FBI issues warning that would-be terrorists and criminals could exploit the same U.S. gun law loophole that allowed a Saudi military pilot to legally purchase handgun he allegedly used in a deadly shooting rampage this month at a Florida naval air station.
New details about gunman who attacked Navy base in Pensacola
Mohammed Alshamrani, 21, a second lieutenant in the Saudi air force who was in the United States for flight training, was able to buy a Glock 9 mm pistol from a Florida gun shop by taking advantage of aMohammed Alshamrani in a photo released by the FBI.
Using a hunting license, Alshamrani bought his handgun on July 20 at Uber's Lock & Gun shop in Pensacola, a source familiar with the purchase told ABC News.The FBI investigates the NAS Pensacola shooting in Floirda.Four months later, on Dec. 6, Alshamrani opened fire in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola, killing Ensign Joshua Watson, 23, Airman Mohammed Haitham, 19, and Airman Apprentice Cameron Walters, 21. Eight other people were injured in the attack.
Sources told ABC News that investigators determined the shooting was likely a"terror" attack inspired by radical Islamic ideology.
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