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Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3

Associated Press ber of the Saudi military
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An who was in aviation train-
aviation student from Sau- ing at the base, Florida
di Arabia opened fire in a Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a
classroom at the Naval Air news conference. DeSan-
Station Pensacola on Fri- tis spokesman Helen Ferre
day morning, killing three later said the governor
people in an attack the learned about the shooter's
Saudi government quickly identity from briefings with
condemned and that U.S. FBI and military officials.
officials were investigating A U.S. official who spoke
for possible links to terrorism. to The Associated Press
The assault, which ended on condition of anonym-
when a sheriff's deputy ity identified the shooter
killed the attacker, was the as Mohammed Saeed
second fatal shooting at Alshamrani. The official
a U.S. Navy base this week wasn't authorized to discuss
and prompted a massive the matter publicly.
law enforcement response Earlier Friday, two U.S. offi-
and base lockdown. cials identified the student
Twelve people were hurt as a second lieutenant in
in the attack, including the the Saudi Air Force, and
two sheriff's deputies who said authorities were inves- Navy Capt. Tim Kinsella briefs members of the media following a shooting at the Naval Air Station
were the first to respond, tigating whether the attack in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.
Escambia County Sheriff was terrorism-related. They Associated Press
David Morgan said. One of spoke on condition of ano-
the deputies was shot in the nymity to disclose informa- the shooting was terrorism- phone call from Saudi King provide "full support" to U.S.
arm and the other in the tion that had not yet been related. Trump tweeted his Salman. The Saudi govern- authorities investigating the
knee, and both were ex- made public. condolences to the fami- ment offered condolences shooting.
pected to recover, he said. President Donald Trump lies of the victims and not- to the victims and their
The shooter was a mem- declined to say whether ed that he had received a families and said it would Continued on Page 2