Chattanooga gunman 'had mental problems since teens'

A Kuwait-born man who shot and killed five service members in Tennessee suffered from depression since his early teenage years and fought drug and alcohol abuse, his family has said.

A family representative, who did not want to be identified to avoid unwanted publicity, said relatives of 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez believed those personal struggles were at the heart of last week’s killings at a two military sites in Chattanooga.