Attorney General Barr Says Pensacola Shooting Was an ‘Act of Terrorism’

Attorney General Barr Says Pensacola Shooting Was an ‘Act of Terrorism’
Attorney General Bill Barr and justice officials hold a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Jan, 13, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson
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Federal authorities said that the shooting by a Saudi military trainee at a U.S. naval base who killed three people was an “act of terrorism” motivated by jihadist ideology.

Attorney General William Barr and other senior law enforcement officials announced findings of a criminal investigation on Monday about a month after the Dec. 6 shootings at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, which killed three U.S. sailors and wounded eight other Americans.