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Petty officer shoots 2 sailors; is stopped, killed on base
The gunman drove through a gate at an entrance to Fort Detrick Army base before base personnel confronted him on a road.
By MATTHEW BARAKATAssociated Press
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A sheriff's deputy from Frederick County, Md., puts paper bags with evidence into a police vehicle near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
FREDERICK, Md. — A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and Navy officials said.