Investigators are scrutinizing a Twitter account they suspect is linked to the Saudi air force officer who carried out a deadly attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday, a source says
Just minutes before authorities were first alerted to the deadly shooting carried out by Mohammed Alshamrani at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday morning, a Twitter account aligning with his name posted a message that raises the possibility the attack was inspired by al Qaeda and its founder, Osama bin Laden.The first call alerting law enforcement of an incident at the Florida base came about 6:51 a.m. , according to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.
Before it was taken down on Friday afternoon, CNN was able to capture some of the tweet activity by the account.When asked about the account, Twitter spokeswoman Aly Pavela confirmed the account was suspended and said,"That's all we have to share."Given the shooter was training at a US naval air station, it was notable that the Twitter account @M7MD_SHAMRANI retweeted a Military Times post about last month's fatal crash at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
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