An investigation into the suspect s possible motive was underway. The shooting occurred Tuesday morning inside a military “overflow area” at Riverside Tech Park, an Army general said at a news conference.
The gunman drove through a gate at an entrance to the base before military personnel confronted him on a road inside, said Fort Detrick spokeswoman Lanessa Hill.
“It wasn’t that long after he came through the gate that the shooter was stopped, Hill said. “Not even a quarter of a mile.” She said Frederick police had given base officials advance notice, so we knew that he was out there.”
Navy medic shot 2 people at business park before being killed at Maryland base: police
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Police talk near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP
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By JULIO CORTEZ, The Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) 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.
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Navy medic shoots 2 sailors at business, then is shot and 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 JULIO CORTEZAssociated 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. 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.
By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 6, 2021 Petty Officer 3rd Class Fantahun Woldesenbet shot and critically wounded two sailors working at a site outside of Fort Detrick, Md., on Tuesday morning before military police shot and killed him for breaching a gate at the Army base and pulling out a weapon. Military and civilian law enforcement did not say whether 38-year-old Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsman who was assigned to Fort Detrick, worked at the overflow site in Frederick where he opened fire on fellow sailors, nor did they speculate on the motive behind the shooting. Woldesenbet entered the Navy facility, located in the Riverside Tech Park at about 8:20 a.m. armed with a rifle, said Chief Jason Lando of the Frederick Police Department. Two male sailors in that facility were critically wounded and flown by helicopter to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Their names were not released Tuesday.