Naval Station shooting suspect was Saudi aviation student; authorities investigating if terrorism

[Dennis Donovan]

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- US official: Naval Station shooting suspect was Saudi aviation student; authorities investigating if terrorism-related.

12:40 PM - Dec 6, 2019

[UniteFightBack]

1. Oh you could tell it was something by the way they were dodgy. I think a news conf. is taking place

later today with more details. And remind me again is the Muslim travel ban applying to Saudia Arabia?

Dotard Dump is a Dick.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. +1000

[FarPoint]

6. I don't believe the Saudis have the same restrictions...

Just off the top of my head.....

[demmiblue]

2. I wonder if he was WhatsApping with Jared prior to the incident. n/t

[marble falls]

3. Interesting if disturbing turn. I wonder if the WH will even comment.

[Bettie]

4. But...but...

the Saudis are all our friends! How can this be? (Sarcasm)

[dewsgirl]

7. Some of the 9/11 hijackers learned to fly at Flight Safety

in Vero Beach, Fl. not long before the attacks, it is scary as hell that this could be yet another terrorist from Saudi Arabia.
My son is in the Air Force and on base right now, not 30 miles from where this occurred..

[tblue37]

14. I lived on Eglin AFB from 1958 to 1962. (Dad was career AF.) I assume that's where your

son is? Or Ft. Walton Beach? (We lived there for a year, too.)

[dewsgirl]

15. Yes, Eglin AFB we live in Fort Walton Beach between Eglin

and Hurlburt AFB. I just moved up here, to help while he is deployed, he leaves for Qatar in January.
Quite different here, this is Matt Gaetz district and you can tell. A guy the other day said, "Oh your from the real Florida, you know what FLA stands for, don't you? F*cking Lower Alabama."😳
I am so homesick.😢

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. I wonder how Spanky will try to sweep this under the rug.

[eleny]

10. My first thought was, "Let the cover up begin"

[sdfernando]

9. Saudi huh?

Did he not care to learn about landing a plane? was he looking at tall buildings?

NEVER FORGET that it was Saudi's that flew those planes into the twin towers and the Pentagon!

[getagrip_already]

11. The navy will end up apologizing to mbs...

For treating the poor student badly and killing him.

Wait for it.

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. Can't be, he was a Saudi,

Saudis would NEVER attack the US...oh, wait...

[demmiblue]

13. Saudi Aviation Student Was Navy Air Base Shooter: Official

The gunman who opened fire inside a classroom at the U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, killing three people and injuring seven others, was a member of the Saudi Air Force who was at the Florida base for training, officials said.

The suspect—who has not been publicly identified by authorities—was shot and killed by a deputy during the attack at the Florida Panhandle facility, which is known as the “cradle of aviation,” the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.

Multiple news outlets identified the shooter as Second Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. Authorities are investigating whether the incident was related to terrorism, and the FBI has taken over the investigation into the shooting, according to a spokeswoman for the Bureau.

“The government of Saudi Arabia needs to make things better for these victims, and I think they’re going to owe a debt here given that this is one of their individuals,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pensacola-navy-air-station-shooting-base-locked-down-after-reports-of-an-active-shooter?ref=home