US federal police launched a counterterrorism investigation on Thursday after a man opened fire at a Texas military base, leaving a minor injured, before being killed. The suspect has died, FBI spokesperson Leah Graves said at a press conference, though he did not say whether he had killed himself or been killed. She added that a second person was wanted in the investigation. "We have concluded that the events of this morning at the Naval Air Force Base in Corpus Christi were terrorist in nature ," she said.
“The shooting occurred at around 6:15 a.m. A sailor was injured, " also announced the FBI antenna in Houston on his Twitter account, adding that the person was " in good health " and that he " should be free to leave (the hospital) later in the day ” . Base spokeswoman Françoise Kieschnick confirmed earlier today that the shooter had exchanged fire with the security forces.
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The Corpus Christi naval base in south Texas is one of the largest pilot training centers in the United States. In addition to the American pilots, many Allied airmen are trained there.
In December 2019, a Saudi serviceman in training at another naval base, in Florida, killed three American soldiers and injured eight before being shot by the police. US officials said Monday that the author of the shooting had been in close contact, for years and until the day before the attack, with the jihadist organization Al-Qaeda.
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