Latest on that deadly shooting rampage in chattanooga, tennessee, a gunman opening fire at two military centers just minutes apart. four marines were killed and three people wounded. a 24-year-old gunman is also dead. he s been identified as muhammad youssef abdulazeez, a naturalized american citizen from kuwait. and this morning, the motive still unclear. our coverage begins with abc s jim avila. reporter: bullet holes and shell casings at the military recruiting center where the rampage began. 10:45, a man in a silver ford mustang convertible, the top down, driving into the strip mall. offices here for all four branches of the military. he just pulled up, and next thing you know, he lifted up his arms like this with a big, black gun, and just, it was one shot and then it was just endless shots, one after another, just unloading into the army. reporter: dozens of shots. one marine hit in the leg. but within seconds, the gunman flees, racing seven miles down the highway to a na
Marine in the leg, the alleged gunman then driving off in this ford mustang convertible, racing seven miles away to a navy reserve support center, going inside, shooting and killing four marines. chattanooga is a great city with a broken heart tonight. reporter: then a gun battle with police. one officer injured, the suspect, a kuwaiti-born college graduate and electrical engineer, killed at the scene. sources say abdulazeez, who joked in his 2008 high school yearbook my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? was not under active surveillance by the fbi and had no known connection to isis. but officials point out that as recently as this weekend, the terror group urged followers in the u.s. to kill uniformed police officers and members of the military. we will be thorough and prompt in figuring out exactly what happened. reporter: and while the state s attorney says this is being treated as a case of domestic terrorism, the fbi
Flees, racing seven miles down the highway to a navy reserve support center. [ shots ] the sound of gunfire is heard where he kills four marines and is shot to death himself all units respond. all units respond. we re treating this as a mass casualty. reporter: shorts now identifying him as 24-year-old mohammed youssef abdulazeez. his silver mustang found abandoned at the scene. chattanooga now a city in crisis. this is a very very terrible situation, and we need to go figure out how we can handle it. [ sirens ] reporter: hospital emergency rooms locked down local colleges, too. back at the strip mall terrified workers barricading themselves inside stores and restaurants. but 30 minutes after the first shots were fired, it was all over. we are treating this as an act of domestic terrorism. reporter: a community in shock. this young woman carrying roses to honor those who were killed