BY ABC News Radio | April 6, 2021
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(FREDERICK, Md.) Two people were injured 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.
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Navy hospital corpsman wounded 2 in Maryland shooting before being killed at nearby Fort Detrick, officials say
A man shot and injured two people at a business in the Maryland city of Frederick on Tuesday morning before driving to the US military s nearby.
Posted: Apr 6, 2021 7:12 AM
Updated: Apr 6, 2021 11:30 AM
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A man shot and injured two people at a business in the Maryland city of Frederick on Tuesday morning before driving to the US military s nearby Fort Detrick, where personnel shot and killed him, police said.
Though police didn t publicly identify the gunman, the US Navy said he was a Navy hospital corpsman, and Fort Detrick officials told CNN that he was posted at that installation.
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Graham Cullen | The Frederick News-Post | AP
A Navy hospital corpsman who had shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland office park was shot and killed several miles away in Fort Detrick, the main site of the U.S. Army s biological defense program. The U.S. Navy can confirm there was an active shooter incident at Fort Detrick, MD involving U.S. Navy Sailors, a Navy spokesman said in a statement.
Police said the two victims suffered life-threatening injuries and were flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
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