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Sources say he was blaring Arabic music, was wearing a tactical vest and head scarf before opening fire.
Thirsday 21st morning, according to sources, a foreign-born, naturalized U.S. citizen carried out a terrorist attack
against the Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi, Texas, wounding one sailor.
The “terrorism-related” attack was “neutralized” by being killed.
USA Today reported:
FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Leah Greeves said at a news conference that the incident was “terrorism-related”
and confirmed the alleged shooter is deceased.
“We may have a potential second related person of interest at large in the community,” she said.
“But we would encourage the public to remain calm, and if you see something, say something.”
The FBI in Houston said it will lead the investigation.
Neither investigators nor the Navy provided details
on the shooter or a possible motive.
Later Thursday, FBI agents and local police SWAT officers surrounded a home in Corpus Christi.
A police spokesman wouldn’t confirm that the activity was related to the naval air station shooting,
but said the FBI was taking the lead at the scene.
A female security force member was injured in the morning shooting and taken to a hospital,
Steve Strickland, a spokesman with Navy Region Southeast, told military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
Strickland told the outlet the sailor was in good condition and expected to be released later in the day.
The base has been home to naval pilot training since 1941, according to its website.
The base went into lockdown, advising those in or near the north gate to get to safety and remain indoors and
away from windows, officials said.
Representatives of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Texas Department of Public Safety were on scene,
along with Corpus Christi police.
Officials lifted the lockdown at 11:38 a.m. local time.
Four unrelated security incidents occurred at the base in 2019.
In early February, Daniel E. King, 37, was fatally shot after he was accused of stealing a vehicle
and entering the base through the south gate, before crashing into a barrier at the north gate.
Later that month, the main gate was blocked for nearly two hours after a wanted vehicle was stopped by
security after a military working dog alerted to the truck.
There was a “be on the lookout” warning on the truck, and the driver was detained.
On October 8, Brian Dale Robinson, 47, was charged with destruction of government property and possession
of a stolen firearm after he was accused of ramming a stolen truck into the barricade of the base’s north gate.
In late October, base officials shared details of projects intended to enhance security, including
new perimeter security fencing, turnstiles, vehicle sliding gates, surveillance systems with cameras
and access controls, and miscellaneous sidewalk, driveway and landscaping improvements.
On Dec. 11, verbal threats from a Corpus Christi Army Depot employee prompted a lockdown, but no
shots were fired and there were no injuries reported, according to a Facebook post.
Security apprehended the suspect for questioning without injury, and the gates were reopened to normal traffic.
Initial reports said the suspect was armed, but Public Affairs Officer Francoise “Fifi” Kieschnick confirmed the
suspect was not armed when detained.
Two credible sources tell me the Naval Air Base shooter was a foreign-born naturalized U.S. citizen,
drove up to gate wearing a head wrap, tac vest, and playing loud Arabic music before he opened fire.
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— Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd) May 21, 2020
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