Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
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On the morning of December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.[3][4][5] The assailant killed three men and injured eight others.[6][7][8] The shooter was killed by Escambia County sheriff deputies after they arrived at the scene.[9] He was identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an Air Force aviation student from Saudi Arabia.[10][11]
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Location | Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, United States |
Coordinates | 30°20′57.1″N 87°16′28.3″W |
Date | December 6, 2019 (2019-12-06) 6:51 – 7:45 a.m. (ET UTC−05:00) |
Weapons | Glock 45 9mm handgun[1] |
Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator)[2] |
Injured | 8 |
Perpetrator | Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula |
Assailant | Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
The FBI investigated the case as a presumed terrorism incident, while searching for the motive behind the attack.[12] On January 13, 2020, the Department of Justice said they had officially classified the incident as an act of terrorism, motivated by "jihadist ideology."[5][4]
On February 2, 2020, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the shooting. In an audio recording, emir of the Yemen-based group Qasim al-Raymi said they directed Alshamrani to carry out the attack.[13] On May 18, 2020, the FBI corroborated the claims.[14]