China News Agency, Houston, May 21 (Reporter Zeng Jingning) FBI official Lia Grives said at a press conference on the 21st that the shooting incident occurred at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas that morning. Related to terrorism, the gunman has died.
Greaves pointed out that there may be a suspect at large and asked residents to keep calm.
According to ABC reports, an official of the US Department of Defense told the media that the shooting occurred at 6:15 am that day, and the gunman drove into the gate of this military base and was stopped by an intelligent roadblock. Subsequently, the driver got out of the car and shot and was subdued by security personnel. During the crossfire, a security guard was shot and injured. FBI agents confirmed to the media that the gunman had been killed on the spot.
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, located 200 miles southwest of Houston, is a coastal military base. After the incident, the military base announced the blockade of all gates. As of noon that day, the military opened the south gate of the air station.
U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Kerry Copek said the U.S. Department of Justice ’s counterterrorism department is cooperating with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement personnel to conduct investigations.
He said that investigators were using robots to inspect the gunman's car on site and found "electronic media equipment."
Jonathan Hoffman, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, said the injured security personnel were not seriously injured and were expected to be discharged that night.
CNN said that since 1941, the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station has been a training base for naval pilots.
It is worth noting that the US Attorney General William Barr said recently that the gunman Arshamrani in the shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida was related to Al Qaeda. The gunman made a terrorist attack in the naval air station in December 2019, causing 3 deaths and 7 injuries. (Finish)