Well it appears one of the slain Marines was armed and the Navy CO at the recruiting center was too, BOTH of them returning fire during the shooting… Seeing the govt.’s actions thus far in this incident, I doubt we will find out the truth if the rounds they fired were the ones the killed the shooter or at least contributed to his demise…let us hope they were, because it will show that beyond a shadow of a doubt, ARMING our men in uniform is the better solution than having them “hide” by removing their uniforms! -SF
A Navy officer and a Marine fired their sidearms hoping to kill or subdue the gunman who murdered five service members last week in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to multiple military officials familiar with internal reporting on the tragedy.
It remains unclear whether either hit Muhammad Abdulazeez, who was shot and killed on July 16 after he gunned down four Marines and a sailor at the Navy Operational Support Center in Chattanooga. It’s also unclear why they were armed, as it is against Defense Department policy for anyone other than military police or law enforcement to carry weapons on federal property.
A report distributed among senior Navy leaders during the shooting’s aftermath said Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White, the support center’s commanding officer, used his personal firearm to engage Abdulazeez, Navy Times confirmed with four separate sources. A Navy official also confirmed a Washington Post report indicating one of the slain Marines may have been carrying a 9mm Glock and possibly returned fire on the gunman.
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Reblogged this on Brittius and commented:
Let’s wait for the autopsy report to be released, then we will know if any projectiles match the weapon(s) possessed by victims. I would not be one bit surprised if Obama, Lynch, or Jarrett, order the Joint Chiefs to write a handwritten appology to the family of the terrorist scumbag.