FBI finds Al Qaeda link to Pensacola naval base shooting suspect
The Justice Department on Monday is expected to announce that the suspect in the December shooting at a Pensacola Naval Air Station had communicated directly with a suspected Al Qaeda operative, a U.S. official familiar with the probe confirmed to ABC News.
The shooting at that Pensacola, Florida, naval base in December killed four people and wounded eight. A review of the trainees computers and personal devices found that several of the students had possessed"derogatory material.”"Seventeen had social media containing some jihadi or anti-American content," Barr said."However, there was no evidence of any affiliation or involvement with any terrorist activity or group. 15 individuals had had some kind of contact with child pornography.
FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said at the time, the FBI interviewed “more than 500 people.” The shooting itself lasted 15 minutes, Bowdich said, he was engaged by law enforcement about eight minutes in. He was killed by responding law enforcement and found to have possessed 180 rounds of ammunition.
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