Away. Families facing tough struggles forgetting all their troubles on the open seas. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It was an act of terror but with no clear motive. Remarkably a day after a young kuwaitiamerican man shot up a pair of military sites in tennessee investigators have yet to uncover the telltale pieces you would normally expect to find answering the question why. It was confirmed today that Police Fatally shot Mohammad Abdulazeez but not before he had taken the lives of four u. S. Marines. Most of them we also learned today were war veterans. The question tonight is if he believed strongly enough to kill why didnt he leave behind an explanation . Our team has been working the story all day. We want to start with kate snow. Kate good evening. Lester good evening. The fbi this evening saying they have tracked down 70 leads and though so far there is no evidence to sugg
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome awesome. Developing right now on fox 29, dud deadly gunfire outside of a West Philadelphia rec center. One span dead and another is injured and the masked gunman are on the loose tonight. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Tonights shooting sent children running for cover. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live at the scene tonight in over brook. Shawnette, what are investigator investigators telling you . Reporter well, as of tonight chris we know a 42yearold man was shot dead execution style. Were told a 38yearold man an innocent bystander was taken to the hospital, shot in the hand by stray bullet. This all happened just outside this rec center earlier tonight it was full of kids and young adults. Next thing we know we just hear gunshots, pop pop pop. Alex nash describes the heart racing shots we heard while his group was working out at the rec center at 60th columbia in west philly this morning. They scatter
Over brook. Shawnette, what are investigator investigators telling you . Reporter well, as of tonight chris we know a 42yearold man was shot dead execution style. Were told a 38yearold man an innocent bystander was taken to the hospital, shot in the hand by stray bullet. This all happened just outside this rec center earlier tonight it was full of kids and young adults. Next thing we know we just hear gunshots, pop pop pop. Alex nash describes the heart racing shots we heard while his group was working out at the rec center at 60th columbia in west philly this morning. They scattered all over. Kids running all over. Kids everywhere. Its a playground report roar Police Say Two masked gunmen a white infinity suv shots several shots at a man just outside the pool area of the rec center. It appeared that he was ambushed. He was shot multiple times and then the shooter came up on top of him and shot him in the head to make sure that he was dead. Reporter police say an innocent bystander ins
Base in delaware to be prepared for their final honors. Today the government said it is investigating the shooting attack at two military sites in chattanooga, tennessee as an act of terror, and we have learned a great deal more about the gunman and those he took from us. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. As strangers neighbors and friends pause to reflect on their loss flowers and flags expanded a makeshift memorial. Ashley miller brought her fiveyearold son blake in his marine dress uniform to salute the fallen. His father is a lieutenant in the marine corps. I just wanted to come down and have him pay his respects and my respect, as well. Reporter ava hastings was overcome. This really makes me sad. This just really makes me sad for the families. Reporter throughout the day the names of the marines slowly emerged, some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in chattanooga. 40yearold Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of hampden, massachusetts, a purple heart recipient and vetera
Center about 50 miles from the arizona border. Thats after a flash flooding washed away an eastbound bridge and caused some serious damage to westbound lanes as well. Caltrans says the damaged section will stay closed completely and indefinitely. Kpix 5s lisa chan is in our newsroom with more. Good morning lisa. Reporter good morning, this interstate is the main route between california and arizona. And engineers will assess the tack to the bridge this morning. The damage is being blamed on heavy rains and flooding that shut down the freeway. A bridge 50 miles west of the Arizona State line washed away. Traffic headed toward arizona was forced to turn around and one driver was injured. The Riverside County Fire Department had to extract that driver who crashed in the collapse. Rain, thunder and lightning fell over Southern California in a rare summer storm system. This caused Power Outages and downed trees and water rescues and beach closures. Firefighters worked to keep mud out of hal