Albany Marines mourn Chattanooga comrades

Jennifer Young, a spokeswoman for FirstEnergy, said that Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez had started the process to become a full employee in May 2013.

Despite his failing the background check, Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said there is no evidence suggesting Abdulazeez should have been monitored as a terrorist threat.

The pair had been together for more than two years.

“It’s just horrifying to have this happen”, said Mary Clark in Springfield, Massachusetts, who knows the family of one of the victims, Marine Gunnery Sgt. David Wyatt. On behalf of the citizens of Russellville I extend our condolences to the Wyatt family in their time of loss as well as our appreciation for Staff Sgt.

Holmquist, of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, lived in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

The officers wounded in the fight are in good spirits, Fletcher said.

They are being deemed heroes by some, and the cruel irony of protectors becoming targets was not lost, with President Barack Obama calling it “a heartbreaking circumstance” to lose four men who served “with great valor”.

The incident began at 10:45 local time (14:45 GMT) on Thursday, when the suspect pulled up to a military recruiting centre in a rented convertible Ford Mustang and opened fire on the office.

“There is no sleep tonight”, one wrote, to which his wife, Lorri, responded, “none”.

The attack left four USA marines dead and three other injured.

Abdulazeez, who died at the scene, used at least two long guns and one handgun in the attack.

Reinhold said there is nothing to connect the attacker to ISIS or other global terror groups. “Again we are continuing to explore those possibilities, some of the weapons were purchased legally and some of them may not have been, we will examine that”.

Abdulazeez, 24, was killed in a shootout with police after the initial shooting spree.

Flags were lowered to half-staff outside City Hall, and city spokesman James Leydon said Sullivan’s family is “still trying to come to terms with it all”.

Abdulazeez, who opened fire on two USA military sites in Chattanooga, was killed by police.

But progress is clearly being made. “Pray for the men and women who serve this nation in uniform, that God would protect them”.

Islamic Society member Dr. Mohsin Ali told the gathering that Abdulazeez “did his best to spread hatred and division”. He was in Chattanooga for reserve training and was only scheduled to be there for two weeks – he just got there on Sunday. One of his classmates, Hussnain Javid, who went to Red Bank High School in Chattanooga with Abdulazeez said he was a member of the wrestling team and popular student. He was a “happy kid”, who “didn’t let anything bring him down”, said fellow Marine Lance Cpl.

“We’re working with law enforcement to keep our community centers vigilant”, said Paul Galloway of the American Muslim Advisory Council, a Tennessee organization.