UPDATE: New reports say this was a Pacific timestamp, and that the Tweet came three hours after the attack. More updates when available.
According to AP, the shooting started “around 10:30 or 10:45 a.m.” The Islamic State tweet warning of the attack or crowing about the attack was posted at 10:34AM. “Gunshots were fired at a military recruiting center and a Navy Reserve center in different parts of Chattanooga, Tennessee.” And the Islamic State has called on Muslims to murder American military personnel here in the U.S.
(Tweet image thanks to Pamela Geller.)
“Chattanooga shooting: 4 killed,” by Jason Hanna and Greg Botelho, CNN, July 16, 2015:
Four people were killed in shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Mayor Andy Berke said. The suspected shooter is also dead, he said.
Investigators “have not determined whether it was an act of terrorism or whether it was a criminal act,” FBI special agent in charge Ed Reinhold told reporters. “We are looking at every possible avenue, whether it was terrorism — whether it was domestic, international — or whether it was a simple, criminal act.”
U.S. Attorney Bill Killian earlier told reporters that authorities were treating the shooting as an “act of domestic terrorism.”
[Previous story, posted at 2:32 p.m. ET Thursday]
Gunshots were fired at a military recruiting center and a Navy Reserve center in different parts of Chattanooga, Tennessee, late Thursday morning, officials and witnesses said.
One officer is “down” in connection with the shootings, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke told reporters. He was not specific about the officer’s condition.
Witnesses said a man sprayed bullets at the glass doors of a military recruiting center at a strip mall on Lee Highway, and the U.S. Navy tweeted Thursday that a shooting happened at a separate location — the Navy Reserve center on Amnicola Highway. The two sites are 7½ miles apart.
By 1:15 p.m., the “active shooter situation” was over, police tweeted.
There are no indications so far of any link to terrorism, two sources briefed on the case said.
Gina Mule, a server at a restaurant, said she saw a man who’d been in a silver convertible Mustang, firing a “high-powered rifle” at the recruiting offices at about 10:50 a.m.
She said she first heard “Pow, pow, pow!” She then went to a window, through which she said she saw the man firing shots.
“I don’t know how many shots he fired, but it was a lot,” she said.
A second witness, April Grimmett, said she was working at a hair salon near the recruiting center when she looked out a window and saw a man ducking in between cars.
“Shortly after that, we heard the (shots). It was very loud and very fast,” Grimmett said, without saying what happened to the man she had seen.
A photo that she took shows glass doors damaged by the gunfire.
“I could not believe how many bullet holes were in that door. It was insane,” she said.
Fred Wright, a salesman at a nearby auto parts store, told CNN that after he heard gunshots, three people ran into the shop, hollering they thought “someone was shooting at them.”
Wright said he called 911.
“Sounded like it was 30, 40 shots to me,” Wright said, adding that he never saw a shooter….
Champ says
The suspected shooter is also dead, he said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excellent — swift justice.
fido says
Well, here we go again…the disease of islam in America raises its ugly head once more. Be careful out there Robert & Pam, they’re most certainly going to be gunning for you two.
Ashley says
There are no indications so far of any link to terrorism, two sources briefed on the case said.
_______________________
Is that a joke?
Cecilia Ellis says
About 30 minutes ago, Obama said, “Don’t jump to conclusions about the motive.” He further stated, “This is a lone gunman,” noticeably omitting any reference to Islam, American Muslim, Islamic jihad, jihad, radical Islam, end of Ramadan, etc. Coincidentally, almost simultaneously, CAIR issued a condemnation of this act.
Interesting that Obama could say these things, in light of the following:
1. Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez was a 24-year-old Muslim, from Kuwait, who got out of his vehicle and shot into the facility but never entered id.
2. Fifteen minutes prior to the attack, ISIS tweeted out its message.
3. Abdulazeez’s highschool annual had this quote from him: “My name puts me on a terror list.”
4. Tonight/tomorrow morning is end of Ramadan . . . last chance to earn Paradise.
He, who has been so quick to excoriate the police without any review of the facts, dares to say this so quickly? His blatant avoidance of naming Islam and Abdulazeez’s obvious Muslim name renders Obama completely disingenuous . . . not that we did not already know that.
It’s time for him to go . . . no . . . make that past time for him to go.
Cecilia Ellis says
Just read “update.” Scratch my comment about the tweet.
mortimer says
Automatic assault rifle.
Somehow, terrorists got into the US or were not observed by the FBI preparing for jihad. Eventually, most Muslim males will have to were an electronic collar or bracelet which will emit an alarm when they approach police or military personnel or buildings.
The frequency of these attacks show there is large-scale support for jihad in the Muslim community.
Harry_the_Horible says
Chattanooga shooting suspect identified as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
https://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/shooting-reported-at-chattanooga-state-community-college-in-tennessee/
Draw your own conclusions.
JAG says
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
Michael Rivero says
If Pamela Geller is involved, then this is a false-flag hoax to try to re-ignite the war fever in the American people.
Fool me once …
PRCS says
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
Most likely not Catholic.
Evolution says
JAG’s post makes perfect sense.
I would give it a 5-star review on Amazon.
HJ says
Fort Hood is ‘workplace violence’ and Chattanooga is ‘domestic terrorism.’ Words make a difference, but accurate wording is not forthcoming, it would seem.
kay says
Given the name – Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez – probably not a white racist gunning down blacks.
Perhaps it was a Muslim Salafist going after US military personnel. By firing 30 to 40 rounds.
Perhaps Islamic State knew about this because they got the word right at the outset, before any news outlets did. It appears that they can claim an Islamic State jihadi / Political Islam / Salafist military action against Chattanooga Tennessee. I think they can.
So, looks like Islamic State nailed 4 US military personnel in Tennessee.
From
http://www.startribune.com/mayor-police-pursuing-active-shooter-in-chattanooga-tenn/315868521/
by way of The Religion of Peace:
“A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity identified the gunman as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tennessee, and said he was believed to have been born in Kuwait, though it was unclear whether he was a U.S. or Kuwaiti citizen…
Within hours of the bloodshed, law officers with guns drawn swarmed what was believed to be Abdulazeez’s house, and two females were led away in handcuffs.”
Now we just need to see how the collaborationists and supporters of cultural jihad respond.
What do CAIR and Southern Poverty Law Center and Dr. Noam Chomsky have to offer on this?
Does Noam Chomsky still think that Islamic State actions ( like this one in Tennessee ) are just “defending” Sunni Muslims? How was Tennessee attacking Sunni Muslims in Iraq Dr. Chomsky?
How were four Marines at the Navy-Marine training site legitimate targets for Islamic State and jihad, unless Islamic State is in fact at war with the United States? This looks like small scale asymmetrical warfare to me.
Islamic State – Garland Texas, Chattanooga Tennessee – coming to more American locales soon.
I keep wondering why Islamic State hasn’t actively gone after any Congressional Reps or Senators in recent months.
Obviously they want to score points against the kafir world’s most powerful military. But these military people are not strategic targets. If they had any brains they would try to attack a state legislature in session.
Which means we have to quadruple security forces at all state legislatures, right?
Even tho US legislatures have not been hit yet.
I think someone should tell the FBI about the severe risk to government personnel. The FBI should worry about the state legislatures. And maybe Washington DC. We need military patrols in DC for the same reason they have them in Paris right now. Because there are Salafist Islamists all over the place.
We are at war with the Salafists. Because they are at war with the US.
Sort of like Japan and Pearl Harbor. Except it is many smaller attacks in different parts of the world. Like Tunis Tunisia and so forth. We in the US and all the Europeans need to be on a wartime alert.
Here’s the latest body count from Religion of Peace. Anyone who agrees to this is worse than a Nazi collaborator. Islam is worse than the Third Reich.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
Ramadan Bombathon 2015 Scorecard Day 29
Because, if you think all religions are the same, you aren’t paying attention.
In the name of The Religion of Peace
Terror Attacks : 291
Suicide Bombings : 56
Dead Bodies: 2765
Wounded : 3271
Meanwhile, over at al-Aqsa Mosque,
#5001 – Palestinian Cleric Issam Amira at Al-Aqsa Mosque: Our Main War Is with U.S. and Europe; Russia and China Will Embrace Islam Peacefully
The Internet – July 4, 2015 – 04:01
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/5001.htm
MBM says
I see the usual level of informed comments. Big surprise. Why would Muslims support ISIS when they kill scores if Muslims every single day? Are you people really that stupid? I know yiur media try to go out of their way to potray ISIS as a threat to the West but they aren’t. Any anti western rhetoric from them is a rallying cry for new members. They don’t have designs in the west, it’s oil they want.
And don’t insult our intelligence by claiming your disdain for the group is out of concern for the Muslim blood they are spilling.
chris sky says
the “ISIS” twitter account is undoubtedly owned, operated by SITE a KNOWN Mossad front run by none of other than Mossad agent RITA KATZ, the daughter of an EXECUTED mossad agent.
… and wouldn’t ya know it… Katz was already on TV yesterday talking about the latest “ISIS” terror attack.
ISIS = Israeli Secret Intelligence Service … aka Mossad… dont’ believe it… go to Mossad.gov and check out their ISIS logo.
Kevin says
Sure kid.
Sure.
homelover315 says
The tweet was probably put out after the shooting, from a different time zone, with Isis or someone in the name of Isis, taking credit for it after the fact. That doesn’t mean that it wasn’t an act of jihad. Jihad is probably be likely, given the shooter’s name and birthplace, and the fact that the dad had been under investigation at one time for possible ties to a terrorist organization. But unless a note turns up, or some other clue, we might never know for sure, given the killer is dead.
Kevin says
His targets and his blog postings are plenty of evidence as to his motivation.
Amy says
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-falsely-reports-that-isis-tweeted-about-chattanooga-before-attack/
http://gawker.com/isis-didnt-actually-tweet-a-warning-about-the-chattan-1718365270
Kepha says
So, ISIS crows about the Chattanooga shooting right after it happens? What are the odds that after a wider bunch of people get arrested, or the FBI reads Abdulazeez’s computer, they’ll start blaming the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ?
Peter Samuel says
You have to worry about the use of the term “domestic terrorism.” With each Islamist attack being dressed up by officials in the term domestic terrorism our officials risk fanning the flames of a new reprehensible prejudice – domesticophobia. Domestics of course are really people of peace and we must obviously avoid reprehensible prejudice against this harmless minority.