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Four U.S. Marines Killed in Shootings at Military Sites in Tennessee

HeadlineJul 17, 2015

Four U.S. marines were killed and three people were injured in shootings at two separate military sites Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The shooter, who died in a firefight, has been identified as 24-year-old Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a Kuwait-born naturalized U.S. citizen who attended high school and college in Chattanooga. President Obama spoke after the shooting.

President Obama: I’d ask all Americans to pray for the families who are grief-stricken at this point. And I want everybody to understand that we will be thorough and prompt in figuring out exactly what happened.”

In a press conference, the FBI said the agency does not have “anything that directly ties” the suspected shooter to any international terrorist organization.

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