Authorities haven’t disclosed a possible motive for the shooting.
“We’re still trying to sort through stacks of paper . to figure out exactly what the motive would be,” Frederick Police Lt. Andrew Alcorn said Tuesday.
Woldesenbet worked as a lab technician in the Naval Medical Research Center’s Biological Defense Research Directorate at Fort Detrick, Navy Cmdr. Denver Applehans, a spokesman for the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, said Wednesday. The Naval Medical Research Center’s headquarters are in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Woldesenbet’s service record says he enlisted in September 2012 and reported to his most recent position in August 2019. In between, he served at military facilities in San Antonio, Texas; Camp Lejeune in North Carolina; Corpus Christi, Texas; Bremerton, Washington; and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Dramatic moment Navy medic Fantahun Woldesenbet chases down his victim in shooting that injured 2 sailors near base
Updated: Apr 7 2021, 17:58 ET
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THIS is the dramatic moment Navy medic Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet chased down his victim in a shocking shooting that left two sailors injured near a Naval base.
Police say the US Navy medic Woldesenbet, 38, allegedly shot two sailors with a rifle in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning and new CCTV footage from a construction business shows him targeting one of them.
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Fantahun Woldesenbet, 38, died following the incidentCredit: Frederick Police
During the disturbing clip, a driver can be seen tearing after one of the victims before the suspect – identified as Woldesenbet – fled to nearby Fort Detrick where he was shot and killed by security, reported WTTG.
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By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 7, 2021 One of two sailors wounded Tuesday in a shooting near Fort Detrick, Md., has been released from a Baltimore hospital, though the other is still in critical condition, according to the Navy. The two men were shot at about 8:20 a.m. by Petty Officer 3rd Class Fantahun Woldesenbet, 38, at a Navy warehouse located in Frederick, the city outside of the Army base. After shooting the two sailors, Fantahun drove to Fort Detrick, attempted to enter the base and was killed about 25 minutes later as he ran from base police. All three sailors were assigned to a Navy research center at Fort Detrick, but officials have declined to offer any possible motive in the shooting.
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