at 8pm at night, and informed of his death.

"He loved the Redskins. Loved his kids - a very loving, caring, gentle person. His kids meant a lot to him," Evelyn said.

The Proctors married in 1994 and divorced this year. Their older son, Kenneth Proctor Jr., 17, enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school this spring and is in basic training in Oklahoma. Their younger son, Kendull Proctor, is 15.

"We were still very close. It wasn't a bitter divorce," Evelyn Proctor said. "We still talked every day, and we lived 10 minutes away from each other."

A dozen people were killed by a lone gunman in a shooting rampage Monday at the Washington Navy Yard.

It was the deadliest attack at a domestic military installation since November 2009, when an Army psychiatrist killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas.

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