Naval Air Station Pensacola.Photo: Alamy
Calls for an active shooter at the Naval Air Station Pensacola came in at 6:51 a.m., authorities said, adding that the shooting occurred in one of the classrooms on the compound, which serves as a training base.
The name of the shooter and the identities of the victims have not yet been released.
At the Friday afternoon press conference, DeSantis said, “Given that this was a foreign national in the employ of a foreign service … the government of Saudi Arabia needs to make thing better for these victims. And I think that they are going to owe a debt here, given it is one of their individuals.”
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Navy Capt. Tim Kinsella, the base’s commanding officer, said there are approximately “a couple hundred” foreign nationals training at the base.
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Kinsella said that “weapons are not authorized” on the base.
According to its website, Naval Air Station Pensacola employs more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel. It is the headquarters for Naval Education Training Command, a command which combines direction and control of all Navy education and training.
This is the second shooting incident on a Navy base in the last week.
On Wednesday afternoon,a United States sailor opened fireat the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, killing two civilian employees and injuring one before he fatally shot himself.
source: people.com
