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.