Update: No 2nd POI at NASCC

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The dead suspect in a May 21 shooting aboard Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was 20-year-old Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation. Alsahli drove to an entrance at the naval station and shot a security forces member in the chest, hitting the guard in her bulletproof vest and inflicting non-life-threatening injuries. Alsahli then accelerated towards the gate entrance and crashed into a barrier. After exiting the vehicle, he began shooting, and was shot and killed by naval security forces. A preliminary investigation into the shooter identified him as a U.S. resident who was born in Syria, and likely a supporter of Salafi-jihadist ideology, according to one source. Online postings by these accounts expressed support for ISIS and Al Qaeda. FBI officials said earlier the shooting was terror-related. (Sources: multiple, including CNN, NBCNews, 05/21/20) Previous UPDATE: The FBI is investigating the base shooting as an act of terrorism and searching for a second “person of interest” (POI) related to the incident, Supervisory Senior Resident Agent Leah Greeves said in a brief statement on May 21. “We may have a second related person of interest at large in the community but we would encourage the public to remain calm,” she stated. A U.S. official confirmed to USNI News that authorities believed a Navy security team killed an “Arab male” in a gun battle gate at the base.An official did not have any additional details on the identity of the shooter beyond apparent ethnicity. An FBI spokesperson did not provide additional details when contacted by USNI News. (Source: USNI News 05/21/20) UPDATE2: Following AN “intense investigation,” the FBI says concerns that a second person may have assisted the gunman in the thwarted attack May 21 on Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, have been allayed. (Source: Seapower 05/28/20)