Navy medic shoots 2 sailors before he is shot and killed on Maryland base Published 4 hours ago
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Print article FREDERICK, Md. A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two U.S. Navy sailors at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy officials said. Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a petty officer third class assigned to Fort Detrick, began shooting with a rifle inside a Navy-related business at the Riverside Tech Park, causing people inside to flee, Frederick police and Fort Detrick officials said at a news conference. Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said detectives are still trying to determine a possible motive.
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FREDERICK, Md. Maryland police responded Tuesday morning to an active shooter situation near Fort Detrick in Frederick, authorities confirmed.
Frederick Police announced on Twitter that they were “responding to an active shooter” emergency on Progress Drive near Monocacy Boulevard.
“Currently there are two victims and one suspect is down,” police said.
Police confronted the suspect at Fort Detrick, a military base located nearby, according to FOX 5 in Washington, D.C. The military installation was under lockdown for several hours following the shooting.
Additional details were not immediately available.
We are on scene responding to an active shooter in the 8400 block of Progress Drive. Currently there are two victims and one suspect is down.
2 injured in Maryland shooting, Navy suspect killed on military base: Officials
2 injured in shooting at Maryland military base, suspect is down : Officials UP NEXT Two people are in critical condition after a shooting near Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning. Police were called for an active shooter situation at 8:20 a.m. in the Riverside Tech Park area, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said. When officers arrived on scene they found two adult males injured. The victims were flown by helicopter to Baltimore and are in critical condition, Lando said. The 38-year-old suspect, who Navy Public Affairs confirmed was a Navy Hospital Corpsman, then traveled to nearby Fort Detrick and was subsequently shot and killed by base personnel, police said. The suspect had been stationed at Fort Detrick, base officials told ABC News.
FREDERICK, MD. A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy officials said. The man entered a business at the Riverside Tech Park, causing people inside to flee, but it was unclear if the shooting took place inside or outside, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said. After the shooting, the medic drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick, where he was shot by base personnel, Lando said at a news conference. The U.S. Navy released an initial statement saying there was an “active shooter incident” at Fort Detrick “involving U.S. sailors” and that the shooter, a Navy medic assigned to the base, was killed.
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Two people suffered severe injuries near Army base Fort Detrick on Tuesday after a now-deceased Navy medic shot them, according to authorities. The U.S. Navy can confirm there was an active shooter incident at Fort Detrick, MD involving U.S. Navy Sailors, a spokesperson for the Navy Office of Information said in a statement obtained by the
Washington Examiner.
The spokesperson confirmed that the shooter was a Navy Hospital Corpsman.
Authorities responded to reports of gunfire on Progressive Drive near the base at around 8:30 a.m. local time, said department spokesman Allen Etzler at a news conference near the scene.