A man who killed four US marines at two US Navy buildings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before being shot dead, has been identified as 24-year-old Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, our Asshole of the week.
Abdulazeez, described as a “lone gunman” by President Barack Obama, is thought to be from Kuwait but has lived in the US for several years.
On Friday, sources close to the investigation said he visited Jordan in 2014 and may have also travelled to Yemen.
The house where he lived, a few miles outside Chattanooga in Hixson, was raided by police after the shootings and two women were seen being taken away in handcuffs.
It is unclear how long he had lived in America but we do know that he went to both high school and university in the US.
Former classmates of Abdulazeez said he attended Red Bank High School, just north of Chattanooga, which has about 800 pupils.
Some of them shared his page from a school year book, which showed Abdulazeez in a bow tie and dinner jacket.
The quote alongside it, which he had signed as “Hijabman”, read: “My name causes national security alerts. What does yours do?”
What an asshole!
Full Story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33562142
