The FBI has found a link between the gunman in a deadly attack at a military base last December and an Al Qaeda operative, a U.S. official said Monday.
last December and an Al Qaeda operative, a U.S. official said Monday.
late last year at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, in which a Saudi Air Force officer killed three U.S. sailors and injured eight other people.The contacts between the shooter, Mohammed Alshamrani, and the Al Qaeda operative were discovered on the shooter’s phone, according to the official, who was not authorized to discuss the case by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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