The FBI identified the deceased gunman who allegedly killed four Marines Thursday in two shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez.
An anonymous U.S. official told The Associated Press that Abdulazeez, 24, is from nearby Hixon, Tennessee and is believed to have been born in Kuwait. It’s unclear whether he was a U.S. or Kuwaiti citizen and whether he spelled his name Muhammad or Mohammad, the official said.
Officials confirmed earlier Thursday in a news conference that the alleged gunman had also died in the shootings. It’s unclear how the gunman died, however.
A spokesman for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga told The Times Free Press newspaper that a student named Youssef Abdulazeez graduated from the school in 2012 with a degree in engineering.
Federal authorities did not offer a motive in Thursday’s news conference but said they were investigating the shootings as a possible act of domestic terrorism.
This post has been updated.
So when do we get to hear about Abdulazeez’ broken-home-abusive-father-bullied-childhood?
Oh. Silly me. He has a foreign-sounding name!
jw1
…and the war mongers’ drums beats will reach sfz by FoxNews prime time. There will be an hysterical stampede to say it firstest and the loudest…
Well, according to Wild West Wayne, it was the Good Guy With a Gun who stopped him by blowing his brains out.
Unclear how the shooter died? I would suspect lead was involved somehow…
Edit:
Now that he has been identified and named as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazzeez, the Muslim hater “I told you they are all bad people” brigade will show up in 3…2…1…
Looks like someone need to reassess that statement…