by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 12:09 pm ADT
Crime scene tape outside the apartment of Navy Petty Ofc. 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility before fleeing to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
FREDERICK, Md. A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was assigned to a Naval medical research centre in Maryland for nearly two years, according to his service record.
Two sailors are hospitalized following a shooting Tuesday at a military installation in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said.
The US Navy identified the gunman as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsman who was fatally shot by police. Fort Detrick officials told CNN he was posted at that installation. One victim is in critical condition but is stable, while the second victim is in serious condition but will likely be released Wednesday.
Both were taken from the scene by helicopter, police said.
The incident ended when the gunman was fatally shot by police after he brandished a weapon on the installations, Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley said.
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Medic who shot 2 in Maryland was assigned to medical research center
Authorities say 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, and the two men he shot on Tuesday, were all assigned to Fort Detrick Army base in Frederick, Maryland. Author: Associated Press Updated: 2:10 PM EDT April 7, 2021
A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was a laboratory technician assigned to a Naval medical research center on the base, according to his service record and a military official.
Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, and the two men he shot Tuesday were all assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, authorities have said.