At 10:45 am on July 16th, 2015 a muslim terrorist opened fire on two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He first committed a drive-by shooting at a recruiting center just off Lee Hwy near Hwy 153. He then traveled down Hwy 153 to a U.S. Navy reserve center to continue the cowardly attack on military personnel. The attacker was killed by the brave Chattanooga Police Department, but not before 4 Marines died on scene and 1 Sailor who later died in the hospital from his wounds.
On December 16, following an investigation, the FBI said “the shootings were motivated by foreign terrorist propaganda.” All of these brave men were were shot at the U.S. Navy Reserve center. The victims attempted to distract the muslim terrorist, returned fire from personal side arms, and assisted people in climbing the fence to safety. Some of the Marines died providing cover for a larger group to escape.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/07/16/active-shooter–chattanooga-military-facility/30240535/
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/jul/17/year-later-city-remembers-fallen-five/376390/
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2018/mar/01/fallen-five-memorial-funding/464891/
NEVER FORGET
THOMAS J. SULLIVAN, GUNNERY SERGEANT U.S. MARINE CORPS,
SPRINGFIELD, MA AGE 40
CARSON A. HOLMQUIST, SEGEANT MARINE CORPS,
GRANTSBURG, WI AGE 25
DAVID A. WYATT, STAFF SERGEANT U.S. MARINE CORPS
RUSSELVILLE, AR AGE 37
SQUIRE K. “SKIP” WELLS, LANCE CORPORAL U.S. MARINE CORPS
MARIETTA, GA AGE 21
RANDALL SMITH, PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS U.S. NAVY
PAULDING, OH AGE 26
The Fallen 5
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Ten-year-old Hailey Lowe holds a flag high as Patriot Guard motorcyclists follow the funeral procession for Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Scott Smith out of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., on July 28, 2015. Scott was one of five servicemen whose death was the result of a series of shootings at military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 16, 2015.
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The hearse bearing Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith to the National Cemetery passes beneath a flag hung across Amnicola Highway during his funeral procession Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Petty Officer 2nd Class Smith's funeral was the final for the five servicemen killed in the July, 16, attacks by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway.
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Chattanooga-Shooting
Police officers enter the Armed Forces Career Center through a bullet-riddled door after a gunman opened fire on the building Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Authorities say there were multiple casualties including the gunman. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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epaselect epa04849685 A Chattanooga Police officer walks past the bullet-riddled front door of a US Military Recruiting storefront after a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, 16 July 2015. Authorities say the shootings at two different locations left four US Marines and the gunman Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez dead. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER (Newscom TagID: epalive751906.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]
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Chattanooga Shooting
Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Paul Clendenen guards the top of the C.B. Robinson Bridge at Amnicola Highway after a morning shooting near the Naval Reserve Center, in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Thursday, July 16, 2015. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said there's "an officer down" at a military reserve center. (Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) THE DAILY CITIZEN OUT; NOOGA.COM OUT; CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Chattanooga-Shooting
Chattanooga-Shooting
Police officers enter the Armed Forces Career Center through a bullet-riddled door after a gunman opened fire on the building Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Authorities say there were multiple casualties including the gunman. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
