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Navy medic gunned down after shooting 2 US sailors
A crime scene technician stands near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Maryland, on Apr 6, 2021. (Photo: AP/Julio Cortez)
07 Apr 2021 05:56AM (Updated:
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FREDERICK, Maryland: A US Navy medic shot and wounded two US sailors at a military facility on Tuesday (Apr 6), then fled to a nearby army base where security forces shot and killed him, police and Navy officials said.
Authorities said they had yet to determine what drove 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet to open fire at the facility, located in an office park in Frederick, Maryland.
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 12:09 pm ADT
Crime scene tape outside the apartment of Navy Petty Ofc. 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility before fleeing to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
FREDERICK, Md. A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was assigned to a Naval medical research centre in Maryland for nearly two years, according to his service record.
7 Apr 2021
The shooting suspect killed at Maryland’s Fort Detrick on Tuesday has been identified as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet.
CNN reports Woldesenbet was as a Navy Hospital Corpsman who allegedly shot two sailors at Frederick, Maryland’s, Riverside Tech Park, before driving onto the military installation, where he was killed.
Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley indicated Woldesenbet allegedly stopped briefly at the Fort Detrick gate checkpoint, then took off and drove a half mile into the military installation before being stopped. He then allegedly exited the vehicle, brandished a firearm, and was shot dead by military police.
Television crew film outside the apartment of Navy Petty Ofc. 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility before fleeing to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him. (AP Photo/Caroly
Maryland shooter identified: Navy medic killed on base after shooting 2 sailors
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Police walk near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021.AP Photo/Julio Cortez
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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) A Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him, police and Navy officials said.
Authorities said they had yet to determine what drove 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet to open fire at the facility, located in an office park in Frederick, Maryland.
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