JUST IN: Suspect who carried out December shooting at a Pensacola naval base had communicated directly with a suspected Al Qaeda operative, a U.S. official confirms to ABC News.
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Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray are expected to make the announcement at a press conference later Monday morning.Mohammed Alshamrani in a photo released by the FBI.The shooting at that Pensacola, Florida, naval base in December killed four people and wounded eight. A review of the trainees computers and personal devices found that several of the students had possessed"derogatory material.”"Seventeen had social media containing some jihadi or anti-American content," Barr said."However, there was no evidence of any affiliation or involvement with any terrorist activity or group. 15 individuals had had some kind of contact with child pornography."The Pensacola Naval Air Station main gate following a shooting on Dec.
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