Community members and active-duty military paid their respects as the procession of cars carrying the three airmen killed in the NAS Pensacola shooting arrived at base.
during the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning. The alleged shooter, identified by authorities as Mohammed Alshamrani, 21, a Saudi national and second lieutenant the country's air force who was in the United States for flight training, was shot and killed at the scene by Escambia County Sheriff's deputies, authorities said.
The bodies of the victim were being taken to Dover Air Force Base on Sunday night, according to Rear Adm. Gary Mayers, commander of the Navy Region Southeast. Investigators are being led to believe that this was not some sort of gathering called specifically to watch the videos or that the friends who were present were part of any plot. Investigators have been told the friends gathered with Alshamrani in an unplanned get-together in which Alshamrani apparently turned on the videos, the sources said.
"Our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he part of a larger network," Rojas said at Sunday's news conference."We currently assess there was one gunman who perpetrated this attack and no arrests have been made in this case." A key part of the investigation is taking place in Texas, three people briefed on the probe told ABC News.
On Wednesday, a 22-year-old naval sailor identified by the military as G. Romero allegedly opened fire on shipyard personnel at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with his M4 service rifle and then used his M9 service pistol to shoot himself, the official said.
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