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College grad with an engineering degree from the university of tennessee began to change. mohammed's diary began showing he was thinking of islamic martyrdom. in 2014 he traveled to jordan to stay with his uncle. >> we'll find out more information. his uncle in jordan has been detained and is being questioned. >> reporter: friends say after he told them he hated isis, he began to change after his trip. he said he learned more about his palestinian background and who he was and where he came from. >> this is something he sort of evolved into, sort of a radicalized in some way. >> mohammed was a...

Abdulazeez. he had been living in the river city since he was 6 years old. >> what kind of kid was he, how did you know him? >> he was a nice kid growing up, knew him since he was an adolescent, and he never caused any problem in the neighborhood. >> reporter: mohammhamuw moham like any kid. >> we knew the mom and dad real well. >> but there were problems in the abdulazeez household. in february 2009 mohammed's mother filed for divorce from her husband citing verbal and physical abuse. she later withdrew after he agreed to counseling. he had also been under investigation for terrorist ties and...

>> reporter: mohammed then drove seven miles to the navy and marine corps reserve center. >> chattanooga police officers immediately began following and chasing that vehicle from the first and second location. >> reporter: at the reserve center, 24 personnel were on duty and those working weren't authorized to carry weapons. a heavily armed mohammed opened fire. >> essentially the officers encountered the suspect at the second location. he began to kill aggressively. mohammad began killing. a fifth victim, petty officer randall smith died two days later. the terrorist was shot by law enforceme...

This man, nation of islam member along with his accomplice shot 13 people from a 1990 blue chevrolet caprice. >> the seat of the car actually lifted so they're able to crawl into the trufrmg and shoot without ever leaving the vehicle. >> clearly john mohammed was ideologically motivated. >> mohammed was motivated by his hatred of america. after their capture in 2002. his plan was to kill six white as day for a month. as far malveaux himself, he drew these extremist sketches while awaiting trial. today the internet has become indispensable for radicalizing

>> reporter: mohammed then drove seven miles to the navy and marine corps reserve center. >> chattanooga police officers immediately began following and chasing that vehicle from the first and second location. >> reporter: at the reserve center 24 personnel were on duty and those working weren't authorized to carry weapons. a heavily armed mohammed opened fire. >> essentially the officers encountered the suspect at the second location. he began to kill aggressively. mohammad began killing. a fifth victim petty officer randall smith died two days later. the terrorist was shot by law enforcement...