Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez - The Shooter

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(07-16-2015, 10:00 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: What happened now?

Quote:CHATTANOOGA — A heavily armed attacker sprayed two military sites with gunfire Thursday, killing four U.S. Marines and wounding three other people. The attacker was also killed.


The FBI identified the gunman as Mohammod Youssef Abdulazeez, 24. WRCB-TV reported that he was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kuwait.
U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said the attack was being investigated as possible "domestic terrorism." The FBI cautioned that it was "premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time."

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the FBI will lead a national security investigation into the shooting.

"I have directed the FBI to take the lead in the national security investigation of this heinous attack on members of our military. The U.S. Attorney’s office and department prosecutors are also actively involved," she said in a statement released Thursday.

Hours after the first attack, at an all-branches recruiting center, law officers with guns drawn swarmed a house they suspected was Abdulazeez's in Hixson, Tenn. Authorities took away two women in handcuffs.

Two federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that it appeared the shooter acted alone, but investigators were still looking for any possible associates who may have helped inspire the incident or acquire the weapon. There is no immediate evidence that the shooter knew any of the victims personally, the officials said. The officials were not authorized to comment publicly..

The Marine Corps said the four Marines died at a Navy-Marine training site about 7 miles from the all-branches recruiting center. A fifth Marine was wounded in the leg but not seriously hurt at the training center. A Chattanooga police officer was wounded in the ankle, Mayor Andy Berke said.
"This is a nightmare for the city of the Chattanooga," he said.

President Obama called the attack "heartbreaking."

The gunman, who  drove a silver Mustang convertible, first fired at an Armed Forces Career Center at a strip mall, then sped off in the sports car. Police found numerous shell casings in the parking lot.


The shooter drove to the U.S. Naval Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, where he fired into the offices. The Navy said its Operational Support Center, where the fatal shootings occurred, provides training and readiness support for reserves. Authorities didn't disclose whether the gunman was killed by officers or shot himself

"Today, the Navy and Marine Corps team collectively mourn the loss of four heroes," Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said. "The tragedy in Chattanooga is both devastating and senseless."

The incident began around 10:45 a.m. and was over within 30 minutes.

Police guard a street in a Hixson, Tenn., where Mohammod Youssef Abdulazeez, the alleged gunman in a Chattanooga shooting, may have lived. (Photo: Matt Slovin, The Tennessean)

Residents of Colonial Shores, a quiet, shaded neighborhood in Hixson, Tenn., where the gunman's family lived,  were prevented from returning to their homes Thursday afternoon by an armed guard. The neighborhood is about 7 miles from the Naval Reserve Center.
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Neighbor Dean McDaniel said Abdulazeez's family had lived in the neighborhood at least 15 years. McDaniel said he was friendly with Abdulazeez's parents and had hired his sister to as a babysitter. The gunman graduated of University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a degree in electrical engineering, school officials said.

"I didn't find anything wrong with the kid," McDaniel said. "He just intermingled with the kids in the neighborhood."