PENSACOLA, Fla. — The FBI is asking Apple to help unlock two iPhones linked to last month's deadly shooting at a Naval air station in Pensacola.
Agents need help unlocking two phones they believe belonged to the Saudi Arabian gunman.
Federal investigators said Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani shot and killed three people and injured eight others at the Pensacola base on Dec. 6.
Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Alshamrani, a member of the Saudi Royal Air Force who was training at the base.
The FBI is reaching out to Apple, stating the agency has court permission to search the contents of the phones, but both are password-protected.
Another complication is that Alshamrani apparently fired a bullet into one phone during the shooting.
Apple told NBC News that the company is working with the government, saying in part that Apple gave investigators "all of the data in our possession, and we will continue to support them with the data we have available."
