Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis began treatment for a serious mental illness that was possibly schizophrenia in August.  Friends of the shooter today revealed he was devastated last year when a Thai girlfriend left him broken-hearted.

The Washington Navy Yard Gunman Aaron Alexis sought out treatment from the Veterans Administration for paranoia, insomnia and possible schizophrenia only one month before his shooting rampage which claimed the lives of 12 people on Monday, according to anonymous law enforcement sources speaking to the Daily Mail.

Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis visited Thailand in 2012 where he spent his time frequenting massage parlors.  He was crushed when a girl he liked rejected his offer to come and live with him in the United States because she "didn't like black people.".  Washington Navy Yard gunman was fascinated with Thai culture and Buddhism.

The owner of a Thai restaurant where the Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis worked said: "He didn't have any American friends.  His only friends were Thais because they were nice to him."

According to the owner, Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was "good at shooting and really interested in guns" and "owned one gun". Washington Navy Yar shooter Aaron Alexis lived with the owner and his wife for a short period of time.

Ty Thairintr, a congregant at Wat Budsaya, a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth which Alexis would attend, said: "We are all shocked. We are nonviolent. Aaron was a very good practitioner of Buddhism. He could chant better than even some of the Thai congregants."

Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis was a Navy reservist.  New revelations regarding the medical treatment of Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis are significant because despite his psychiatric problems, the Navy did not declare him mentally unfit which would have rescinded his security clearance and impacted his ability to purchase firearms.

Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis had 'secret' clearance and was assigned to start working at the naval yard as a civilian contractor with a military-issued ID card, his contracting firm's chief executive Thomas Hoshko said today.

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