Suspect in Pearl Harbor shooting identified as Petty Officer Gabriel Romero

The US Navy sailor who shot up the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has been identified — and he used his service weapons in the suicidal attack, according to new reports.

Petty officer Gabriel Romero, 22, used his M4 service rifle in the shooting Wednesday afternoon, killing two civilian employees and wounding a third, according to a preliminary incident report obtained by Fox News.

He then turned his M9 service pistol on himself, the report said.

Sources identified Romero as the shooter to Hawaii News Now.

Romero was a crew member aboard the submarine USS Columbia, which was drydocked at the shipyard for maintenance.

The identities of the slain victims have not yet been released. The third victim, a 36-year-old man, remains hospitalized in critical condition.

Authorities are searching for a motive in the shootings and investigating whether the victims were targeted.

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