American media has published details of the trained Saudi pilot, who is suspected of shooting inside the Pensacola Military Base in Florida, killing three people and wounding others before the police killed him.

According to press reports, the shooter is Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamrani, a Saudi Arabian Air Force emissary pilot who was attending training at the Pensacola base as part of a US Navy program with allied countries.

According to preliminary information, the suspect used a pistol in the two-storey attack inside a school building of that US Air Force air base, which is used primarily for training.

A US naval press release stated that 18 naval pilots and two aircraft crew from the Saudi Navy were training with the US Navy, including a mission in Pensacola. It was not clear if the suspect was a member of that mission.

Reuters quoted a source familiar with the program as saying that the Saudi Air Force officers who choose for military training in the United States are undergoing a careful examination in both countries.

The source added, on condition of anonymity, that the Saudi military is carefully chosen by their army, and they come mostly from well-known families.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis - at a press conference after the attack on Friday morning, local time - said that the Saudi government "will have a debt here, because he (the attacker) was one of its citizens."

The arrest of Saudis
US authorities arrested six Saudis in the aftermath of the operation, including three who were seen photographing the entire attack, according to The New York Times, quoting a person familiar with the preliminary investigations.

The newspaper reported that the attacker was armed with a 9-mm "Glock" pistol he had purchased in the United States. The pistol contained an additional ammunition cabinet and the attacker was in possession of between four and six other tanks.

Pensacola Air Force Base, Florida (Reuters)

Trump and Salman's call
For his part, US President Donald Trump said that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz called him to offer condolences. Trump wrote on Twitter that the king said, "The Saudi people are very angry at the barbaric behavior of the shooter."

The king condemned the incident in a statement, and said that the Saudi security services are cooperating with the American authorities to uncover the circumstances of the attack.

He stressed that "the perpetrator of this heinous crime does not represent the Saudi people, who have the respect and appreciation of the American people."

On Twitter
On the other hand, the site of the American "Site" group to monitor armed movements said that Al-Shamrani posted a short statement on Twitter saying "I am against evil, and America in general has turned into an evil state."

"I am not against you because you are only Americans, I do not hate you because of your freedoms, I hate you because every day you support, finance, and commit crimes not only against Muslims but also against humanity," the statement said.

The American network "ABC" said investigators were still trying to confirm whether the shooter was the same as the publication. The account on which the post appeared on Twitter was deleted, which also included a denunciation of American support for Israel and a quote from the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.