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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.
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.
Navy medic dead after shooting and critically injuring two people near Army base | Print this article
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.
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Petty officer shoots 2 sailors; is stopped, killed on base
The gunman drove through a gate at an entrance to Fort Detrick Army base before base personnel confronted him on a road.
By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press
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A sheriff s deputy from Frederick County, Md., puts paper bags with evidence into a police vehicle near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
FREDERICK, Md. A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and Navy officials said.