Unsure of motives.™
Posted on 05/23/2020 6:19:55 AM PDT by rktman
The Thursday morning shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is being treated as an act of terrorism, according to FBI officials.
"We have determined that the incident this morning at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terrorism-related," FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Leah Greeves said in a Thursday media conference.
At about 6:15 a.m., security forces responded to an active shooter at the Texas base, and he was quickly neutralized.
FBI agents confirmed that the shooter had been shot at the scene.
"The subject is deceased, the scene is still being processed," Greeves said.
Although the agency declined to identify the shooter, two law enforcement sources familiar with the ongoing investigation identified him as a 20-year-old man named Adam Alsahli, according to CNN.
A preliminary investigation identified him as a U.S. resident born in Syria who is likely a supporter of Salafi-jihadist ideology, one of the sources said.
He reportedly drove to the base's north gate, shot a female security officer wearing body armor in the chest and then began shooting before he was fatally shot by naval security forces.
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Has to be quite a shock to get smacked in a vest like that.
Good job Mam.
I’d agree. Sledge hammer like? Anyone? Bueller? Of course a lot would depend on caliber and angles of impact. Unpleasant in any case. Glad she had it on.
Unsure of motives.™
She unlocked two achievements - “Do The Job” and “Thou Shalt Not Pass”.
Why an active duty commissioned officer in the United States military is not required to wear his sidearm when on duty in uniform is beyond reason. These terrorists know that American military walk around their bases unarmed and vulnerable.
Are they still looking for the second person of interest, as reported in earlier stories on this?
That's FBIspeak for "the islamoterrorist is dead."
“All leads are being followed up on.” Or something. The fbi and straight answer don’t necessarily go hand in hand these days. One(?) bad agent spoils the soup for a lot of decent agents. Sad to say. Would I freely talk to them? Nope. But then again they probably would have the facts before they asked the question. One reason I used to get to work so early back in the day. So I could have the answers for the boss when asked. CYA! :-)
The idiot’s name was spoken over Houston radio. All I remember is ‘A-dahm’.
Uh, sounds like he had already begun to shoot.
Are military base gate guards armed with loaded weapons? (I HOPE SO!)
I’d guess that when I was in the USN (early-mid ‘70s) guards carried loaded weapons. Nowadays, I’m just not sure. I know the perp was taken out by armed security, but did they have to run by the armory to pick up their one bullet?
Are military base gate guards armed with loaded weapons?.....If they were civilian contractors, I’d say Yes.
Maybe he ‘redoubled’ his efforts. Journalists can’t write for crap anymore.
Another lone-wolf terrorist who turned out to be Muslim? That is unexpected. I wonder what the odds are that the next one will be Muslim too.
Too bad she didn't have the presence of mind to blow his gdamn head off. Oh wait, she couldn't do that because she wasn't allowed to have a gun?
You must not kniw much about military bases. They’re armed, locked and loaded. Do you feel lucky ?
I don’t know if she was armed or not. Somebody nearby must have been.
Wouldn’t you think his name would be the first thing in the leed under that headline? No, instead you have to read through half a dozen other sentences to get to the actual identification of the jihadi scumbag.
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