(Washington) Five soldiers were injured Wednesday on a large military base in the southeast of the United States by a shooter before it was arrested, the military authorities, who maintain partial confinement, announced.
“Five soldiers were affected by firearm fire today during an event involving a shooter,” wrote on the social networks Fort Stewart, the grounds of the army near Savannah in Georgia, near the Atlantic coast.
The police, called at 10:56 a.m. local, arrested the shooter at 11:35 am (Eastern time), specifies the press release, adding that part of the base is always the subject of confinement.
“There is no longer an active danger,” said the base.
The state of health of the five wounded, neat on the spot, was not specified.
In a previous alert, the authorities of the military base called people inside the greatest caution: “Bring yourself immediately, stay inside and close all doors and windows”.
Fort Stewart welcomes around 21,000 soldiers, and some 10,000 people live there, according to his website.
The governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, said on X “saddened by today’s tragedy in Fort Stewart”.
President Donald Trump was held informed of the situation, said his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
With more firearms in circulation than residents, the United States displayed the highest firearm mortality rate in all developed countries.
In 2024, more than 16,000 people, not to mention suicides, were killed by firearm, according to the NGO Gun Violence Archive.
