attorney s comments, and that is that the response by the local law enforcement was overwhelming. they were able to neutralize the threat and there is no longer a threat to the community that we re aware of. we will conduct a thorough investigation in concert with chattanooga police department and our other partners to make sure that this matter is completely resolved. that s all i have. i don t know if anybody else wants to speak. ed reinhold, special agent in charge for the fbi. could you or the chief put the perspective how the gunman ended up dead, at his own hands or a member of law enforcement at that s point i m not going to discuss any of that. we re at the very preliminary stages of this investigation. we have active crime scene that we re investigating right now. we have significant amount of resources to both the fbi and the chattanooga police department and other agencies
state, and local investigation. we cannot and will not share facts of that investigation with you. at such time that we can admit certain facts or present certain facts and evidence to you we will. that investigation will be a joint one with atf coordinating, atf i m sorry with fbi coordinating with atf homeland security tennessee s department of homeland security, chattanooga police department, and others. again, we are treating this as an act of domestic terrorism. ed? afternoon. i want to echo the mayor and the chief s comments and the u.s.
i m the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee. this is a sad day for the united states these service members served their country with pride and they have been the victims of these shootings. we are conducting this as an act of domestic terrorism. the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, and i will turn over when i get through to the special agent in charge, ed rein hold to discuss what he can about the investigation. i have nothing but praise anded a admiration and congratulations to the city of chattanooga police department, hamilton county sheriff s department, for their quick and effective and efficient response. we have a combined federal