FBI Identifies Shooter Behind Marines Attack in Tennessee
The FBI has identified the gunman responsible for the Thursday attack in Chattanooga, Tennessee that left four marines and the suspect dead.
The shooting took place at around 10:45 a.m. when 24-year-old suspect Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez opened fire on the Army Recruiting Center from his vehicle, before driving to the Naval and Marine Reserve Center and engaging officers in a shootout that reportedly lasted nearly 20 minutes.
Adbulazeez was eventually killed by officials during the shootout, along with four marines who were members of a specialized-artillery reserve unit.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that "lives have been lost from some faithful people who have been serving our country, and I think I join all Tennesseans in being both sickened and saddened by this."
President Barack Obama also issued a statement calling the incident "a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion."
28-year-old Greg Raymond, who attended a Chattanooga high school with the suspect, said he remembers Abdulazeez as being very creative in their film class.
" I remember him being very creative. He was a very light minded kind of individual. All his videos were always very unique and entertaining," Raymond told Reuters.
"He was a really calm, smart and cool person who joked around. Like me he wasn't very popular so we always kind of got along. He seemed like a really normal guy," Raymond added.
