>> WHEN WE LISTEN TO THE PREVIOUS NEWS CONFERENCE, THEY
WERE SQUEDASKED ABOUT THE SHOOTE
THEY DID NOT GET ANY
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> Reporter: THE SUSPECT, THE
PERSON THAT CARRYIED OUT THE
SHOOTING IS A SAUDI NATIONAL WHO
WAS HERE FOR TRAINING, HIS NAME
IS MUHAMMAD SHIAD.
.
. THE AIR STATION GIVES YOU WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FACT
THERE ARE A LOT OF PILOT
TRAINING AND YOU SEE THE RUNWAY
THERE IN THE AREAL PICTURE.
MANY FOREIGN FOLKS COME TO THE
U.S. FOR TRAINING ESPECIALLY IF
THEY’RE GOING TO BE OPERATING
AND USING MILITARY EQUIPMENT
THAT COMES FROM THE U.S.
THEY TRAIN HERE AND KNOWING HOW
TO HANDLE U.S. EQUIPMENT AND SO
FORTH.
FORTH. A BIG NOTE OF CAUTION HERE, JUST
BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS A FOREIGN
NATIONAL AND FROM SAUDI ARABIA
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, IT DOES
NOT MEAN IT IS AN ACTIVE
TERRORISM.
TERRORISM. A FOREIGN NATIONAL COULD HAVE
THE SAME KIND OF MOTIVES OR
PROBLEMS FROM ANYONE ELSE WHO
CARRIED OUT SHOOTING COULD HAVE.
YOU CAN COMPILE YOUR OWN LIST OF
WHAT POSSIBLE MOTIVES MAY BE.
NONE THE
NONE THE BECAUSE IT IS SOMEONE FROM THE
MIDDLE EAST, AUTHORITIES
OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO PURSUE THE
POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WAS AN
ACTIVE TERRORISM.
ACTIVE TERRORISM. NO ONE IS SAYING IT IS.
BUT, OBVIOUSLY IT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
AND, IN TERMS OF MORE ABOUT THIS
PERSON, WE ARE TRYING TO CHECK
THAT OUT NOW.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE
CONFIRMED WHICH IS THIS PERSON
IS A SAUDI NATIONAL CARRIED OUT
THE SHOOTING TODAY AND THERE IS
AN INTENSE INVESTIGATION TO LOOK
INTO THIS PERSON’S BACKGROUND,
WHY WERE THEY IN THE U.S. AND
FOR WHAT TRAINING AND THEN YOU
KNOW, WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE.
ANY LOOK AT THEIR STRON I CANELE
DEVICES AND THIS WILL BE THE
INVESTIGATION BY THE HANDS
THAT’S LED BY THE FBI.
A SHOOTING LIKE THIS, THE LEAD
AGENCY WILL BE THE INVESTIGATION
SERVICE.
SERVICE. THIS WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE
FBI BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.