Chattanooga Marine Shooter Was From Kuwait,

Gunman identified in Chattanooga shootings that killed 4 Marines

POSTED 2:17 PM, JULY 16, 2015, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 04:34PM, JULY 16, 2015

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A U.S. official says the gunman in the shootings in Tennessee has been identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez.

He was believed to have been born in Kuwait, and it was unclear whether he was a U.S. or Kuwaiti citizen. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing, sensitive investigation. It was not immediately clear whether the gunman’s first name was spelled Muhammad or Mohammad.

He is from Hixson, Tennessee, which is just a few miles across the river from Chattanooga.

Authorities and officials say the gunman killed four Marines and wounded a police officer and others in two attacks on military facilities. The gunman was also dead.