Completed 7 tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. From massachusetts, wisconsin, arkansas and georgia. The governor of massachusetts ordered flags flown at half staff in honor of the victims. Also today had Chattanooga Police department and fbi gave an update on the fire fight between the officers and the suspect Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez. The fbi said he had two rifles or shotguns and a pistol. And authorities believe he may have purchased some of it guns illegally. The gunman was killed. During the fight one Police Officer was hit. Another officer dragged a colleague to safety while engaging with the suspect. The chief is calling those officers heroes for their actions. That suspect soon made his intent his cowardly Homicidal Intent clear. Officers of the Chattanooga Police department did not hesitate. They engaged that person, that gunman immediately, aggressively. With the intent of making sure he armed as few members as possible. [ singing ] today the marine corps closed all re
Axelrod again, im jim axelrod. He loved his family, baseball and the navy. Thats how his family described randall smith, a petty officer in the United States navy and the fifth Service Member to die from an attack on the Armed Forces Recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee two days ago. Smith and his wife had three daughters under the age of seven he called his little present says. He managed to flash thumbs up after surgery and died at 2 17 this morning. Were learning about the shooter, Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez spent more than half of last year in the middle east and recently in shooting ranges here at home. Jericka duncan begins our coverage. Reporter a fifth cross was put in the ground today at this growing memorial site to mark the death of randall smith. Shot three times during thursdays rampage. Hundreds came to visit including the family of one of the victims. Staff surgery, david wyatt. His father allen told me his son died after helping others escape. Im told that my s
The teenager shares her harrowing 48hour journey to rescue. I got a surge of will power and thought there is to way i can die without hugging somebody again. Her story in her own words today, july 17 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie relive from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. Matt is back on monday. We are prepared to get our country on. Absolutely. Alan jackson, one of the biggest stars in you will all of Country Music. He sold more than 60 million albums over the course of his career. Looks like about that many fans on the plaza. Like 10 million top ten hits. Hes amazing. More in a moment. First to the deadly shooting rampage at two military facilities in chattanooga, tennessee. Authorities are poring through the gunmans background. We have this covers starting with Gabe Gutierrez at the scene. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah good morning. The search for a motive intensifies.
Visit ncicap. Org] now, abc 7 news at 11 00. Leon a tragedy in tennessee. A gunman opens fire at two military sites and four marines are dead. The shooter, Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez, is also dead. Chris papst spoke with a relative of the government who lives in our region. We will start with tom roussey who has the latest on the investigation. Tom cole that shooter abdulazeez, was from hixson, tennessee. Authorities want to know why he did this. Brutally and brazenly attack numbers of our armed services. Tom everything started this morning in chattanooga. He lifted up a gun and, there was one shot, then it was just and less shots. Tom you can see the bullet holes all over the recruiting center. An Army Recruiter who was inside estimates 3050 shots were fired. Within a half hour, Authorities Say abdulazeez had driven to a navy and Marine Center more than seven miles away and opened fire again. In all four marines were killed. At least three others were wounded, including a police offi
165 times in the Movie Theater massacrement. Standing room only. Victims of the opm data breach getting answers in virginia. Journey down the mountain. A 16yearolds incredible story of survival. The surge of will power. Its like there is no way i can die. News4 at 11 starts now. New information and images coming in right now from tennessee as investigators try to figure out why a 24yearold opened fire on two military facilities. The fbi is about to hold a News Conference at any minute now. We just got new pictures of a raid at a home of suspected shooter mohamud abdulazeez. We dont know why a woman was being led away in handcuffs, but we do know with his parents. Police say he fired up to 30 shots at a military recruiting sight in chattanooga before driving to a navy Marine Training center where he killed four marines. Tonight state leaders there say everyone is rallying around the city. Tennessee and chattanooga reacted just the way i thought they would, with an outpouring of love and