was shot dead if he shot dead or took his own life unclear at this point. we have heard reports that he was chased into the woods by police officers who were hot pursuit after he left that recruiting center location and may have been killed in the woods though the aerial photographs did show there was a body in the parking lot. that is still unclear. we understand bill killian the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee may hold a press conference later on this evening and may fill in some of those details. what kind of a gun did he use? do we know? we don t know the exact model of the gun but from eyewitness accounts, talking with military experts it, sounds like it may have been some sort of military-style rifle, simply because of the number of bullets that he was able to fire in rapid succession. people at the recruiting center about seven and a half miles away down on lee highway said that they heard 25 to 30 shots. as you can see in the pictures of the front of the
was shot dead if he shot dead or took his own life unclear at this point. we have heard reports that he was chased into the woods by police officers who were hot pursuit after he left that recruiting center location and may have been killed in the woods though the aerial photographs did show there was a body in the parking lot. that is still unclear. we understand bill killian the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee may hold a press conference later on this evening and may fill in some of those details. what kind of a gun did he use? do we know? we don t know the exact model of the gun but from eyewitness accounts, talking with military experts it, sounds like it may have been some sort of military-style rifle, simply because of the number of bullets that he was able to fire in rapid succession. people at the recruiting center about seven and a half miles away down on lee highway said that they heard 25 to 30 shots. as you can see in the pictures of the front of the
live from chattanooga the latest. the federal bureau of investigation, according to the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee investigating this as an act of domestic terrorism elm. that s not to say what happened but they re investigating it as that. they got clarity as they said they ll work to determine who that s man was described only at a white male in a silver mustang, who shot first from inside the vehicle and at the second scene was on the run. he has been described to news no other way. we don t know if he is former military if he had any attachment think locations and authorities are very clear to say they re going to investigate this and when they do they ll be able to find out whether this is a crime or some act of domestic terrorism, in the meantime they ll investigate it as such. highlights being authorities believe there was one gunman, the gunman acted alone the gunman is now dead. four u.s. marines were also shot and killed. a police officer shot, acco
parking lot and looks like that s where he opened fire. did he get inside the building? authorities aren t saying. it s believed he stayed outside. bill killian, the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee said while they re not ruling out a criminal act, they re pursuing it it as an act of domestic terrorism and not ruling out he was potentially influenced by isis or another group because killian said a little more than an hour ago that they are not ruling out anything here a possible nexus to international terrorism or isis. they re investigating all leads. the fbi will have dozens of agents if not hundreds of agents on the ground in the chattanooga area pulling on every piece of string they can find unraifling the mystery of why he shot four marines dead and injured a police officer earlier today. stay right there. pictures of what we believe the suspect s home. chopper pictures.
wells local authorities he that he was taken out by a local police officer. one police officer the fellow was the one who was wounded. exchange of gunfire. one was superficial. he was hit in the ankle can. nothing too serious. thankfully he did not suffer any sort of serious injury, unfortunately the four marines were killed in that same parking lot that abdul zeez went into. you heard the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of tennessee labeled this domestic terrorism. he says we are not ruling out that this could have been a criminal act but, at the same time, greta, we are not ruling out and we are certainly looking into any nexus connection to international terrorism including that this fellow may have been influenced by isis. what do we know about him so far? we know he attended the university of chattanooga the university of tennessee here in chattanooga. got a degree in electrical engineering. the authority confirmed a short time ago that he did work there as a student inte