Police: Active-duty Navy official responsible for shooting in Frederick, Maryland
Suspect shot, killed by Army officials
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Posted at 8:46 AM, Apr 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-06 15:20:53-04
FREDERICK, Md. â An active-duty member of the Navy shot two fellow service members Tuesday morning at an off-base military unit before he was shot and killed by Army personnel when he evaded a security checkpoint at nearby Fort Detrick.
The two victims were airlifted to nearby hospitals and were initially listed in critical conditions. As of Tuesday afternoon, one of those victims is still in critical condition â the other is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
In this photo provided by WJLA, police respond to the scene of a shooting in Frederick, Md., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. WJLA via AP
FREDERICK, Md. â An Army official says the two people shot in Frederick, Maryland were both sailors in the U.S. Navy assigned to Fort Detrick.
Brigadier General Michael J. Talley released the information at a news conference and police identified the suspect as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, a Petty Officer Third Class assigned to Fort Detrick who lived off-base in Frederick.
Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said Woldesenbet used a rifle in the shooting at a Navy-related facility in the office park.
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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) Authorities say a Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park before fleeing to the Fort Detrick Army base, where he was shot and killed.
Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said at a news conference that the man entered a business at the Riverside Tech Park on Tuesday, causing people inside to flee, but it was unclear if the shooting took place inside or outside.
Lando said that after the shooting, the man drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick, where he was shot by base personnel.
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Frederick s Police chief speaks at news conference Tuesday on shooting that critically injured two in the city before the gunman was shot dead at a nearby Maryland military base. Photo courtesy of Frederick Police Department/Facebook
April 6 (UPI) Fort Detrick military personnel fatally shot a U.S. Navy corpsman suspected of critically injuring two men Tuesday at a nearby business park in Maryland.
A 38-year-old Navy medic critically injured two men by shooting them at Riverside Tech Park in Frederick, Md., according to the city police department, The Baltimore Sun reported.