by At one of the biggest Army bases in the nation, a sergeant shot five soldiers on Wednesday before being swiftly taken down by other Fort Stewart soldiers, resulting in a brief lockdown, according to officials.
Officials claimed the gunman was 28-year-old Sgt. Quornelius Radford, who used a personal handgun rather than a military weapon, however few specifics regarding what caused the gunfire were immediately available.
According to authorities, Radford opened fire where he worked, but they would not speculate on why.
According to Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the wounded soldiers are stable and should heal. According to Lubas, Radford’s arrest was made possible by the soldiers who assaulted him.
He asserted that these warriors unquestionably stopped more deaths or injuries.
Concerns regarding safety and security within the armed forces’ own walls were once again raised by this most recent act of violence on a U.S. military base location that is thought to be among the most secure in the nation.
The Army stated that it is looking into the shooting. Numerous uncertainties remained, such as the troops’ health, the extent of their wounds, the identity of the gunman, and any potential motivation.
In a Facebook post, base officials stated that there is no threat to the community and that the injured were treated before being transferred to Winn Army Community Hospital.
According to spokesman Bryna Gordon, several of the injured were also transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. The hospital is Georgia’s premier coastal trauma facility. Gordon stated that she was unaware of the number of patients being admitted to the hospital or the nature of their ailments.
Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, law enforcement was dispatched to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team site. According to authorities, the shooter was taken into custody about 11:35 a.m.
About an hour passed during the lockdown. Cars started to pass past the standard security checkpoint at the main entrance of the fort when it was raised.
In 2016, the Army expanded its infantry unit of over 4,200 soldiers to include more than 200 vehicles, creating the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. The Army has referred to the outfit as its most advanced land fighting force and also calls it the Spartan Brigade.
Fort Stewart is the largest Army station east of the Mississippi River, situated roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Savannah. Thousands of soldiers and their families from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division call it home.
President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth were briefed on the shooting, according to officials from the White House and Defense Department.
According to Deputy Director Dan Bongino, the FBI was present in the fort to assist with the investigation.
The 2009 attack was one of the bloodiest on U.S. military outposts.Thirteen people were murdered and over thirty injured in a shooting at Fort Hood, a military installation in Texas, by a U.S. Army doctor.
Twelve persons were killed at Washington Navy Yard in 2013 by a former Navy reservist and defense contract worker. After that, he was shot and murdered by police.
At Fort Hood in 2014, a soldier opened fire on his fellow service members, leaving three dead and over a dozen wounded before taking his own life.
at 2019, three people were killed and twelve others, including two sheriff’s deputies, were injured after an aviation student opened fire at a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. A few days prior, at Pearl Harbor, the naval base in Hawaii, a U.S. Navy sailor had shot two people dead before taking his own life.
