An active shooter incident at the U.S. Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia has left at least five soldiers shot, with base officials reporting that the suspected shooter has been taken into custody.
The base went on lockdown shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, with base officials reporting the shooting in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area. Authorities say the first reports of shots fired came in around 10:56 a.m., and the suspect was taken into custody at 11:35 a.m., but so far there’s been no information provided about the alleged attacker and their role, if any, on the base. The lockdown for most of the base was lifted a little after noon, once base officials determined there was no additional threat to service members and civilians on the base.
President Donald Trump has been briefed on the situation, according to the Department of Defense, while elected officials in Georgia have started to weigh in with their initial responses.
Gov. Brian Kemp said in a statement that “As we remain in close contact with law enforcement on the ground, Marty, the girls, and I are saddened by today’s tragedy at Ft. Stewart. We are keeping the victims, their families, and all those who answer the call to serve in our hearts and prayers, and we ask that Georgians everywhere do the same.”
U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said on X that he is “heartbroken to see the news of an active shooter incident at Fort Stewart today,” adding that he’s “monitoring the situation closely and join all of Georgia as we pray for the safety of our service members, staff, and their families.”
One of the first replies to both Kemp’s Facebook post and Warnock’s post on X came from gun control activists eager to demand more, yet unnamed restrictions on our right to keep and bear arms.
There’s good reason for their lack of specificity. Not only do we know next to nothing about the particulars of the attack, including who was involved, their motivation, and what kind of gun they used; military facilities are generally considered “gun-free zones” unless a service member’s job duties requires them to be armed. So what gun control law do they believe would have prevented this attack? I doubt even they know what exactly they’re calling for, except making it harder for responsible Americans to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.
All we really know at this point is what base officials said hortly before 12:30 p.m., when they announced that “five soldiers were shot today in an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area”, and additionally reported that the five “were treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment.”
I’ve seen one local paper in Georgia report that one of the soldiers was killed in the shooting, but I’ve also not seen that confirmed by any other media outlet at this point. We’ll continue to monitor for any new developments and add to this post as more information becomes available.
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