The shooting that killed five U.S. military members at an Amnicola Highway reserve center Thursday was “an act of terrorism,” the congressman who represents Chattanooga said.
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischman talks to the Times Free Press editorial board concerning recent events Monday, July 20, 2105, at the newspaper.
Fleischmann says Chattanooga attack was terror; Tennessee lawmaker calls Abdulazeez a jahidi“When an act of this magnitude takes place – a gunman going to two sites, opening fire, creating havoc, carnage, death at the level that he did – I deem that an act of terrorism,” U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., said. “So those are my words.”
On Thursday, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez attacked a U.S. military recruiting office on Lee Highway and a Navy-Marine operations center several miles away. He killed five members of the U.S. military.
FBI officials said the agency is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, has said the shooting spree was “ISIS-inspired.” McCaul also said the FBI is trying to determine if Abdulazeez was involved with ISIS, also known as ISIL or the Islamic State.