Sailor wounded in Tenn. shooting spree dies

A Navy petty officer wounded in the shooting rampage in Chattanooga has died, bringing the total number of victims to five, according to the Navy and the sailor's family.

Four Marines were also killed in the assault, along with the gunman.

Navy Petty Officer Randall Smith, a logistics specialist originally from Paulding, Ohio, had suffered extensive damage to internal organs during the shooting at the U.S. Naval Reserve Center in Chattanooga on Thursday. Smith's death was confirmed by Darlene Proxmire, his step-grandmother, WANE-TV reports.

The U.S. Navy said in a statement that the victim died early Saturday but said it would not release his name for 24 hours.

The four Marines killed in the attack were identified as Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, of Springfield, Mass., Staff Sgt. David Wyatt of Burke, N.C., Sgt. Carson Holmquist of Polk, Wisc., and Lance Corporal Squire K. Wells of Cobb, Georgia.

The family of Chattanooga police officer Dennis Pedigo, who was injured in the melee, said he is in "good spirits" and wanted to thank the community for their thoughts and prayers, the police department said.

The FBI has identified the shooter as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24,a graduate in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The FBI said preliminary evidence indicates that Abdulazeez acted alone in the attack.

Ed Reinhold, the FBI special agent in charge, told reporters Friday that the investigation into the shootings was being treated as an "act of terrorism" until evidence shows otherwise.

"We are saying that is a possibility that we will explore, but we have no indication that he was inspired or directed by anyone other than himself," the FBI agent said.

Abdulazeez a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kuwait, had traveled abroad, Reinhold said, and intelligence services overseas were attempting to gain more information on those visits. He declined to detail specific countries where the alleged gunman had traveled or when.

A federal law enforcement official said Friday that Abdulazeez took an extended trip to the Middle East last year, was gone for about seven months and was destined for Jordan.

The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said investigators are attempting to trace his movements while abroad to determine if he traveled beyond Jordan to volatile parts of the region.

Investigators in Chattanooga have confiscated computers and the equipment from the suspect's home in Hixson, Tenn., and are examining them for any clues as to links to terrorist groups.

In addition, the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist groups, said that Abdulazeez blogged on Monday that "life is short and bitter," and Muslims should not miss an opportunity to "submit to Allah." The report could not be independently verified.