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.”
Worklplace violence no doubt. Nothing to see here, please move along.
A devout Muslim except for the temptation of a bottle of Left Two Fingers Hootch
It’s actually the start of Eid.
So they called you the usual litany of names, but I am interested in what you called them. I hope you really got in their faces!
Gee, thanks FBI.. Ya know, I just couldn’t for the life of me tell that he was a Muzzie military-hater just like our current insurgent gubmint, including the FBI who didn’t investigate Benghazi until ALL EVIDENCE (INCLUDING HILLARY’S CABLES) HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY MUZZIES AND CNN.
Thank You!
NY Times reports the father was on a terror watch list and sounds like the father was taken off of the list (per O’Reilly)
You don’t count the failed attack on Pamela Geller in Texas as an ISIS attack? Foiled, but none-the-less.
OBAMA SAID....”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”....
So it’s about information in order to take precautions???? Why am I not comfortable with that....what ever happened to we’re going to get to discover all those affiliated with this and go after them....whoever supported this guy and where ever he got his weapons....and go after them?????
Obama wants to take further “PRECAUTIONS”....how about a good start by arming our guys at all military establishments. What a complete idiot he is...really!
I saw a photo of NY City cops armed...”Protecting the Military” recruiting office....what’s the matter with that picture! The cops are armed and our Military are sitting ducks!
This is truly heart wretching.... our Military is not safe in their own land and must be given guns to protect themselves. The guy got four of our guys...had someone holstered a gun he could have been stopped right then and there.
The thing I do like...is at Geller’s Texas and in this case...no questions..they shot them dead period.
Former TVA Vice President Indicted For Unlawful Financial Investments In Iran Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Federal agents arrested a former TVA vice president, Masoud Bajestani, 57, formerly of Chattanooga, as he arrived at the Atlanta international airport on a flight from Dubai Sunday morning.
He's the Iranian-born nuclear engineer who previously served as a TVA vice president in charge of finishing the Unit 2 reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant.
It takes a special kind of insanity to make military facilities gun free zones. . .
Federal agents arrested a former TVA vice president, Masoud Bajestani, 57, ...”formerly OF CHATTANOGA”....., as he arrived at the Atlanta international airport on a flight from Dubai Sunday morning.
Ok then Chattanoga Mosques and Community Centers need to be monitored from the inside....better...just close them all..never to open again...those are their bases.
From 2011: Masoud Bajestani, one of TVA's top nuclear managers until his dismissal Friday, admitted in a divorce proceeding that he made early hardship withdrawals from his deferred compensation account because he wanted to invest money in his native Iran. Bajestani falsely claimed to need the money for housing when he actually sent $600,000 instead to his brother-in-law in Iran. The transfers were made through a Canadian bank around the time that Bajestani's second wife sued him for divorce.
Remember, it's perfectly fine to lie to "infidels" in his peaceful religion.
Yes, I’m used to having my Christianity questioned and all that every time I point out that A truly religious muslim has an obligation to kill you. I believe the west is lost as we invite more of these 6th century heathens into our countries, while we embrace homosexuality, transgenderism and all sorts of depravity!
so did ISIS tweet the attack in advance or not? Anyone?
No.
The tweet was issued from the Western time zone... seemingly around the time the tweet occurred, let’s see if there is anything more to this.
Those who accept the depravity are the ones lost. We believers can hope to be saved.
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