Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, a Marine from Massachusetts who received the Purple Heart, was identified by family members on Friday as one of the victims in the Chattanooga shootings. He grew up in Springfield and lived through two tours in Iraq, his family told Massachusetts Live. ?There?s no Marine you would want that was better in combat than him,? his friend, Josh Parnell, told Patch. ?He?d been shot at so many times over the years and then for this to happen at home in the United States.? Sullivan survived the battle of Abu Ghraib, he added. Tributes have poured in for Sullivan from the India Battery 3rd Battalion 12th Marines to Nathan Bill?s Bar and Restaurant, which Sullivan?s brother reportedly owns. Four Marines were fatally shot in the attacks on two military facilities in Chattanooga on Thursday. Several people, including a police officer and a Marine Corps recruiter, were wounded. Alleged gunman Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, was also killed. http://www.buzzfeed.com/buz
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