Pensacola Navy Base Shooter Left Manifesto Calling US ‘a Nation of Evil’: Report
The suspect who shot and killed three people before he was killed at a U.S. Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, reportedly left behind a manifesto that said the United States was “a nation of evil,” reported the Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The suspect, identified as Mohamed Saeed Alshamrani by police, had allegedly written on Twitter: “I’m against evil, and America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil,” reported AFP, citing the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist media.--
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Report: 6 Saudis Detained After Pensacola Shooting, Including 3 Who Filmed Attack
Six Saudi nationals, including three who allegedly filmed Friday’s attack on Naval Air Station Pensacola, were reportedly detained after the shooting.
Breitbart News reported that a gunman opened fire at the air station Friday morning, killing three and wounding numerous others. --
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Navy IDs 3 victims of NAS Pensacola shooting; military calls for increased security checks
U.S. Northern Command (Northcom) has called for increased random security checks at all sites across Northern Command following the deadly shootings at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii and Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in Florida.
The Navy on Saturday identified the three victims of the NAS Pensacola shooting as Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, of Coffee, Ala.; Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Ga.--
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6 Saudi nationals detained for questioning after NAS Pensacola shooting: official
Six Saudi nationals were detained for questioning Friday near a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., after a Saudi gunman opened fire there, killing three people before being shot dead by officers, a senior U.S. official told Fox News.
The FBI, which is leading the investigation into the shooting -- which took place Friday morning at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola in Florida -- declined to reveal the identity of the shooter in the early stages of the investigation, but a U.S. official told Fox News the gunman was an aviation student from Saudi Arabia named Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani. --
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A shooter who opened fire Friday morning at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, leaving two people dead and several injured, has died, officials say.
"The ECSO can confirm there is no longer an active shooter on NAS Pensacola," the Escambia County Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook account. "The shooter is confirmed dead."--
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