Five soldiers shot at US Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia, base reports

Fort Stewart successful Georgia locked down arsenic progressive shooter reported, with casualties confirmed; concern remains ongoing.

Five soldiers person been changeable astatine the Army’s Fort Stewart successful Georgia, the basal said successful a societal media post.

Parts of Fort Stewart successful southeast Georgia connected Wednesday were locked down aft an progressive shooter was reported connected the sprawling Army post, a spokesperson said.

A station connected Fort Stewart’s Facebook leafage told each unit successful the locked-down country to “stay inside, adjacent and fastener each windows and doors.”

Located astir 40 miles (64km) southwest of Savannah, Fort Stewart is the largest Army station eastbound of the Mississippi River. It’s location to thousands of soldiers assigned to the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and household members.

“Due to the lockdown status, each gates connected Fort Stewart are presently closed,” the fort said connected societal media.

The shooter was successful the country of the 2nd Armoured Brigade Combat Team, the fort said online.

The fort’s 3 simple schools are besides connected lockdown, Community Superintendent Brian Perry told WTOC-TV. The schools person astir 1,400 students, according to the Department of Defense.

Three schools conscionable extracurricular the basal are taking steps akin to a lockdown “out of an abundance of caution,” the Liberty County School System said online.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is successful interaction with responding instrumentality enforcement, helium said successful a statement. US Rep. Buddy Carter, whose territory includes Fort Stewart, said successful an online station that he’s monitoring the shooting.

More to come.

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