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  Naval Air Station Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola (Florida)  Naval Air Station Pensacola Naval Air Station Pensacola (the United States) | |
| Location | Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°20′57.1″N 87°16′28.3″W / 30.349194°N 87.274528°W |
| Date | December 6, 2019 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 |
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]
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]
- ^ Mazzei, Patricia; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Hauser, Christine (December 7, 2019). "Florida Shooting Updates: Authorities Say It's Too Early to Know if It's Terrorism". The New York Times.
- ^ Carrega, Christina; Zarrell, Matt; Martinez, Luis. "4 dead including suspect after active shooter incident at Naval Air Station Pensacola, police say". ABC News. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Kesslen, Ben (December 9, 2019). "Pensacola naval base shooting that left 3 dead presumed to be terrorism, FBI says". NBC News. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Jihadist Ideology; January 13, 2020; report; WEAR-TV online; retrieved January 13, 2020
- ^ a b AG: NAS Pensacola shooter was 'a terrorist' "The Department of Justice reports...; report; January 13, 2020; Channel 23(?); retrieved January 13, 2020; quote: "...has determined that a December 6 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola was an act of terror..."
- ^ Fieldstadt, Elisha; Williams, Pete (December 6, 2019). "Suspected shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola was Saudi Air Force member". NBC News. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Starr, Barbara; Andone, Dakin; Shortell, David (December 6, 2019). "Saudi national who shot 11 people at Pensacola Naval Air Station was taking aviation classes". CNN. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Florida: four dead including suspect in naval air station shooting". The Guardian. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Youssef, Nancy A.; Ansari, Talal (December 6, 2019). "Pensacola Gunman Believed to Be Saudi Who Was Training at Air Base". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Barbaricwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Official: Pensacola shooter was Saudi aviation student". AP NEWS. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Croft, Jay; Chavez, Nicole; Almasy, Steve; Starr, Barbara (December 8, 2019). "FBI presumes Pensacola base attack was an act of terror; no motive identified". CNN.
- ^ Joscelyn, Thomas (February 2, 2020). "AQAP claims 'full responsibility' for shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola". Long War Journal. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Pete (May 19, 2020). "FBI: Pensacola gunman prodded by al Qaeda to attack". NBC News. Retrieved May 19, 2020.