Posted on 07/16/2015 3:29:29 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed the identity of the Chattanooga gunman who killed four Marines today as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24.
“The FBI’s Knoxville Field Office, along with the Chattanooga Police Department and other law enforcement partners, are working jointly to investigate today’s shootings at a military recruitment center and a reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee in which four individuals were killed and three injured,” the Bureau said in a statement.
Abdulazeez, who first targeted a recruiting office in a strip mall, was also killed in a shootout with police outside of a Navy Reserve facility, where the four Marines were shot to death.
“While it would be premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time, we will conduct a thorough investigation of this tragedy and provide updates as they are available,” the FBI said.
Abdulazeez was apparently not on the FBI’s radar. He was, however, arrested three months ago for a driving under the influence first offense, according to a Hamilton County Jail Booking Report
He was reportedly born in Kuwait and was a Jordanian citizen.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter issued a statement noting that he learned of the shootings “with a heavy heart.”
“My thoughts and prayers – along with those of the men and women of the Department of Defense – are with the families of those killed in this senseless act of violence and with all those touched by this tragedy, including our Navy and Marine Corps family,” Carter said. “I am grateful to local law enforcement for their swift response. The department will continue to work with local law enforcement as they investigate this heinous crime and will support our military families in their time of grief.”
The names of those killed have not been released pending notification of next of kin, per standard military protocol.
In the Oval Office this evening, President Obama said he received a briefing on the shooting from FBI Director James Comey and the White House team.
“We don’t know yet all the details. We know that what appears to be a lone gunman carried out these attacks. We’ve identified a name. And at this point, a full investigation is taking place,” Obama said. “…We’ve also been in contact with the Department of Defense to make sure that all our Defense facilities are properly attentive and vigilant as we sort through exactly what happened.”
“We take all shootings very seriously. Obviously, when you have an attack on a U.S. military facility, then we have to make sure that we have all the information necessary to make an assessment in terms of how this attack took place, and what further precautions we can take in the future. And as we have more information, we’ll let the public know.”
Obama showed more emotion when the Charleston shooting happened, not because he actually cared about them, but because he knew he could use those deaths to trash white people..with this terrorist act, he knows he is screwed, he wishes the shooter had been white but now he knows the shooter was one of his own, a terrorist Muslim scumbag
Wasn’t Tamerlan Tsarnaev also into MMA fighting
All of these Muslims pretend to be all about purity, but they drink and sleep with prostitutes, now he will have those 72 virgins he was promised, but no one told him they would be 72 Rosie O’Donnells..WHOOPS
He was arrested by the Chattanooga Housing Authority
They have now arrested more terrorists than the TSA!
Will 0bama be attending the 4 Marines funerals?
Another graduate of Islamic Lone Gunman Training Schools...
Another “gun free zone” shooting. Imagine that.
Lots of people from the Middle East are born in Kuwait (they go there for work). This guy appears to have actually been a Jordanian citizen from what I read. What will have longer term ramifications is if he was considered a native Jordanian Bedouin, if he is a Palestinian citizen of Jordan, or from one of the minority groups, etc. Israel will have a lot to say if he is Palestinian.
True,he probably asked if any of the Marines were black!
Why should he? Those dead Marines add points to his side of the board.
So he was living off the taxpayers as well
He worked for the city, soil engineer. I wonder if the report he was from Arizona now is in error? We will find out in due time, hours probably.
“Illegal alien?”
What difference would that make? We’re scouring the world for Muslim ‘refugees’ which we can plant here in the states. They get a full ride as soon as they get here via the auspices of the State Department and various religious charities who are, of course, doing it for money. At the bottom of this invasion both legally and illegally is the destruction of Western (white) civilization. Our children are being taught to hate themselves and hate their parents. If we don’t toughen up and start standing up we are going to be replaced and it won’t be an easy transition.
I haven’t heard about that. Re: I wonder if the report he was from Arizona now is in error?
The FBI is tossing his house as I type this. I know I won’t hear much about what they find, but I’m sure it will be interesting. I wonder if his put-upon sister still lives there.
But this can’t be. Islam is the religion of peace./sarc
Is he "content" yet ?
Worse the an SOB is another son-of-Obama.
Isn’t that one of the guys on TMZ?
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