Police members gather during a reported active shooter situation.
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Five soldiers were shot Wednesday at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia, base authorities said on social media. A gunman was apprehended about 40 minutes afterward, they said.
The soldiers were treated at the scene and taken to an Army hospital, the base’s statement said. It did not elaborate on the nature of the injuries.
Officials provided no information about the shooting suspect in custody but said there was no active threat to the community. A lockdown put in place around 11 a.m. has been lifted.
The base, which is the home of the 3rd Infantry Division, said the shooting took place in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area. About 8,800 people live at Fort Stewart, about 40 miles southwest of Savannah.
Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia expressed concern for victims and their families in a social media post, and called the shooting a tragedy.
The FBI in Atlanta said on social media that its Savannah office was coordinating with the Army Criminal Investigation Division. President Donald Trump has been briefed on the shooting, said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary.
Other shootings have scarred military bases in recent years, including when a gunman killed three people at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida in 2019 before he was fatally shot by officers.
That same year, a Navy sailor fatally shot two shipyard workers at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii. And in 2014, a soldier who was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas, killing three people and wounding 16.