their marriage. abdulazeez went on to college, graduated with an electrical engineering degree in 2012. according to a resume he posted online, he worked at several internships. it was during this time he was also traveling to the middle east. jordanian officials confirm mohammad youssuf abdulazeez had an extended visit in 2014. and a close friend tells cnn abdulazeez came back a changed man. he distanced himself the friend said. and though they had known each other since they were 5 years old, he says he never became close to me like he was before he went overseas. at a news conference friday the fbi confirmed it was looking into abdulazeez jonas brother sea overseas travels, but so far says there is no one else involved. we have no indication that he was inspired by or directed by anyone other than himself. in the past three months, abdulazeez took a new job and moved to the nashville area. his most recent photo from a mugshot taken in april when he
was arrested for dui. he saw abdulazeez just last month. i said how you doing? haven t seen you in a while. how you doing? smiling laughing talking to me, no problems. another guy just talked to him on the phone about a case. he said he saw him just a day ago. he said absolutely nothing. was shaking hands saying how you doing? everything s fine. reporter: abdulazeez returned to chattanooga this week to visit his family prayed with them during this final week of ramadan. one told us he was here at this mosque just this past weekend. today, on one of the most festive days in the muslim year the mosque is closed a sign on its door states the families of the victims are in our thoughts and prayers. drew griffin, cnn, chattanooga. since few people if anyone really saw this coming, what are the warning signs that somebody s about to attack and is it about to re-evaluate those signs? we ll talk more about that with the experts next.
they become on a mission to punish a perceived group that has wronged them. in the case of dylann roof he focused on african-americans. he got sucked into a white supremacist group just by getting on the internet and looking these things up. i would argue that mr. abdulazeez really has more in common with dylann roof or even elliott roger or james holmes or even more than he does. you could see logically the anger and frustration of that army psychologist who was also jordanian and his frustration having to work for the military that he perceived was killing his people. there was even though it was extremist thinking there was a logic behind it in his mind. it brewed and inculcated over many years and everyone could see it happening. he wanted out of the army and no one would let him out. so his act of terrorism was really about teaching us a lesson. i think we will find out that in
robert young were in the rotc program with skip in high school. it s just been an emotional day. he was one of my good friends and he showed me right and wrong and he was a mentor and a guide, and just couldn t believe it. i can t believe what happened to him. i mean bad things happen to good people you know. reporter: skip wells was only 21 years old. our home sweet home reporter: john berman, cnn, new york. more details about the alleged gunman s past are starting to emerge. 24-year-old mohammad abdulazeez is described as a former mixed martial artist fighter, a top student known for his humor and being very well liked by his friends and a devout muslim who kept in touch with his roots in the middle east. according to law enforcement officials, he was born in kuwait now a naturalized u.s. citizen. jordanian officials tell cnn abdulazeez was not a citizen of