The suspect in a deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday is reportedly a foreign national who was in the US for training.Citing law-enforcement officials, NBC first reported that the suspect was a foreign national.The Associated Press cited a US official as saying the suspect was a Saudi aviation student.Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.The suspect in the deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola on the Florida Panhandle on Friday was reportedly a foreign national.Citing law-enforcement officials, NBC’s Pete Williams described the suspect in the shooting, which left three dead and seven more injured, as a foreign national who was in the United States for training. The suspect was said to have come from a Middle Eastern country.—Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) December 6, 2019Citing a US official, The Associated Press then reported that the suspect was a Saudi aviation student, adding that authorities were investigating whether the shooting at the base was terrorism-related.—Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) December 6, 2019The shooting began just before 7 a.m. CT and lasted about an hour, until local law-enforcement officers fatally shot the shooter.The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has reported that two people were killed at the scene of the shooting and that one died at a local hospital. Seven others, including two responding officers, were injured.The shooting came on the heels of Wednesday’s deadly shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, where a Navy sailor shot and killed two shipyard workers and wounded another before taking his own life.
Suspect in fatal NAS Pensacola shooting reportedly a foreign national – Business Insider
