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Away. Families facing tough struggles forgetting all their troubles on the open seas. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It was an act of terror but with no clear motive. Remarkably, a day after a young kuwaitiamerican man shot up a pair of military sites in tennessee investigators have yet to uncover the telltale pieces you would normally expect to find, answering the question why. It was confirmed today that Police Fatally shot Mohammad Abdulazeez but not before he had taken the lives of four u. S. Marines. Most of them we also learned today were war veterans. The question tonight is if he believed strongly enough to kill why didnt he leave behind an explanation . Our team has been working the story all day. We want to start with kate snow. Kate, good evening. Lester, good evening. The fbi this evening saying they have tracked down 70 leads and though so far there is no evidence to
Families are grieving today in the state of tennessee and authorities are scouring the life of a young man they say shot and killed four american marines. Investigators found the total of four guns after the shootings in chattanooga. They say Mohammad Abdulazeez had three on him and a rifle was found at his home. Federal authorities are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism. There are too many of the warning signs. The targets are identical to the targets called by isis to attack. So, my judgment in my experience is that this was an isisinspired attack. Thats his opinion. So far, they are treated it as a terror investigation right now. Thursdays attack happened at two military sites, the first that recruiting center. Several of the marines were combat veterans. When the shooting started, a Senior Defense official says those marines went into combat mode. They had everyone drop to the floor and then leave through the back. Reports say the marines helped save all seven lives at th
Reporter actress amy schumer took to twitter, my heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. One witness described it as surreal. Im told by Louisiana State officials here, this morning, all indications show he showed up to the theater by himself and stood up as we mentioned, about 20 minutes into the film and began firing. He didnt turn the gun on himself until Police Officers had gotten inside the theater. Thats when the gunman turned the gun on himself and killed himself. Brief moments of horror. Thank you for the latest on that. We know that the police know the idea of the gunman. What do we know about the man behind this senseless act. Alexander field has that part of the story for us. We want to focus on the victims, but there are questions about what motivates somebody to do Something Like this and who he is. We know this is a 58yearold white man with some kind of criminal history dating back a few years. The details of his history not reveale
We now know the four marines murdered yesterday, and as the nation mourned, their remains were taken from tennessee to Dover Air Force base in delaware to be prepared for their final honors. Today the government said it is investigating the shooting attack at two military sites in chattanooga as an act of terror. Weve learned a great deal about the gunman and those he took from us. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. Reporter as strangers neighbors and friends paused to reflect on their loss, flowers and flagged expanded a makeshift memorial. Ashley miller brought her fiveyearold son blake in his marine dress uniform to salute the fallen. His father is a lieutenant in the marine corps. I just wanted to come down and have him pay his respects and my respects, as well. As ava hastings was overcome. This really makes me sad. This makes me sad for the families. Reporter throughout the day, the names of the marines slowly emerged, some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in chattanoo