Axelrod good evening, im jim axelrod. And this is the western edition of the broadcast. He loved his family, baseball and the navy. Thats how his family described Randall Smith, a petty officer in the United States navy and the fifth Service Member to die from an attack on the Armed Forces Recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee two days ago. Smith and his wife had three daughters under the age of seven he called his little princesses. He managed to flash thumbs up after surgery and died at 2 17 this morning. Were learning about the shooter, Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez spent more than half of last year in the middle east and recently in shooting ranges here at home. Jericka duncan begins our coverage. Reporter a fifth cross was put in the ground today at this growing memorial site to mark the death of Randall Smith shot three times during thursdays rampage. Hundreds came to visit including the family of one of the victims, staff sergeant, david wyatt. His father allen told me his
People. Were happy this animal this monster will never see the light of day. But one question remains, will james holmes live or die . Plus a miraculous story of survival. There was a light and then it was all trees and then it was all fire. The teen who lived through a fiery plane crash in the wilderness tells cnn how she not only lived but navigated her way back to civilization. Scared to be alone in the middle of absolutely nowhere. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. New this morning, we have learned the identity of another one of those four u. S. Marines killed in yesterdays shooting ram pain. His name is skip wells. Hes from suburban atlanta. According to friends of his family he graduated from High School Just three years ago. Also identified this morning, Gunnery Sergeant thomas sullivan. He survived two tours of duty in iraq but he was killed on u. S. Soil when that gunman sprayed bullets into two military
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