Chattanooga Shooting: 4 Marines Killing In Shooting At Military Facilities

[Webster]

NBC News - Chattanooga Shootings: Four Marines and Gunman Dead in Rampage at Tennessee Military Facilities

A gunman killed four Marines on Thursday in attacks on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. A police officer and a Marine recruiter were injured in the rampage.

The gunman was killed after a shootout with police at the second facility, authorities said. It was not immediately clear whether police killed him or he killed himself. The gunman was identified as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kuwait, a senior federal official said.

"Today is a nightmare for the city of Chattanooga," Mayor Andy Berke said. Authorities offered no immediate information on a motive. Bill Killian, the top federal prosecutor for eastern Tennessee, said the attack was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism.

The shootings began at around 10:45 a.m. and occurred over about 30 minutes and six miles apart, first at a military recruitment station and then at a Navy and Marines reserve center. A defense official said the gunman used an automatic weapon.

The Marines were killed at the reserve center. The Marine Corps said their names would be released after their relatives were notified.

The gunman fired 25 to 30 rounds at the recruitment station, a U.S. military official said. The doors were riddled with bullet holes. People there fled through the back of the building.

Berke said police rushed from all over the city to confront the shooter. "They were engaging him as he went to the second facility, to stop him. Despite all that he kept going," Berke said. "This was certainly a horrific, awful, very directed attack," he said.

Two military personnel were wounded in addition to the police officer. The police officer was shot in the ankle and taken to a hospital. A Marine recruiter was shot in the leg and was treated and released. The condition of the two victims that remained at Erlanger Hospital were not released.

"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," Gov. Bill Haslam said.

Authorities said they had no reason to believe anyone else was involved in the shooting. They also said there was no intelligence indicating the attack ahead of time. Several defense officials said there was still change in alert status for U.S. military installations.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said security is being increased at certain federal facilities "out of an abundance of caution."

Dozens of people lined up at a nearby blood donation center.

"This is my city. My friends and my family live here. We still don't know who is involved but I knew I could help this way," said Deejay Haas, one of those who gave blood after the rampage. By the time she left the center, there was a two to three hour wait to give blood.

The health department, colleges and other facilities in Chattanooga were locked down during the rampage, as was the governor's office in Nashville.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner offered his condolences to the families of the victims. "Today's cowardly attack is a reminder that our men and women in uniform are under constant threat, no matter where they serve," he said.

Both of Tennessee's U.S. senators addressed the shooting on the Senate floor and offered their condolences.

"We understand a shooting took place at the naval reserve center in Chattanooga and a police officer has been injured," Sen. Lamar Alexander said. "We understand other individuals at the naval reserve center may have injured as well."

Carolyn Taylor, who works in an area of Chattanooga that was locked down, told NBC affiliate WRCB that she heard several gunshots before police began rushing to Amnicola Highway near the incident at the reserve center. "I've worked on Amnicola for several years," Taylor said. "I've never seen anything like this. Never."

A White House official said President Barack Obama was being briefed on the shooting.

 

[Dee]

I can tell you what you WANT to say.

 

[Webster]

I can tell you what you WANT to say.

*deadpans* What, that this was an act of domestic terror, committed by a Mohammedan who was radicalized?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Come on we can't be surprised anymore, it is either a left wing lunatic or a Muslim that are todays savages across the planet. But still to many can't see the links of these people and lefties we elect into office.

 

[Jazzy]

From another source:

He maintained an Islam-focused blog that explored the sacrifices Muslims should make in the name of their religion, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online terrorist activity.

Three days before the shooting, Abdulazeez published a series of posts stating that "life is short and bitter" and that Muslims should not let "the opportunity to submit to allah…pass you by," according to SITE. He also stressed the sacrifice of the Sahaba [companions of the Prophet] with mention that they "fought Jihad for the sake of Allah," according to the group.

"Every one of them had to make sacrifices in their lives and some even left all their wealth to make hijrah (migration) to Medina," Abdulazeez wrote.

IMO: His blog and posts make him sound like radical Muslim terrorist.

Your thoughts?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Now the Colorado shooter from the premiere of the Batman movie is reported to have become a Muslim and is claiming he killed those people for Allah. That religion is just bringing out the lunatics in the millions.

 

[Jazzy]

Suspect in slaying of U.S. Marines made 2014 trip to Mideast

The suspect in the fatal shootings of four U.S. Marines traveled to Jordan and possibly other Middle Eastern countries for seven months last year, authorities said on Friday, as the investigation focused on any signs of a connection to Islamist militants.

Born to Palestinian parents and raised in a Chattanooga suburb, Abdulazeez may have family in Jordan and may have made several stops, said a government source, adding that a visit to Yemen, long viewed as a training ground for Islamic militants, has not been ruled out.

Investigators will try to establish if he was part of an organization or the latest "lone wolf" militant, radicalized U.S. Muslims acting on their own who President Barack Obama has said pose a greater risk to the country than a large-scale operation.

A little more than 24 hours after the shooting, the FBI said it continued to investigate it as an act of terrorism and that it was "premature" to speculate on the motive.

Law enforcement officials have said they are investigating whether Abdulazeez was inspired by Islamic State or similar militant groups. Islamic State had threatened to step up violence during Ramadan.

While friends and the family's neighbors said there were no signs that warned of his rampage, not all was going well for the young man. In April, he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence.

The family also appears to have undergone upheaval in 2009, when the mother, Rasmia Abdulazeez, petitioned for divorce and alleged abuse of her and the children, according to court documents. The suit was dismissed and the couple signed a post-nuptial agreement.

One of the childhood friends said Mohammod's family life was good and called it "a happy home."

But at least one of his four siblings complained of the difficulty they faced being Muslims at their high school, saying they were harassed by fellow students.

"There's this misconception that Islam is a violent religion. Muslims are actually peaceful," a 17-year-old Yasmeen Abdulazeez told the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Thoughts?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

A fifth Marine has just died from his injuries.

 

[Dee]

Now the Colorado shooter from the premiere of the Batman movie is reported to have become a Muslim and is claiming he killed those people for Allah. That religion is just bringing out the lunatics in the millions.

Reliable and multiple sources? Not one of your crack pot, right-winged extreme conservative and heavily biased sources.

 

[Webster]

Now the Colorado shooter from the premiere of the Batman movie is reported to have become a Muslim and is claiming he killed those people for Allah. That religion is just bringing out the lunatics in the millions.

Reliable and multiple sources? Not one of your crack pot, right-winged extreme conservative and heavily biased sources.

I think Liberty's got this one, Dee; a quick Google search confirms it...sources include: the UK's Daily Mail, the Washington Times, Hollywood Gossip, FrontPageMag, Al Jazeera, UPI, Inquistr, Fox Nation, etc.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Reliable and multiple sources? Not one of your crack pot, right-winged extreme conservative and heavily biased sources.

Well those are reliable news sources. The more the left says crack pot the more I know they are correct. Anyways it was a full hour discussion on the radio nothing I looked up.

 

[Jazzy]

Update: Chattanooga Shooter Abdulazeez Had Depression, Says Family in 'Shock'

The family of a man who allegedly fatally shot four Marines and a Navy sailor in an attack on military facilities in Chattanooga this week on Saturday expressed their condolences to the victims and said their son suffered from depression.

"There are no words to describe our shock, horror, and grief. The person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved," the family of Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez said in a statement Saturday.

"For many years, our son suffered from depression. It grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence," said the statement, which was distributed by a representative of the family.

So, are you buying that his depression made him do this?

 

[Dee]

I think Liberty's got this one, Dee; a quick Google search confirms it...sources include: the UK's Daily Mail, the Washington Times, Hollywood Gossip, FrontPageMag, Al Jazeera, UPI, Inquistr, Fox Nation, etc.

Reportedly TURNED to Islam after the fact as a way of justifying something he did while he was probably off his fucking rocker. When does it say he did this in the name of his religion, planned it out, before anything even took place. I didn't ask you why he claims to have done it now. I asked why he did it before he stepped into that theater. Not what he believes is the case after everything is said and done. So where are these credible sources? Where are the examples of communication? Where is the browser history that says he looked up stuff about Islam? Where is the Koran that was in his apartment? Where are his ties to a radical Muslim group?

 

[Jazzy]

Thought this thread was about the Chattanooga shooter and NOT the Colorado shooter. I'm no longer going to waste my time giving updates as it appears I'm in the wrong thread.

 

[Dee]

Thought this thread was about the Chattanooga shooter and NOT the Colorado shooter. I'm no longer going to waste my time giving updates as it appears I'm in the wrong thread.

Well apparently it's got all the relevance you need, Jazzy, since this nut job was a radical Muslim, too! S'matter of fact, let's just lump them all together. They're gonna blow us all up anyway.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Reportedly TURNED to Islam after the fact as a way of justifying something he did while he was probably off his fucking rocker. When does it say he did this in the name of his religion, planned it out, before anything even took place. I didn't ask you why he claims to have done it now. I asked why he did it before he stepped into that theater. Not what he believes is the case after everything is said and done. So where are these credible sources? Where are the examples of communication? Where is the browser history that says he looked up stuff about Islam? Where is the Koran that was in his apartment? Where are his ties to a radical Muslim group?

Nobody said he did in the name of Islam before the shooting. They say he switched to Islam in prison and he claimed that is what Allah wanted all along even before he knew Islam was going to be his new faith.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Update: Chattanooga Shooter Abdulazeez Had Depression, Says Family in 'Shock'

The family of a man who allegedly fatally shot four Marines and a Navy sailor in an attack on military facilities in Chattanooga this week on Saturday expressed their condolences to the victims and said their son suffered from depression.

"There are no words to describe our shock, horror, and grief. The person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved," the family of Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez said in a statement Saturday.

"For many years, our son suffered from depression. It grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence," said the statement, which was distributed by a representative of the family.

So, are you buying that his depression made him do this?

Possibly? The radicals love finding these kinds of people to commit these kinds of acts.