And we begin in the state of tennessee where authorities are trying to determine what led a 24yearold man to goen a shooting spree killing four marines, investigators say Mohammad Youssuf abdulazeez had four handguns on him during a rampage and rifles at his house. He had every intent to kill officers if they had not killed him first. Authorities have looked into 70 leads they have about him. Officials believe they pieced together exactly what happened during thursdays shooting. Gary tuchman breaks it down. Reporter a Senior Defense official tells cnn several marines inside the Chattanooga Center were veterans who went into combat mode. He lifted up his arms like this with a big black gun. It was one shot and endless shots just one after another. Reporter the marines told everyone to drop to the floor and cleared the room by getting everyone outside in the back. Everyone sighted. But abdulazeez was not done. It is believed that abdulazeez never got out of his rented ford mustang conver
Or 60 just trapped there on the highway. A good number of them on fire several of them continuing to burn. Youre watching live pictures right now of the fight from the sky and the ground. This is a plane dc10 that has been called in to help fight this blaze, dropping the fire retardant, an air tanker and helicopters also on scene. We saw firefighters for the first time recently on the ground right now. Again, the issue, so many of these cars trapped on the freeway with their gas tanks full. So there is urgency to get this fire out at least on the freeway as soon as possible. Look at the chopper right there, the choppers are dropping water all day on the righthand side of your screen. The dc10 which will shortly drop fire retardant on that area right now and hopefully showdown some of the blaze. While were waiting for that to happen im joined by driver ryan mccachran. He is in the fire area, on the freeway, essentially forced to flee. What can you tell us, ryan . Well i was on my way, t