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| Courtesy of the LA Times |
Three people were killed and three were wounded in shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, city spokeswoman Enora Moss said. Of the three wounded, one is in critical condition, one was treated and released, and the third is an officer, Moss said. The officer's condition is unknown.
The suspected shooter involved in the incident is also dead, Moss said.
Gunshots were fired at a military recruiting center and a Navy Reserve center in different parts of Chattanooga, Tennessee, late Thursday morning, officials and witnesses said.
One officer is "down" in connection with the shootings, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke told reporters. He was not specific about the officer's condition.
Witnesses said a man sprayed bullets at the glass doors of a military recruiting center at a strip mall on Lee Highway, and the U.S. Navy tweeted Thursday that a shooting happened at a separate location -- the Navy Reserve center on Amnicola Highway. The two sites are 7½ miles apart.
By 1:15 p.m., the "active shooter situation" was over, police tweeted.
Oh man my daughter goes to Chattanooga all of the time. She's fine but it made my heart skip a beat when I heard the news.
This is still a breaking story so I will update as more details come to light.
It appears right now that the shooter was targeting military members.
They are treating this as an act of domestic terrorism according to the press conference that I am listening to right now.
Update: Now learning that there were four Marines and a police officer shot. Some reports are now putting the number of dead at four.
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