In January 2010, a senior Obama administration official, who declined to be named, referred to the shooting as "an act of terrorism", however other administration officials have not referred to the shootings as a terrorist event.
」 2010年1月，一位不願具名的歐巴馬政府（英语：Obama administration）的高級官員，將此槍擊事件稱為「恐怖主義行動」，然而其他的政府官員卻未將其看作為一起恐怖攻擊事件。