cnn s gary tuchman reporting. there were witnesses who said there were so many bullets they lost count. and he was carrying extra magazines which stopped the police from stopping him for a while. reporter: this is the aftermath of 24-year-old gunman mohamed youssuf abdulazeez. he targeted military personnel at two locations. this is being investigated as an act of terrorism. 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. reporter: shortly before 11:00 a.m. youssuf abdulazeez drove up to a recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee, pulled out a high-powered rifle and opened fire according to witnesses. i seen the guy in his car, a drop top, he had a rifle, and it
agreement finland already has. they are required to receive the bailout and rescue the country s economy. law enforcement officials tell cnn the suspected gunman in the shooting in chattanooga was born in kuwait and had jordanian citizenship. but officials say his name has never appeared on any terror watch list. a friend said that mohamed youssuf abdulazeez was of a good demeanor. his demeanor, there was absolutely nothing to me that would show me he was upset. he went back home two years ago, i asked his mom and said, where is he they said he moved back home. i saw him a couple of times when
know this heinous. it is incredible. a popular, witty kid, as many of the people who had known him describe him to be which doesn t fit the profile of the killer. let me ask you about this yearbook photo we have in 2008, of mohamed youssuf abdulazeez and it says quote, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? and he is somebody who blogs about struggles as a first generation american muslim. i m assuming youssuf abdulazeez chose this quote to go along with his yearbook photo. do you know why he chose that? more of a joke than anything else. he you know as people have said before he was a devout muslim. but he was not radicalized. he was not anything. it is just it kind of goes along
with a southern kid growing up in the south that having a name like mohamed youssuf abdulazeez. never attention. he has never gotten any negative attention as far as i know. he was just making it a little joke and now it is more morbidly ironic now. and you say he got attention because of his name in the south. did he ever talk about what it was like to be a muslim in the south in the united states? and did he talk to you about any struggles he may have had? not really like i said. it was just the name. he always fit in well. you know he never got any negative attention but you know being muslim in the south is kind of difficult. but he never had that sort of issue. if anything he was more making
pleitgen, frederik pleitge welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is cnn news room. i m george howell. and i m natalie allen checking the headlines for you, four marines were killed and at least four others wounds in a gunman opened fire in chattanooga, tennessee, thursday. the alleged gunman mohamed youssuf abdulazeez was killed by police. the task force is investigating but officials say the motive is still unclear. just hours from now, germany s parliament is expected to vote on lending greece more money as part of their bailout deal. finland has already adopted a similar measure. on friday they adopted