Does that mean it was a jihad attack? Not certainly, but it’s probable. If it is, watch for the establishment media either to ignore it altogether or cue up a new round of hand-wringing about “Islamophobia.”
“Shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terror-related, FBI says,” by Dakin Andone, Barbara Starr and Hollie Silverman, CNN, May 21, 2020:
(CNN) Thursday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas is terror-related, according to FBI officials.
Authorities previously said a shooter had been “neutralized,” but there may be a second person of interest still at large, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Leah Greeves said during a short press briefing. The agent did not provide additional information.
The shooter is deceased, Greeves said.
One member of the naval security forces was injured in the incident, the US Navy said in an earlier statement. The sailor is in “good condition.”
The base was put on lockdown after security forces responded to reports of an active shooter around 6:15 a.m. CT, according to the Navy.
The suspect attempted to rush the security gate with a vehicle, a US defense official familiar with the initial reports told CNN.
Security deployed a barrier to stop the vehicle. The suspect exited the vehicle and opened fire, the official said, and naval security forces returned fire….
Thursday’s shooting took place just days after the FBI and the Justice Department announced it had found a link between al Qaeda and a Saudi military trainee who killed three US sailors and wounded several others in a terror attack last year on Naval Air Station Pensacola.
The shooter in that attack, who was killed by law enforcement, had communicated with al Qaeda operatives as recently as the night prior to the shooting, officials said.