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Minute by minute: A timeline of the Chattanooga attack revealed

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The gunsFederal investigators found three weapons at the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway that appear to have been Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, said Ed Reinhold, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville division. Abdulazeez had a hand gun and assault rifle on him, and left a third gun in the Mustang he drove.Investigators also discovered two other guns inside the reserve that belonged to service members, Reinhold said. At least one of those guns had been fired, but it’s unclear whether Abdulazeez was hit by those weapons. The military will investigate whether those service members were authorized to carry weapons.Reinhold said that preliminary reports suggest all the victims were killed by the same gun.The investigatorsThere are between 700 and 1,000 personnel working this case, Reinhold said, and 250 of those people are in Chattanooga. The FBI is investigating 400 leads.The funerals* Staff Sgt. David A. Wyatt, 35, will be remembered in a funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at Hixson United Methodist Church. He will be buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery.* U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, 26, will be remembered in a visitation at First Baptist Church of Fort Oglethorpe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The funeral will immediately follow at the same location and he will be buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery.* Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells, 21, will remembered during a funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Woodstock in Woodstock, Ga.Sources: FBI, Wells’ family spokesman, Heritage Funeral Home, Chattanooga Funeral Home

Mere minutes turned the course of Chattanooga on July 16.

In seven minutes, a lone gunman attacked two military sites in the city.

And in just three to five minutes, that gunman killed four service members and mortally wounded another.