"The man, identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, opened fire inside a classroom at Naval Air Station in Pensacola early Friday morning. Police quickly responded to the scene and he was shot dead.
"Alshamrani was a second lieutenant attending the aviation school at the base. The Pentagon say his training with the US military began in August 2016, and was due to finish in August 2020.
"On Friday evening, the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist media, claimed they had tracked a Twitter account belonging to Alshamrani which featured a disturbing manifesto written just hours before the shooting.
" 'I'm against evil, and America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil,' it read.
" 'I'm not against you for just being American, I don't hate you because your freedoms, I hate you because every day you supporting, funding and committing crimes not only against Muslims but also humanity,' Alshamrani wrote.
First Pensacola shooting victim is identified as young Naval officer whose brother says 'died a hero' and 'saved countless live' by rushing to alert police after being shot
multiple times . . . "Joshua Kaleb Watson, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy this year, was among the victims slain on Friday by Mohammed al-Shamrani, a Saudi Arabian aviator being trained in the U.S.
"In a heartbreaking tribute on Facebook, Watson's brother wrote that he 'saved countless lives today with his own.'
" 'After being shot multiple times he made it outside and told the first response team where the shooter was and those details were invaluable. He died a hero,' wrote brother Adam Watson.
"Alshamrani was a second lieutenant attending the aviation school at the base. The Pentagon say his training with the US military began in August 2016, and was due to finish in August 2020.
"On Friday evening, the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist media, claimed they had tracked a Twitter account belonging to Alshamrani which featured a disturbing manifesto written just hours before the shooting.
" 'I'm against evil, and America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil,' it read.
" 'I'm not against you for just being American, I don't hate you because your freedoms, I hate you because every day you supporting, funding and committing crimes not only against Muslims but also humanity,' Alshamrani wrote.
First Pensacola shooting victim is identified as young Naval officer whose brother says 'died a hero' and 'saved countless live' by rushing to alert police after being shot
multiple times . . . "Joshua Kaleb Watson, who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy this year, was among the victims slain on Friday by Mohammed al-Shamrani, a Saudi Arabian aviator being trained in the U.S."In a heartbreaking tribute on Facebook, Watson's brother wrote that he 'saved countless lives today with his own.'
" 'After being shot multiple times he made it outside and told the first response team where the shooter was and those details were invaluable. He died a hero,' wrote brother Adam Watson.
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