Continued to work alongside js o to ensure every fbi resource is brought to bear, to aid in this investigation. i have committed to sheriff waters that our assistance will continue for as long as necessary. in addition fbi jacksonville is coordinated with the civil rights division of the department of justice and the u.s. attorney s office for the middle district of florida. we have opened a federal civil rights investigation and we will pursue this incident as a hate crime. hate crimes are always and will always remain a top priority for the fbi. they re not only an attack on a victim they are meant to threaten and intimidate an entire community. everyone has a right to feel safe in their communities and in their homes. i assure you the fbi will bring every resource we have two bear
We trust should not have that kind of hate and jacksonville. [inaudible] it is still under investigation also prayer before going further i want to give sherry cox for a local fbi an opportunity to address you all about a few things. sherry? dick s think is sheriff waters. first, on behalf of the entire fbi, which express my deepest sympathies to the loved ones of those innocent souls that we lost in today s attack. no life should ever be lost to this kind of violence and our thoughts are with the families tonight after this tragic event. immediately upon learning about the shooting, fbi agents rushed rush tothe scene to assist our s at js o. as we speak members of our evidence response team and our investigative specialists
After 9/11 a lot of decisions were made how to allocate resources and where to put agent and freeing up a lot of agents to do terrorism and other work. i think a lot of them were taking off complaint duty because in the day i was in the fbi, being a complaint agent was a big deal. we were very careful in field divisions to choose the right people to put on complaint duty. so you talk to an agent. you called your local fbi. you talked to an fbi agent. you didn t talk to a professional staff person. and the reason is simple. fbi agents start their career by going to the fbi academy in quantico. they learn how to take complaints. they learn how to go through what are violations are. they go out to the first field office. they have a senior mentor as an agent. they have interviewed people that not only the victims of crimes but people that have committed crimes. if they move on in their career they get more experience there so when they get ready to want to maybe express an interest in bei
As a result of was this soldier in the process of being transitioned out of the military? he was not out of the process of being transitioned out of the military. where was his body found? in his car? in the street? next to a building? his body was found in the parking lot where he was engaged by the police. can you describe how they engaged this man? military police officer responded and he was approaching her at about 20 feet, he put his hands up, then reached under his jacket, pulled out the .9 mill and she pulled out her weapon and then she engaged and then he put the weapon to his head and he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. go ahead. have you ruled out terrorism? i m not ruling out terrorism. all i m saying is there is no indication of it at this time. we have fbi and all of the
sir, what can you tell us about protocol as far as carrying the type of weapon this soldier has and other soldiers allowed on base? what can you tell us? if you have a weapon and on base it s suppose to be registered on base. this weapon was not registered on base. the reaction, first thing that went through your mind that there had been another shoot something immediate reaction was casualties. what kind of casualties? do we have one, or more shooters? are those shooters secure? to provide protection for the local community. was the fbi on the scene? on monday? we have a local fbi liaison officer but no. no. large fbi assets were not here. they re actually inbound to help with the investigation but no. there is local fbi available to