William Barr: Mass shooting by Saudi national was an act of terrorism
by Jerry Dunleavy
| January 13, 2020 02:15 PM
| Updated Jan 13, 2020, 02:25 PM
Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that the December mass shooting by a Saudi national that left three American sailors dead in Pensacola, Florida, was an act of terrorism.
Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, allegedly shot and killed three U.S. Navy sailors — Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, Airman Mohammed Haitham, 19, and Airman Apprentice Cameron Walters, 21 — and wounded at least eight others at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. Haitham and Walters received posthumous promotions, and acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly praised them for displaying “the finest warrior ethos and quick decision-making that undoubtedly saved many lives.â€
Alshamrani was shot and killed by responding deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. The FBI had quickly announced its investigation was treating the mass shooting as a possible act of terrorism.
Barr said that “the evidence shows that the shooter was motivated by jihadist ideology.â€
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