4 Marines killed at recruiting station in shithole Chat TN
Posted: July 16th, 2015, 7:17 pmNot sure if it's in this report that they actually died but the whole story is in there and the confirmation they died from AP came a few minutes after I copied.
BREAKING NEWS: Gunfire broke out at a U.S. Navy recruiting office in a Tennessee strip mall and at another military facility nearby Thursday morning, bringing a heavy police response and prompting local colleges and a hospital to be placed on lockdown before authorities gave an all-clear.
A police officer wounded in the strip mall shooting in Chattanooga was in surgery and expected to recover, while as many as four Marines injured in a second, possibly related attack at a Naval Reserves Operations Center seven miles away were also wounded. The Navy confirmed the shooting in a tweet, saying it occurred at a building on Amnicola Highway in Chattanooga. Reports said a police officer was injured, and additional reports said four others, possibly Marines, were wounded when a lone gunman drove up in a silver Mustang and opened fire with what witnesses told Fox News was a "large black gun."
Law enforcement officials told recruiters at a facility 7 miles away on Old Lee Highway that they also were attacked by a shooter in a car. The shooter stopped in front of the recruiting facility, shot at the building and drove off, said Brian Lepley, a spokesman with the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, Ky.
Lepley said the recruiting center on Old Lee Highway has recruiting services for all four branches of the military. The Army recruiters told Lepley they have evacuated and are safe. He has no information about recruiters for the other branches.
Marilyn Hutcheson, who works at Binswanger Glass just across the street from the Naval Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, said she heard a barrage of gunfire around 11 a.m.
"I couldn't even begin to tell you how many," she said. "It was rapid fire, like pow pow pow pow pow, so quickly. The next thing I knew, there were police cars coming from every direction."
She ran inside, where she remained locked down with other employees and a customer. The gunfire continued with occasional bursts she estimated for 20 minutes.
"We're apprehensive," Hutcheson said. "Not knowing what transpired, if it was a grievance or terroristic related, we just don't know."
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A federal law enforcement official told Fox News that officers from FBI's Knoxville field office responded to the scene.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that there is a heavy police presence at the , along with five ambulances.
"There has been several [shootings] at several different locations. It's a fluid situation," John Harmon, a spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, told Reuters. It is not known if the shootings are related.
Lee University in Cleveland, which is about 30 minutes from the shooting, was also on lockdown
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was holding departing flights at their gates in Chattanooga, with delays projected to last 15 minutes or less.
Horrific incident in our community. We will release details as they are confirmed. Prayers to all those affected
— Andy Berke (@AndyBerke) July 16, 2015
"This is a very, very terrible situation," Andy Berke, the city's mayor told reporters. "I'm very concerned about what's going on. We need to figure out how to handle it."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BREAKING NEWS: Gunfire broke out at a U.S. Navy recruiting office in a Tennessee strip mall and at another military facility nearby Thursday morning, bringing a heavy police response and prompting local colleges and a hospital to be placed on lockdown before authorities gave an all-clear.
A police officer wounded in the strip mall shooting in Chattanooga was in surgery and expected to recover, while as many as four Marines injured in a second, possibly related attack at a Naval Reserves Operations Center seven miles away were also wounded. The Navy confirmed the shooting in a tweet, saying it occurred at a building on Amnicola Highway in Chattanooga. Reports said a police officer was injured, and additional reports said four others, possibly Marines, were wounded when a lone gunman drove up in a silver Mustang and opened fire with what witnesses told Fox News was a "large black gun."
Law enforcement officials told recruiters at a facility 7 miles away on Old Lee Highway that they also were attacked by a shooter in a car. The shooter stopped in front of the recruiting facility, shot at the building and drove off, said Brian Lepley, a spokesman with the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, Ky.
Lepley said the recruiting center on Old Lee Highway has recruiting services for all four branches of the military. The Army recruiters told Lepley they have evacuated and are safe. He has no information about recruiters for the other branches.
Marilyn Hutcheson, who works at Binswanger Glass just across the street from the Naval Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, said she heard a barrage of gunfire around 11 a.m.
"I couldn't even begin to tell you how many," she said. "It was rapid fire, like pow pow pow pow pow, so quickly. The next thing I knew, there were police cars coming from every direction."
She ran inside, where she remained locked down with other employees and a customer. The gunfire continued with occasional bursts she estimated for 20 minutes.
"We're apprehensive," Hutcheson said. "Not knowing what transpired, if it was a grievance or terroristic related, we just don't know."
[image]
A federal law enforcement official told Fox News that officers from FBI's Knoxville field office responded to the scene.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that there is a heavy police presence at the , along with five ambulances.
"There has been several [shootings] at several different locations. It's a fluid situation," John Harmon, a spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, told Reuters. It is not known if the shootings are related.
Lee University in Cleveland, which is about 30 minutes from the shooting, was also on lockdown
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was holding departing flights at their gates in Chattanooga, with delays projected to last 15 minutes or less.
Horrific incident in our community. We will release details as they are confirmed. Prayers to all those affected
— Andy Berke (@AndyBerke) July 16, 2015
"This is a very, very terrible situation," Andy Berke, the city's mayor told reporters. "I'm very concerned about what's going on. We need to figure out how to handle it."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.