The FBI said the shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas was terrorism-related and, though the suspect was “neutralized,” another person may be at large.
“We have determined that the incident this morning at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terrorism-related,” FBI spokeswoman Leah Greeves said Thursday. “They are working diligently with local, state, and federal partners on the investigation, which is fluid and evolving.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to the FBI for further clarification.
“The Department of Justice’s counterterrorism section is working closely with the FBI, the U.S. Attorneys Office in SDTX, and other federal and local authorities to expeditiously investigate the circumstances of this event and all available evidence, including electronic media found at the scene,” DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told the Washington Examiner.
The suspect’s identity has not yet been released. The incident began at about 6:15 a.m. when an individual plowed through a gate before being stopped by vehicle barriers. The driver left the car and began firing before being “neutralized.”
A security guard who was injured during the early morning attack was released from the hospital the same day. FBI officials said a second person may be on the run and urged the public to report any knowledge of the person of interest.
“The public should remain calm, and if you see something, say something,” officials said.
The report that the shooting is terrorism-related comes the same week it was released that Mohammed Alshamrani, the Saudi aviation student who carried out a mass shooting last year at Naval Air Station Pensacola, had ties to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Alshamrani killed three sailors and wounded eight other people.
Jerry Dunleavy contributed to this report.
