CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WOWO): The U.S. Navy says a sailor who was shot in the attack on a military facility in Chattanooga has died, raising the death toll to five people.
The Navy statement did not give the sailor's name. He was identified by family as Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, a reservist serving on active duty in Chattanooga.
The death occurred two days after a gunman killed four Marines during a shooting rampage on two military facilities.
Authorities say Kuwait-born Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center in Chattanooga, then drove several miles away to a Navy and Marine reserve center, where he shot and killed the Marines, and wounded the sailor who died. Abdulazeez was shot to death by police.
According to Stars and Stripes, Smith, a U.S. Navy logistics specialist from Cecil, Ohio, suffered three gunshot wounds. Smith graduated from Paulding High School in 2007.
The Friday report quoted Smith's mother as saying the wounds were very extensive to his liver and colon, with more surgeries likely.
Other family members indicated he was on a ventilator and lost more than 100 units of blood but was fighting hard.
According to the report, Smith has three daughters, all six or younger.
ToledoNewsNow.com says Smith played baseball locally, and actually earned a scholarship to play at Defiance College, but he hurt his arm and joined the Navy instead.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
