Reservist pleads guilty to D.C. shootings ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Virginia Army reservist pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to five shooting incidents at military buildings, among other charges, officials said. Yonathan Melaku, of Alexandria, was arrested June 17 at Arlington National Cemetery, where he was carrying spray paint cans and other equipment he said he planned to use to desecrate grave markers of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release. Melaku, 23, said in a statement to investigators he is responsible for five shootings between Oct. 17 and Nov. 2, 2010, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps (twice), the Pentagon, a Marine Corps recruiting sub-station in Chantilly, Va., and a U.S. recruiting office in Woodbridge, Va. He is charged with injuring property of the United State, use of a firearm during a crime of violence and attempted injury to veterans' memorials on U.S. property. When Melaku -- who was born in Ethiopia and moved to the United States in 2005 -- was apprehended, police found a video he shot of his attack on the National Museum of the Marine Corps. "The video he filmed during one drive-by shooting is a chilling portrayal of his intent and the escalating danger he posed," U.S. Attorney MacBride. Authorities found notebooks in Melaku's backpack with statements written in Arabic referring to Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and the Taliban. He is heard yelling "Allahu Akbar" repeatedly on the video evidence. Melaku faces 35 years to life in prison, The Washington Post reported. Scheduling was scheduled for April 27.