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Pensacola naval base shooting that left 3 dead presumed to be terrorism, FBI says
Source: NBC News
Pensacola naval base shooting that left 3 dead presumed to be terrorism, FBI says
Authorities said their main goal is to determine whether the suspect acted alone or whether he was part of a "larger network."
Dec. 8, 2019, 2:23 PM EST
By Ben Kesslen
While the FBI is presuming the fatal shooting of three at a Pensacola, Florida, naval base on Friday was terrorism, it has yet to declare an official motive.
In a news conference Sunday afternoon, Rachel L. Rojas, the FBI's special agent in charge in Jacksonville, said federal, state and local authorities are investigating the attack by the suspect, identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force who was in a training program at Naval Air Station Pensacola. A sheriff's deputy killed him during the attack Friday morning.
The Navy identified the dead late Saturday as three aviation students: Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, of Coffee, Alabama; Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, Florida; and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
The main goal of the investigation is to find out whether Alshamrani acted alone or whether he was part of a larger network, but authorities stressed Sunday that the community is safe and they do not suspect any other immediate or direct threats.
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Authorities said their main goal is to determine whether the suspect acted alone or whether he was part of a "larger network."
Dec. 8, 2019, 2:23 PM EST
By Ben Kesslen
While the FBI is presuming the fatal shooting of three at a Pensacola, Florida, naval base on Friday was terrorism, it has yet to declare an official motive.
In a news conference Sunday afternoon, Rachel L. Rojas, the FBI's special agent in charge in Jacksonville, said federal, state and local authorities are investigating the attack by the suspect, identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force who was in a training program at Naval Air Station Pensacola. A sheriff's deputy killed him during the attack Friday morning.
The Navy identified the dead late Saturday as three aviation students: Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, of Coffee, Alabama; Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, Florida; and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Georgia.
The main goal of the investigation is to find out whether Alshamrani acted alone or whether he was part of a larger network, but authorities stressed Sunday that the community is safe and they do not suspect any other immediate or direct threats.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/motive-remains-unknown-pensacola-naval-base-shooting-left-3-dead-n1097826
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Pensacola naval base shooting that left 3 dead presumed to be terrorism, FBI says (Original Post)
Eugene
Dec 2019
OP
Filed under: well, duh. I wonder how many bureaucrats it took to figure it out,
marble falls
Dec 2019
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marble falls
(61,996 posts)1. Filed under: well, duh. I wonder how many bureaucrats it took to figure it out,
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)2. I'm no soldier...
but I still wouldn't stand there and film the attack as several Saudi trainees did!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/12/08/democrats-republicans-pressure-saudi-arabia-full-cooperation-wake-pensacola-shooting/
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)3. From DW
https://www.dw.com/en/florida-base-shooting-was-act-of-terrorism/a-51582089
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The official who spoke Saturday said one of the three students who attended the dinner party hosted by the attacker recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. Two other Saudi students watched from a car, the official said. Rojas declined to comment on those reports.
The official also said the gunman visited New York City, including Rockefeller Center, days before the shooting and that investigators are trying to determine the purpose of the trip,
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The official who spoke Saturday said one of the three students who attended the dinner party hosted by the attacker recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. Two other Saudi students watched from a car, the official said. Rojas declined to comment on those reports.
The official also said the gunman visited New York City, including Rockefeller Center, days before the shooting and that investigators are trying to determine the purpose of the trip,
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