CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Navy says that the sailor who was shot earlier this week at a military support center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has died.
The death was announced Saturday, two days after a shooting in Chattanooga killed four Marines and injured three others, including the sailor.
The Navy statement did not give the sailor’s name. But he was earlier identified as Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, a reservist serving on active duty in Chattanooga.
Authorities say Kuwait-born Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, of Hixson, Tennessee, unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center in Chattanooga, then drove several miles away to a Navy and Marine reserve center, where he shot and killed the Marines, and wounded the sailor. Abdulazeez was shot to death by police.
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Very sad. Condolences to friends and families.
Attention TPM editor: “Navy sailor” is redundant. It’s like saying “Air Force airman” or “Army soldier.”
And the NSRA is making money off of their “gun free zones” malarkey from this.
This seems to be the Facebook photo of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith. Putting a face to the tragedy is a terrible reality.
https://mgtvwate.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/randall-jpg1.jpg
I’m pretty sure this a typo but if it were their name it could stand for No Stinkin’ Regrets At’all