Pensacola shooting ‘appears to be a terrorist attack,’ National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien says

December 8, 2019   

(CBS) National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said that Friday’s shooting at a naval base in Florida “appears to be a terrorist attack.” The gunman was a member of the Saudi Air Force and an aviation student at the base.

“To me, it appears to be a terrorist attack,” O’Brien said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “I don’t want to prejudge the investigation, but it appears that this may be someone that was radicalized, whether it was here or it’s unclear if he’s got any other ties to other organizations.”

The FBI identified the shooter as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, 21. The gunman opened fire in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday, killing three sailors and wounding two sheriff’s deputies.

Alshamrani was killed after exchanging gunfire with the sheriff’s deputies.

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