Soldier Fatally Shot at Georgia Army Base; Suspect Arrested

Members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team train during a live fire exercise prior to deployment to Iraq this fall in Fort Stewart, Ga., on Sept. 5, 2007. Stephen Morton/Getty Images

FORT STEWART, Ga.—A soldier was fatally shot Monday at an Army tank brigade’s building complex at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia, where authorities arrested a suspected gunman, officials said.

The shooting happened shortly before 10 a.m. at the Army post’s headquarters complex for its 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said. One soldier was shot and died despite being treated by emergency responders at the scene, he said.