Shooting victims’ families blame Saudi Arabia

Families of three slain U.S. service members and 13 others wounded in a mass shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 2019 alleged Monday that Saudi Arabia’s government facilitated the attack that U.S. authorities concluded was international terrorism.

A complaint in federal court in Pensacola makes new allegations that the shooter, Royal Saudi Air Force 2nd Lt. Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, executed the attack with the support of “accomplices.” Those included fellow Saudi air force trainees, whom he told of his plans the night before and on a November visit to the 9/11 memorial in New York City to pay tribute to the hijackers, the plaintiffs alleged.

The families also accused the Trump administration and the Saudi government of reneging on pledges of support for families.