Soldier-on-soldier shooting at Georgia’s Fort Stewart military base leaves five wounded, suspect captured
Five soldiers were wounded at Fort Stewart in Georgia after the US Army base’s commander reported an active shooter and placed the sprawling compound on lockdown for a little more than an hour Wednesday.
The soldiers were treated at the scene and transported to Winn Army Community Hospital, according to an update from Fort Stewart just before 1 p.m.
The same post said the shooter, identified by officials as Quornelius Radford, 28, — a sergeant stationed at Fort Stewart — was apprehended around 40 minutes after the lockdown was declared, and there was no “active threat to the community.”
The lockdown began at 11:04 a.m. in areas of the base, including Wright and Evans Army Airfield and the Fort Stewart Schools, with officials advising those on site to remain inside and close and lock all windows and doors.