♪ ♪. >> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera, america. >> chattanooga shootings. >> a gunman opens fire at two military sites. >> we saw the silver convertible mustang and he was just unloading some type of large rifle. >> four marines killed. >> somebody pruittly, and brazenly attacked members of our armed services. >> tonight we are live from the scene with the latest, the suspect and the search for a motive.

it is a heartbreaking search for these individuals who have served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion. >> and with begin with the shootings in chattanooga with each hour we are learning more information, a gunman opened fire at two military installations in chattanooga, four marines were shot to death, the law enforcement officer wounded and the suspect kimed. national security correspondent is in washington at the pentagon, jaime. >> well, john, the shooting rampage began mid-morning at a strip mall along the lee highway, that's where a navy and that rene core recruiting station had a store front

location in a strip mall, according to eyewitnesses a gunman pulled up in a silver mustang convertible, and pumped more than two dozen shots there uh the glass window, and door of the store front. here is what a couple of bystanders say they saw. >> we saw the silver, convertible, mustang, and he was just unloading some type of large rifle. >> initially i saw her coming to the door, and i was telling her to go back, and so i just pulled off trying not to -- because i knew he saw me and i didn't want to get hit, and then i tried to do around back where i saw some people escaping from the back of the building. to see if she would be coming out through the back. >> and officials here at the pentagon say the fact that those marines at the station were able to get out the back door probably prevents any loss of life, from there the gunman got back in the car

and drove a short distance away to this navy marine support center, and that's where four ma enradios were gunned down, and a sailor was wounded. the fbi has identified the suspect as mohamed usef abdul aziz, he was born in kuwait, but lived in the chattanooga tennessee area. the fbi has taken to lead in this case, and the fbi agent special at in charge on the scene, said that the motive of this gunman will be a subject of intense scrutiny. >> we are going to do an intense look at him to see if what his connections are look at his friends families associates anybody who is associated with him. to determine the cause or the reason why he conducted this attack. this is a case of domestic

terrorism. an example of a loan wolf attack that isil has been urging to take place in the united states, and that u.s. law enforcement officials have been very concerned about. so far they have don't have enough evidence to reach that conclusion. >> all right, jaime, thank you. president obama talking about the attacks from the oval he promised a thorough and prompt investigation, he called the killings heartbreaking and offered the deepest sympathies. in washington with more, mike. >> he came from oklahoma his theme for the week, criminal justice reform, sentencing reform within the justice system no longer has the presidential helicopter on the south lawn of the white house they do believe that it

was a lone gunman. he called it a heartbreaking circumstance. let's listen to what the president had to say. we take all shootings very seriously, when you have an attack on a military facility, then we have to make sure that we have all the information necessary to make an assessment of how this took place. and what further precautions we can take in the future. now the president didn't talk about protecting these recruiting facilities this is the second time on this watch this has happened in 2009 and army recruiting station was attacked now we have heard a paper statement from the attorney general loretta

lynch, she says the f, bei is taking the lead in this investigation, she calms it a national security investigation, and one other note, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee democrat from california, he put out a statement says he has been briefed be i the administration. h says it is too early to determine, lice isil or al quaida, or if he was subject to on line propaganda, obviously this is one of the first questions that has been rayed as a result of this. >> all right mike, thank you, we are learning more about the suspect tonight lisa starks in washington the latest, lisa. >> as we have said, his maim is no hamed he is 24 according to the fbi just a few months ago in april, this is when he was arrested by

local police for alleged drunk driving and as far as we know, it was the only time he had been in trouble with law enforcement authorities. now he became interested in martial arts. and we believe we have video of him taking part in an exhibition a martial arts fight in 2009. he was reportedly born in kuwait, the family moves here though in 1990, so if he was born there he would have been very very young. the family has lived there for a long time, and really a well respected family in the area, the fbi and the statement identifying did say that it would be premature to speculate on the motive. of the shooter and they will thoroughly investigate this tragedy, soon after they were able to identify them, they

descended on the family home, the swat team moved in, they took two women out of the home in handcuffs. to see if they could add any information, his father works for the city, he is acyl engineer for the city and activity dual, in fact, went to the local high school, and we are told by the university of tennessee that he was a student there he graduated with a degree in electrical engineers. everybody has said they were very surprised to learn that he was the shooter. and the president of that association said they told him they knew him very well, that he was very nice, and

that they are shocked that it was him. john. >> lisa, thank you the sun attorney immediately called this an act of domestic terrorism, he backed away from that saying it was too soon to talk about a motive, his reaction may be have been influenced by the lone wolf attack we are here today because we are united against the scourge of violence extremism and terrorist. the president announce add pilot program. went to boston and found challenges to that approach. >> those challenges are the reason it is now than four months later and this time the program is still in the

brainstorming phase, the idea to pinpoint people who show early signs of radicalized behavior and redirect them, but critics are concerned that it is a gate way to profiling. >> attacks on americans. >> this is a very complex problem. in terms of how to identify concerning behaviors what to do how to respond and intervene, what role government should play, and we don't have all the answers. >> an admission from the attorney for

police department should not be doing. >> us included and i support that, because we need to hold ourselves accountable. put at the same time, does that mean that everyone that wants to see it gets access to it? is. >> in other ways they have taken steps to get access to the video. the police department has it's own youtube channel. much of it blurred to protect privacy. release the good, the bad and the uhlly as well. >> he sees law enforcement

agencies across the country struggling to balance transparency, and public access to public information. >> the more we select, the public will have the expectation that they are doing something with this video, and have access to it. >> you expect two or three years everybody will have it. >> i think the majority of police departments will have it. >> still some are moving to restrict access siting privacy rights and media requests often get rejects when we ask for police cam video, we were turned down. there are boundaries to right to access must be balanced against considerations as the right to privacy. a right of constitutional dimensions. public expectations around the video are high. we are all so used to it now nearly all ofs have a camera in our hand. and from eastern washington,

to south carolina we have seen the value it can have in documenting police actions. were if information can overwhelm police departments it can put a dependent in budgets and some want clear legal instruction on what is private and what is public before making the investment. we are looking at thousands of hours if we don't find the fix, or a legal fix so that again, when a person called law enforcement overthey do and everything they say and not on youtube for all of eternity. >> with officers in more than a quarter of police departments nationwide, now using body cameras to supplement dash cameras and patrol cars you can expect more legal battles legislatures and budgettening thats to define the rules for what we are allowed to see on a case to case basis.

>> not a very smooth transition, i think we will learn a lot that i think several years from now we will look back and say that is the right thing to do. >> the departments have a moral responsibility to deploy those cameras and then figure out how to handle the complex issues of access and privacy. >> is allen, thank you very much. vincent hill is a private investigator and former police officer, with the nashville police department he is in atlanta tonight. where do you draw the line between transparency and privacy between body cameras. >> well, john i agree with the release of video and cases. >> but also on the citizen. >> when we start releasing

video just at the request of someone that wanted to see someone -- >> for a traffic stop. would not want their video out on youtube. so there's always that fine line you have to be careful with. >> yet the family we showed earlier, wanted the video out there for two years and the police department fought it and it took a court to get it out in public. and they believe that it showed the police department didn't do the right thing isn't that what these cameras are supposed to do. >> absolutely, they will tell the story. a lot of departments don't have policies. set precedents what should be released and what shouldn't. be, also you have to look at perception is reality in those cases.

what may perceived as excessive force or deadly force unauthorized deadly force thank you again for joining us, we appreciate your incite. churnings back to chattanooga now, churches are hosting real vigils in the city, with former marines were killed in the attack, officials say 24-year-old mohamed opened fire two military sights they say he was the lone gunman, and was also killed those prayer vigils are planned at seven churches tonight reverend is the passion tor of east bridge, one of the many faith communities that gathered to pray for the victims of this tragedy i know you just told an interfail vigil.

we watch it on the national news and we sigh it overseas but this isn't a really big town, and so to have it happen here, i think has been quite a shock for people, also, as a matter of fact, the shooter i understand i just got a text message from she as a friend that went to college with this man and was at university of tennessee. talking about christian and muslim relationships. >> you have tried to bring together muslim, christian jewish tonight why was so that important. >> it is so important because what other hope do we have. what other hope do we have but to forgive one another what other hope do we have than to empathize, jesus christ, went to the cross and

forgave those who killed him. we are called if we are -- we are called to forgive those. and to be solved and lost and broken world. people are so hurting and we forget that what jesus was about was jesus was about peace, love, and forgiveness and on the cross he said it is finished. and he meant finished for everyone. >> we know that the prayers of the nation are with the city of chattanooga tonight and reverend, good luck with the work you are doing. we leave you this hour with pictures and the voices from a day of tragedy.

what we doe know is that somebody brutally attacked members of our armed services. >> it was a regular day i mean he just pulled up, and i didn't think anything of it, he lifted up his arms like this, with a big gun and it was one shot, and then it was just endless shots one after another. just unloading. >> it is incomprehensibleble to see what happened and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated. >> we are conducting this as

an act of domestic terrorism we have four individuals who were killed who are victims. >>

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