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The text included the phrase, “Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him.”

They have been identified as Lance Cpl.

Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, the man who killed five people at two US military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee last week, was critical of tactics employed by the Islamic State militant group, his friend said Monday.

Tonight, ABC news is learning new details after those Marines were shot and killed in Tennessee.

“We have collected numerous sealed letters and items to keep forever”.

Sophia Ensley, right, cries as she and others look at the makeshift memorial at the entrance to the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Reserve Center Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Lots of questions about Abdulazeez, his background, and his Muslim faith have been raised in the days since he opened fire on two military installations, leaving four Marines and a Navy sailor dead.

The correct spelling of the gunman’s name was still in dispute, with federal officials and records giving at least four variations.

“There are no words to express our shock, horror and grief”. At the age of about 13 years, he was treated by a child psychiatrist for depression, said the family representative, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The spokesman said, according to the AP, that previous year the Kuwait-born Jordanian spent several months in Jordan under a mutual agreement with his parents to try and quit alcohol and drugs, and disconnect with some friends who relatives believed were bad influence.

“He was at the recruiting center and he was shot three times”, said Proxmire, who said she learned of the shooting from a voicemail from a friend.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich offered his condolences in a tweet: “Ohio has lost another hero”.

A police report said he told a Chattanooga officer he also was with friends who had been smoking marijuana.

Other friends said that he spoke of his anger about conflicts in the Middle East, including Israeli bombing in Gaza and the civil war in Syria, but his level of understanding and awareness really rose after he came back from a trip to Jordan past year.

A friend of Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the man alleged to have shot and killed four Marines and a Navy sailor in Chattanooga on Thursday, has said that hours before the attack he received a text message from him linking to an Islamic verse referring to declaring war, as his...