Unidentified relative of the gunman tells kprc the family cant process what happened. Abdulzeez is described as a devoted muslim and trained mixed martial artist. You can see him fighting in a video from 2009. He shook my hand smiling courteous, never raised his voice. A former mma coach saw it a month ago. Abdulzeez recently traveled to jordan or yemen for a period of time supposedly teaching children wrestling. I asked his dad, he said he moved back home. Reporter his High School Photo surfaces along with a quote, laiden with the heavyweight of his actions. My name cause zs National Security alerts. What does yours do . That yearbook quote taking six years ago, his friends say he was a jokester and likely just joking. Chris, obviously a morbid joke in light of what happened yesterday. Absolutely. The next part of the story is Terrorism Task force as well as the fbi. For more on what authorities know about his travels and on loan posts, pamela brown is joining us for that. What do we
Earlier and im quoting him now, horrific incident in our community. We will release details as they are confirmed. Prayers to all those affected. Lets get the very latest. Alexandria field has the latest. Good afternoon, wolf. We know these shots first rang out around 10 50 this morning and the investigation is on now along with the hunt for the gunman or the gunmen as the case may be. What we do know from the navy is that shots were fired at a reserve center this morning and also investigating reports of shots fired at another Navy Building. It was the mayor who confirmed that an officer was down this morning and it was also the mayor that was tweeting that there was a horrific incident. There is a huge Law Enforcement presence that will be responding to the scenes of these reported shootings. You have witnesses who are trying to help investigators right now to try to piece together what they know and what they saw. You have the reports, wolf as you pointed out, that some saw a shoote
Taing a moment taking a moment to reflect on the five men that lost their lives as a result of the shooting. Chattanooga, andy berk joining me now. Thanks so much for being with us. This is a very difficult time clearly for the people of chattanooga. How is your town doing . I think we are putting back the pieces of our broken hearts. Thats something that we can only do together. Last night, we had a vigil for the community. We had a huge turnout. Most everybody involved in public service, people from throughout our community. We came together and started the healing process. Then, i understand you did spend some time with the family members of the sailor, randall smith, who has since passed. What was that time like with the family at the hospital . Well when i went to the hospital there were numerous people there who were injured. Got to talk to some of them. I would really in deference to their privacy, i know nothing has been officially confirmed with that family. They are in our he
Good evening. Im erin burnett. We begin with breaking news. Cnn learned the alleged gunman who opened fire at two military sites in tennessee today is 24yearold Mohammod Youssuf abdulazeez. Four American Marines were killed. At least three others wounded. The shooter is dead. Law enforcement source says the fbi is investigating it as terrorism. This is a picture of abdulazeez. Smiling picture. A normal looking young man. What we know is that somebody brutally and brazenly attacked members of our Armed Services and officers of the Chattanooga Police department and the Sheriffs Office responded immediately. They were able to make sure that no further loss of life happened. Tonight, the department of Homeland Security increasing security at federal buildings here in new york security amped up at military recruiting stations and other sensitive locations. Moments ago, the president of the United States speaking and saying given the nature of the shootings, he is putting military bases on a
Or 60 just trapped there on the highway. A good number of them on fire several of them continuing to burn. Youre watching live pictures right now of the fight from the sky and the ground. This is a plane dc10 that has been called in to help fight this blaze, dropping the fire retardant, an air tanker and helicopters also on scene. We saw firefighters for the first time recently on the ground right now. Again, the issue, so many of these cars trapped on the freeway with their gas tanks full. So there is urgency to get this fire out at least on the freeway as soon as possible. Look at the chopper right there, the choppers are dropping water all day on the righthand side of your screen. The dc10 which will shortly drop fire retardant on that area right now and hopefully showdown some of the blaze. While were waiting for that to happen im joined by driver ryan mccachran. He is in the fire area, on the freeway, essentially forced to flee. What can you tell us, ryan . Well i was on my way, t