former awol soldier, jason abdo. his plot involved ft. hood. he planned to detonate a homemade bomb inside a killeen, texas, restaurant that was popular with ft. hood soldiers. he aroused suspicion after he was trying to purchase bomb-making materials at a local gun store. when the fbi looked into him, when they raided his motel room they found tons of bomb-making materials and ammunition. he was arrested in july 2011. he s often remembered as the guy who during his first court appearance, he yelled in the courtroom nidal hasan, ft. hood, 2009. he yelled that in open court. he was tried, convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 60 years in prison. inspect terms in terms of today s suspect, in terms of the shooter, the dead shooter in chattanooga, tennessee, this is what the fbi has said so far. he s a 24-year-old man, mohammod
youssuf abdulazeez. officials say he lived in the nearby town of hickson, tennessee. he s the son of a chattanooga city employee. he s a natural citizen of kuwait. he graduated with a degree in electrical engineer. the tennessee valley authority confirmed this evening that he was an intern there in engineering about five years ago. officials confirmed to nbc news tonight that he was not on federal law enforcement radar for any reason before this attack today. they say he was not in any terrorism database he was not under fbi surveillance. as far as we know mohammed abdulazeez only run-in with law enforcement was an arrest earlier this year for dui, for driving under the influence. that was the source of the mug shot you ve seen all over the place today. well, investigators descended on the abdulazeez household this evening. we don t know why, but two women were seen being led away in handcuffs. we do not know why, we do not know who they are. we dongt know if they were taken
not going to go in to that. all semi auto. i m not going to discuss what he had on him at the time. interesting point that. is fbi special agent in charge in tennessee being asked about the type of weapons used in this attack today in chattanooga that murdered four u.s. marines. the fbi said numerous weapons were used but wouldn t say what type exactly. as you heard one reporter narrow it down asking if they were semiautomatic weapons but so far official s are not saying and it maybe an interesting point here. there were a bunch of news reports that describe the weapons used in this attack as automatic weapons. one defense official said the gunman used an automatic weapon as did one of the witnesses to this attack whose witness report was widely reported. there were numerous sources saying at least one of the weapons involved was an automatic weapon. that may yet be true. there are often early reports in
earlier tonight that said, quote, i have directed the fbi to take the lead in the national security investigation of this heinous attack on members of our military. as gabe alluded to there, the fbi special agent in charge today said that this will be handled as a terrorism investigation, in his words, until we determine that it s not. so attorney general lynch calling it a national security investigation. the fbi saying it s a terrorism investigation, meaning we re looking to see if it is terrorism. all that any of that means honestly in practical terms as far as we can tell is that this is going to be investigated as a crime, as a mass shooting and a multiple murder, but it will be investigated as a mass shooting and a multiple murder in which the motive and any nexus to international or domestic terrorist causes or groups will get priority attention. doesn t mean that those exist, it means that s what they re looking for. so far the national counterterrorism center says it doesn t k
terms of the shooter, the dead shooter in chattanooga, tennessee, this is what the fbi has said so far. he s a 24-year-old man, mohammod youssuf abdulazeez. officials say he lived in the nearby town of hickson, tennessee. he s the son of a chattanooga city employee. he s a natural citizen of kuwait. he graduated with a degree in electrical engineer. the tennessee valley authority confirmed this evening that he was an intern there in engineering about five years ago. officials confirmed to nbc news tonight that he was not on federal law enforcement radar for any reason before this attack today. they say he was not in any terrorism database, he was not under fbi surveillance. as far as we know, mohammed abdulazeez only run-in with law enforcement was an arrest earlier this year for dui, for driving under the influence. that was the source of the mug shot you ve seen all over the place today. well, investigators descended on