Five soldiers were shot in an active shooter incident at Georgia’s Fort Stewart on Aug. 6, prompting the U.S. Army base to go on lockdown, officials said.
“There is no active threat to the community,” the base said in its statement, noting that the shooting suspect was apprehended about 45 minutes after police were dispatched to the base.
The five soldiers who were shot by the active shooter were treated at the base and moved to the Winn Army Community Hospital in Georgia for further treatment, the statement reads.
Emergency medical personnel were sent to treat the soldiers about 15 minutes after law enforcement was dispatched, according to the statement.
“The incident remains under investigation and no additional information will be released until the investigation is complete,” it reads.
An earlier statement from Fort Stewart said the military installation was placed under lockdown at about 11:04 a.m. EDT.
“Casualties have been reported and the situation is ongoing,” the initial statement said.
Some of the wounded were also taken to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, spokesperson Bryna Gordon said. The hospital is the top-level trauma center for coastal Georgia. Gordon said she did not know how many people were being taken to the hospital or what their conditions are.
Law enforcement was sent to the Second Armored Brigade Combat Team complex shortly before 11 a.m. on Aug. 6. The shooter was arrested at 11:35 a.m., officials said.
“We are keeping the victims, their families, and all those who answer the call to serve in our hearts and prayers,” the governor said on X.
Fort Stewart’s three elementary schools were placed on lockdown in response to the shooting, Fort Stewart Community Superintendent Brian Perry told WTOC-TV.
Three schools just outside the base are taking steps similar to a lockdown “out of an abundance of caution,” the Liberty County School System said in a statement online.
Among the deadliest acts of violence on U.S. military bases was a 2009 attack. A U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 people in a shooting that left more than 30 wounded at Fort Hood, a military installation in Texas.
In 2013, a defense contract worker and former Navy reservist killed 12 people at Washington Navy Yard. He was then killed in a gun battle with police.
In 2014, a soldier opened fire on his fellow service members at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen others before killing himself.
In 2019, an aviation student opened fire in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, killing three people and injuring another dozen people, including two sheriff’s deputies. Just days earlier, a U.S. Navy sailor shot two people to death before killing himself at Pearl Harbor, the naval station in Hawaii.
