Suspect in a shooting that killed 3 people and injured several others at a naval base in Florida was a member of the Saudi Air Force who was in the U.S. for training, officials said.
President Donald Trump tweeted Friday afternoon that he had heard from the Saudi monarch.
The president also told reporters about the call."The king said that the Saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter and that this person in no way, shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people who love the American people so much," he said.Dec. 6, 2019Other elected officials also reacted, including Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala.
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