re: 4 killed in Shooting at Naval Reserve center in Chattanooga (Shooter dead)

Repost from the Off-Topic Board.

My church is very close to site 1, and my office is very close to site 2.

Aight, so here's what I know...

The first shooting took place at a recruiting center in a strip mall off of Lee Highway, one of the most heavily traveled roads in suburban Chattanooga. That is where a large number of bullets were fired. The location itself is not road-facing, but instead is at a 90 degree angle from the main road.

From there, the suspect made his way to a Naval Reseve Center on Amnicola Highway, which is the secondary artery into downtown, and runs parallel to the river. This would have been about a 7-10 mile trip, and would have taken *at least* 10-15 minutes to make during mid-morning traffic. The center itself had some level of barricade, but was not armed by any kind of checkpoint or anything like that. This reserve center is very, very close to the Chattanooga PD headquarters.
To be honest, I travel by the Naval center every day, and have never really thought anything about it.





Before the shooter was "taken down," there were reports that it was a white male fleeing the Lee Hwy scene in a silver Mustang.

After the shootings, Erlanger hospital (in the heart of downtown) where the four Marines and one cop shot were taken, was locked down. Since then, the lockdown was lifted, but the four Marines have died. The one cop was shot in the ankle, and appears to be OK.

The FBI and the US Attorney have said that they are investigating this as an act of domestic terrorism, but they have not confirmed anything about the weapons used, possible motives, or anything. Only that the shooter acted alone.