battle between the shooter and police. we ve also learned the identify of one of the four u.s. marines killed. gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan survived two tours of duty in iraq but he was killed on u.s. soil. the first, a military recruiting center inside a suburban strip mall. no one inside died. but a much different story seven miles away on his final stop. all four fa talttalities at the naval and marine center. gunman mohammad youssuf abdulazeez was 24 years old and a tennessee grad. he was not on any american databases for suspected terrorist. in fact a drunk driving charge just a few months ago was his lone brush with the law. was this the act of a criminal or a domestic terrorist? we have not determined
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mohammad youssuf abdulazeez was armed with a military-style rifle and several 30 round magazines. police say he was a u.s. citizen, naturalized, born in kuwait and his friends say abdulazeez recently spent a couple of years outside the u.s. in jordan or perhaps even yemen. abdulazeez held officers at bay with his weapon for a time after shooting up the military center, but police eventually moved in and shot him dead. and then look at this sign posted on the door of the chattanooga mosque attended by abdulazeez. the mosque has canceled all activities surrounding this weeke weekend s muslim holiday. cnn s victor blackwell is in chattanooga for us right now. victor, tell us where the investigation stands. any more about what may have driven this man to start shooting like this? fredricka, you mentioned the four who were killed. in addition there are several
who were injured, one of them a chattanooga police officer. let s learn more from the chattanooga police department chief, chief craig fletcher. good to have you with us here. thank you for having me. tell us what you know about the officer who was injured. thanks for your concern about him. despite this vicious assault, members of our arms service and a member of my police department, he is doing as well as can be expected. he s receiving tremendous medical care from erlanger hospital and this community in chattanooga, our police department and nationwide has provided by outpouring of support for him and his family and our broader community. reporter: there are some elements of the timeline coming together. we know there are calls after the initial shooting. was there any pursuit of. abdulazeez after the calls here?
you know seemed to enjoy the training and got along with everybody. reporter: yeah. and those who knew him also say that abdulazeez was humorous. take a look at this yearbook posting from several years ago. he writes, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? at the time that was considered a clever quip but it takes on a whole new meaning. investigators are trying to figure out how four marines who served their nation with distinction could have been gunned down not on a battlefield but here at home on american soil. gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan friends and family knew him as tommy. he was just 40 years old. let s bring in joe johns to tell us more. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol of of those four u.s. marines
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