1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ross, FBI Special Agent in Charge
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"Today, we're entering our third day of investigating this horrific attack at NAS Pensacola that took the lives of three innocent victims and forever changed the lives of eight others who are thankfully, thankfully, recovering from their injuries. Last night we confirmed that the shooter has been identified as a 21 year old second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force, who was a student naval flight officer at Naval Aviation Schools Command. While there are many reports circulating regarding the shooter's motivation and his alleged activities leading to his attack, I can tell you that we are looking very hard at uncovering his motive and I would ask for patience so we can get this right."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ross, FBI Special Agent in Charge
"Our main goal right now is to confirm whether he acted alone or was he a part of a larger network. We currently assess there was one gunman who perpetrated this attack and no arrests have been made in this case. There have been many reports that the FBI is searching for or unable to find certain individuals. I can report that the FBI is working side by side with the US Navy and they have confirmed to us that they have 100 percent accountability on all international students from NAS Pensacola."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Ross, FBI Special Agent in Charge
"We are, as we do, and most active shooter investigations work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. This allows us to take advantage of investigative techniques that can help us more quickly identify and then eliminate any additional potential threats to the rest of our community. As we have stated multiple times, our investigation has not led us to any information that indicates any credible threat to our community."
The FBI says that no arrests have been made in the deadly shooting at the Florida naval base shooting and that all international students at the base have been accounted for.
The information comes three days after an aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight others.
The FBI and others are trying to establish whether the attack Friday was an act of terrorism and whether the gunman, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani, 21, of the Royal Saudi Air Force, acted alone.
