Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani.
Numerous reports about the mass shooting Friday morning at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida that left three killed and several wounded have identified the gunman, also reported dead, as Saudi Arabian military pilot trainee — Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. (NBC News) The reports say federal investigators are looking at terrorism as a motive.
AP excerpt: “A U.S. official says the Florida Naval station shooting suspect was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia and authorities are investigating if the shooting was terrorism-related…”
From earlier reports —
CNN: “A member of the Saudi military training at US Naval Air Station in Pensacola is the suspected shooter in Friday’s incident, according to 5 US defense officials and another person familiar with the investigation,
@barbarastarrcnn and @davidgshortell report”
A member of the Saudi military training at US Naval Air Station in Pensacola is the suspected shooter in Friday’s incident, according to 5 US defense officials and another person familiar with the investigation, @barbarastarrcnn and @davidgshortell report
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 6, 2019
VIDEO CLIP:
CNN: Suspected Pensacola Naval Station shooter was member of Saudi military pic.twitter.com/T9M2p01JRk
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) December 6, 2019
Update– Storyful found that a Twitter account using the same name as a Saudi airman suspected of opening fire at a naval base in Pensacola this morning was suspended this afternoon.
The shooter reportedly left this message before Twitter took down his account this afternoon.
.@Storyful has found that a Twitter account using the same name as a Saudi airman suspected of opening fire at a naval base in #Pensacola this morning was suspended this afternoon.
The account posted a message minutes before an active shooter was reported this morning. pic.twitter.com/Vy0QfaqfE1
— Ciarán O'Connor (@ciaranoconnor) December 6, 2019
More via The Bongino Report.
Our top story… pic.twitter.com/X3rwxGhBW0
— Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) December 7, 2019
The post Breaking– Saudi National Airman Posted Threatening Message on Twitter Minutes before Mass Shooting at Pensacola Air Station (UPDATE) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.