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Mass Shooting In Tennessee Leaves 4 Marines Dead
Officials responded to shots fired on Thursday at two military facilities in Tennessee.Five people are dead, including the gunman, an official with the city said.
All four killed were Marines, authorities said.
Three people were injured, Marissa Bell, communications coordinator for the city of Chattanooga, told The Huffington Post. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said an officer who was shot in the ankle is recovering.
"It is incomprehensible to see what happened and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated," Berke said.
Authorities will investigate the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said.
The suspect, who law enforcement agents have identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said, before driving to a Naval and Marine reserve center about 7 miles away.
The shooter used "numerous guns" in the incident, and is believed to have lived in the Chattanooga area, authorities said at the news conference.
Witnesses said the shooter drove up to the reserve center in a convertible and opened fire.
"As a city, we will respond to this with every available resource we have," Berke said.
Marilyn Hutcheson, who works near the shootings, said she heard the shots.
"I was out on break this morning and I heard about 10 or 15 rapid fire shots, just 'pop pop pop pop,'" Hutcheson said. "The next thing I knew, there were cops everywhere. It's just a frightening situation."
Carolyn Taylor, who works across the street from the second shooting location, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press she had heard what seemed like "eight, 10 rounds at a time."
The Chattanooga Police Department confirmed on Twitter around 1:15 p.m. that the "active shooter situation is over." The department did not immediately return a request for comment.
Mass Shooting In Tennessee Leaves 4 Marines Dead
Officials responded to shots fired on Thursday at two military facilities in Tennessee.Five people are dead, including the gunman, an official with the city said.
All four killed were Marines, authorities said.
Three people were injured, Marissa Bell, communications coordinator for the city of Chattanooga, told The Huffington Post. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said an officer who was shot in the ankle is recovering.
"It is incomprehensible to see what happened and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated," Berke said.
Authorities will investigate the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said.
The suspect, who law enforcement agents have identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said, before driving to a Naval and Marine reserve center about 7 miles away.
The shooter used "numerous guns" in the incident, and is believed to have lived in the Chattanooga area, authorities said at the news conference.
Witnesses said the shooter drove up to the reserve center in a convertible and opened fire.
"As a city, we will respond to this with every available resource we have," Berke said.
Marilyn Hutcheson, who works near the shootings, said she heard the shots.
"I was out on break this morning and I heard about 10 or 15 rapid fire shots, just 'pop pop pop pop,'" Hutcheson said. "The next thing I knew, there were cops everywhere. It's just a frightening situation."
Carolyn Taylor, who works across the street from the second shooting location, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press she had heard what seemed like "eight, 10 rounds at a time."
The Chattanooga Police Department confirmed on Twitter around 1:15 p.m. that the "active shooter situation is over." The department did not immediately return a request for comment.
Mass Shooting In Tennessee Leaves 4 Marines Dead