Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
| Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of Terrorism in the United States, War on Terror, and mass shootings in the United States | |
| Location | Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°20′57.1″N 87°16′28.3″W / 30.349194°N 87.274528°W |
| Date | December 6, 2019 6:51 – 7:45 a.m. (ET UTC−05:00) |
| Weapons | Glock 45 9mm handgun |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 8 |
| Perpetrator | Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula |
| Assailant | Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
On the morning of December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. The assailant killed three men and injured eight others. The shooter was killed by Escambia County sheriff deputies after they arrived at the scene. He was identified as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, an Air Force aviation student from Saudi Arabia.
The FBI investigated the case as a presumed terrorism incident, while searching for the motive behind the attack. On January 13, 2020, the Department of Justice said they had officially classified the incident as an act of terrorism, motivated by "jihadist ideology."
On February 2, 2020, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the shooting. In an audio recording, emir of the Yemen-based group Qasim al-Raymi said they directed Alshamrani to carry out the attack. On May 18, 2020, the FBI corroborated the claims.