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Who was the gunman accused of killing four Marines in a shooting rampage Thursday at two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and why did he open fire?

Suspected shooter Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, is dead, the FBI said. But -- publicly, at least -- investigators haven't said much more about him.

Witnesses saw Abdulazeez spray a hail of bullets at the glass doors of a military recruiting center in a strip mall. Then the gunman, who according to a law enforcement official was driving in a rented silver Ford Mustang convertible, moved on to his next target more than seven miles away: a Naval reserve center. There, he rammed into a gate at some point during his shooting rampage and was eventually killed by police, a U.S. official said.

Now, with the FBI in the lead, a terrorism task force is investigating, a law enforcement source said.



Authorities "have not determined whether it was an act of terrorism or whether it was a criminal act," Ed Reinhold, FBI special agent in charge, told reporters. "We are looking at every possible avenue, whether it was terrorism -- whether it was domestic, international -- or whether it was a simple, criminal act."

A key detail will help them make that determination: finding out the suspect's motive.

Who was the suspect?



Authorities say Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez attacked two military centers in Tennessee. Four Marines were killed.

In the neighborhood where Abdulazeez is believed to have lived, police cars and an ambulance were on the streets. Residents were blocked from reaching their homes. A woman was escorted in handcuffs from the area, but it was unclear whether she was connected to the alleged gunman.

"We will treat this as a terrorism investigation until it can be determined that it is not," Reinhold said. U.S. Attorney Bill Killian earlier told reporters that authorities were treating the shooting as an "act of domestic terrorism."

Authorities have released few details about the alleged gunman, but some details have begun to emerge about his past.

Abdulazeez was arrested in April for allegedly driving under the influence. He had been scheduled to appear in court later this month.

Abdulazeez was not in any U.S. databases of suspected terrorists, a U.S. official said. He was born in Kuwait and had Jordanian citizenship, two law enforcement officials said. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen, one official said.

And he may have traveled back to the Middle East in recent years.

Almir Dizdarevic, who was Abdulazeez's mixed martial arts coach when he was a teenager, said his former student's father told him about two years ago that his son had left the country to "move back home." Since then, Dizdarevic said when he ran into Abdulazeez at a Tennessee mosque several times, his former student told him he was teaching wrestling and doing well.

Neighbor Dean McDaniel said he'd known the family for most of his 17 years living in the Chattanooga suburb of Hixson, Tennessee. He first crossed paths with Mohammad Abdulazeez when he was an elementary school student, and later would see him from time to time when he visited his sisters while they were baby-sitting McDaniel's children.

"He was a good kid. ... They're good people," he said. "I've never had any kind of conflict with them."

Abdulazeez graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2012 with a degree in electrical engineering, university spokesman Chuck Cantrell said.

Kevin Emily, his former high school wrestling coach, described him as "a great student" who sometimes missed practice to pray.

"He always contributed, always did what I asked him to do. I never had any problems out of Mohammad," Emily told CNN's "Erin Burnett: Outfront." "He was very humble when he was in high school. He'd always listen to me, looked me in the eye. He was just -- in high school he was a great kid."

A quote appeared beside his photos in his high school yearbook: "My name causes national security alerts. What does yours do?"

For years, Samantha Barnette sat next to him in class, but now she said she feels like she never really knew him.

"He was also incredibly intelligent, which really makes me wonder about his true motives for doing this," said Barnette, who posted a photo of the yearbook page on Facebook. "He was always getting recognized for his high grades and getting awards all throughout school. It's upsetting to see him waste it all."

LINK: Chattanooga shooting: 4 Marine killed in Tennessee - CNN.com
 

jason73

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Guaranteed some idiots will be calling this a false flag in the next few days
 

Hired Gun

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I would still like to know why the fuck military personal are not armed while on duty? They are trained extensively in the use of firearms but yet are left unarmed while performing their duties.

I will give you an example of Political Correctness and how fucked up it is.

I was in downtown New Orleans two days after Katrina hit working a contract. I was carrying an M4 (for those of you who don't know this is an assault rifle same ones out soldiers carry in Iraq/Afghanistan) and a 40 cal Sig in my thigh rig. Ray Nagan was the mayor at the time(he's in prison now for bribes) bitched about Bush not sending help. Bush sends in the National Guard and Nagan plays the race card about "white solders carrying weapons in a black community". What the public didn't know is because of this our government still allowed and made those soldiers carry those weapons but did not let them have on bullet of ammo. WTF good is a gun without ammo? When we first heard this we offered to give some of ours to them and the soldiers told us "they were told if they were caught with any ammo they would be court martialed".

I'm surprised more of our soldiers haven't been killed here at home. We saw what happened at Ft Hood.
 

ThatOneDude

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I would still like to know why the fuck military personal are not armed while on duty? They are trained extensively in the use of firearms but yet are left unarmed while performing their duties.

I will give you an example of Political Correctness and how fucked up it is.

I was in downtown New Orleans two days after Katrina hit working a contract. I was carrying an M4 (for those of you who don't know this is an assault rifle same ones out soldiers carry in Iraq/Afghanistan) and a 40 cal Sig in my thigh rig. Ray Nagan was the mayor at the time(he's in prison now for bribes) bitched about Bush not sending help. Bush sends in the National Guard and Nagan plays the race card about "white solders carrying weapons in a black community". What the public didn't know is because of this our government still allowed and made those soldiers carry those weapons but did not let them have on bullet of ammo. WTF good is a gun without ammo? When we first heard this we offered to give some of ours to them and the soldiers told us "they were told if they were caught with any ammo they would be court martialed".

I'm surprised more of our soldiers haven't been killed here at home. We saw what happened at Ft Hood.
I had friends that went to Indonesia after the tsunami, they were told to not carry weapons..... They had m16's and m4's rolled up in their sleeping mats, and ammo in their packs...... Fuck that shit
 

Robbie Hart

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I would still like to know why the fuck military personal are not armed while on duty? They are trained extensively in the use of firearms but yet are left unarmed while performing their duties.

I will give you an example of Political Correctness and how fucked up it is.

I was in downtown New Orleans two days after Katrina hit working a contract. I was carrying an M4 (for those of you who don't know this is an assault rifle same ones out soldiers carry in Iraq/Afghanistan) and a 40 cal Sig in my thigh rig. Ray Nagan was the mayor at the time(he's in prison now for bribes) bitched about Bush not sending help. Bush sends in the National Guard and Nagan plays the race card about "white solders carrying weapons in a black community". What the public didn't know is because of this our government still allowed and made those soldiers carry those weapons but did not let them have on bullet of ammo. WTF good is a gun without ammo? When we first heard this we offered to give some of ours to them and the soldiers told us "they were told if they were caught with any ammo they would be court martialed".

I'm surprised more of our soldiers haven't been killed here at home. We saw what happened at Ft Hood.
Naive guy here, that's Fuc-ed up........
 

Simpleman

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I'd say every NCO should be armed. I just knew too many jacked up "boots" who couldn't be trusted with a spork. I'm not 100% against the idea. I'm just thinking about all the possible "incidents". BTW I only mean stateside. Overseas they should always carry while "on duty".
 

SNIDELY WHIPLASH

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I would still like to know why the fuck military personal are not armed while on duty? They are trained extensively in the use of firearms but yet are left unarmed while performing their duties.

I will give you an example of Political Correctness and how fucked up it is.

I was in downtown New Orleans two days after Katrina hit working a contract. I was carrying an M4 (for those of you who don't know this is an assault rifle same ones out soldiers carry in Iraq/Afghanistan) and a 40 cal Sig in my thigh rig. Ray Nagan was the mayor at the time(he's in prison now for bribes) bitched about Bush not sending help. Bush sends in the National Guard and Nagan plays the race card about "white solders carrying weapons in a black community". What the public didn't know is because of this our government still allowed and made those soldiers carry those weapons but did not let them have on bullet of ammo. WTF good is a gun without ammo? When we first heard this we offered to give some of ours to them and the soldiers told us "they were told if they were caught with any ammo they would be court martialed".

I'm surprised more of our soldiers haven't been killed here at home. We saw what happened at Ft Hood.
How are you making the leap between political correctness and unarmed guards on duty? Nobody indicated that these marines weren't carrying because of community factors or to prevent some kind of problem with the public. Why would they expect to need firearms at all times? This place, like churches and other places probably didn't believe it was a target, thus the failure is simply being underprepared. I fail to see how political correctness factors in here unless you know something we don't.
 

Simpleman

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How are you making the leap between political correctness and unarmed guards on duty? Nobody indicated that these marines weren't carrying because of community factors or to prevent some kind of problem with the public. Why would they expect to need firearms at all times? This place, like churches and other places probably didn't believe it was a target, thus the failure is simply being underprepared. I fail to see how political correctness factors in here unless you know something we don't.
You know why that guy in South Carolina shot up a church and not a college? He said that there were armed guards at the college and not the church.
 

teamquestnorth

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Armed gate guards and roving armed MP's are sufficient for defense of bases IMO.

Having every sailor and soldier carry while on base would lead to all sorts of fuck ups like accidental shootings and maybe even ones on purpose.

Go on a navy base on a Friday and Saturday night and 75% of everyone on there is completely trashed. I would see numerous fist fights every other night.

As far as recruiting centers, I don't see any reason why at least a few recruiters who are on duty can't keep at least a service pistol in a locked desk drawer for emergencies.
 

SNIDELY WHIPLASH

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You know why that guy in South Carolina shot up a church and not a college? He said that there were armed guards at the college and not the church.
I don't disagree with armed guards at all, I'm just wondering what the connection is between that and political correctness. Did someone make the guards go without guns because of some community pressure or was it simply a drastic failure?
 

Simpleman

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I think was more of because who Ray Nagan was/is. He is a race baiter. He's in jail now for corruption. People get away with ALOT down here too. Nola is a shithole in many spots. There are a lot of nice spots too. I dont go anywhere unarmed either. They even had a cop get arrested and fired for doing a drive by down here recently.