More details about the terror attack and the toll it has taken on first responders

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee(WDEF) – It’s been several days since Chattanooga was hit by what law enforcement is investigating as an act of domestic terror. But more information about the killer and the event that unfolded continues to come out.

On the day Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, gunned down four Marines and a Navy Petty Officer inside a military training center on Amnicola Highway, many civilians who work across the street from that location could hear the gunshots.

Darlene Pardue recalls the moment she was in her office at Stan’s Air System’s and heard what sounded like a war zone.

"We came up front and started hearing the gun fire. Bang bang bang bang. Then again, bang bang bang bang," Pardue said.

After Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez was shot dead, Pardue said she witnessed officers combing the wooded area next to the crime scene.

"They had some dogs going out in the woods to see if there was another person involved."

Federal authorities confirmed that no other shooter was involved.

According to published reports confirmed by federal law enforcement, Abdulazeez was a suicidal man who used drugs. Agents also said he was preparing for bankruptcy and facing a day in court for a recent DUI arrest. FBI agents reportedly found that information from Abdulazeez’s diary.

Despite that information about his personal problems, folks like Rhonda Williams who came to pay her respect for the dead at a make-shift memorial site said it would be nice to know more about the killer and his motives.

"We’re all so curious and in Chattanooga we just have the feeling that if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere," Williams said.

In the meantime, WDEF has learned the emotional toll from last week’s terror attack was so great that grief counselors from the Chattanooga Family Justice Center has had to partner with several other counseling organization to work with first responders as well as civilians who were in harms way.

"We are dealing with walk-in’s as well as a lot of phone calls as well as connecting people to the services that they need," said FJC Executive Director Valerie Radu.

The Chattanooga Family Justice Center is urging anyone who may have been emotionally traumatized by the attack to immediately contact the FJC 24-hour information line at 423-209-8390. All calls are confidential.