Active shooter at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi has been 'neutralized'

[nitpicker]

Source: CNN


(CNN) — A shooter at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas has been "neutralized," the US Navy said in a statement Thursday morning.

One member of the Naval Security Forces has been injured, the statement said.

"All gates on the installation remain closed while first responders process the scene," the Navy said. "NCIS is en route, and state and local law enforcement are on scene."

Naval Security Forces responded to reports of an active shooter around 6:15 a.m. CT, according to the Navy's statement.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21/us/naval-air-station-corpus-christi-lockdown/index.html

[ccdss]

1. Active Shooter

Shooter has been killed. [link:https://www.kiiitv.com/mobile/article/news/local/officials-shooter-neutralized-near-north-gate-of-nas-corpus-christi-one-person-injured/503-2ed913a9-09d7-466e-ae9a-1e2f26c021b1|

[ccdss]

2. Video of shooting

Viewer Video: Active shooter prompts lockdown at Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. An "Arab male", the US Naval Institute says

The FBI is investigating a Thursday shooting at a Texas naval air station, after a Navy security team there killed an “Arab male” who stormed a gate at the base, a U.S. official told USNI News.

The official did not have any additional details on the identity of the shooter beyond apparent ethnicity. An FBI spokeswoman did not provide additional details when contacted by USNI News.

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/21/shooting-at-nas-corpus-christi-security-force-member-injured-shooter-neutralized

[rockfordfile]

5. Saudi?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Syrian-born US resident

https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/adam-alsahli/

though apparently went to a public Islamic university in Mecca.

[marble falls]

6. I really hate that word 'neutralized'. Rightly or wrongly, he was killed.

[Owl]

8. My thoughts exactly.

[Polybius]

10. I was just going to write how much I absolutely love it

It's such a cool military word when used in a context for "bad guy killed."

[EX500rider]

11. Yeah I am with you, sounds very professional, something a Operator (think SEAL Team6) would say..

.."Target neutralized"
Although I personally prefer "Tango down"