Published Tuesday, April 6, 2021 10:51AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:32PM EDT 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. Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a petty officer third class assigned to Fort Detrick, began shooting with a rifle inside a Navy facility at the Riverside Tech Park, causing people inside to flee, Frederick Police and Fort Detrick officials said at a news conference. Authorities said they were still trying to determine the shooter s motive and whether he knew the victims, two Navy sailors assigned to Fort Detrick, both of whom were airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 12:09 pm ADT
Crime scene tape outside the apartment of Navy Petty Ofc. 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility before fleeing to a nearby Army base where security forces shot and killed him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
FREDERICK, Md. A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was assigned to a Naval medical research centre in Maryland for nearly two years, according to his service record.
Medic who shot 2 in Maryland was assigned to medical research center
Authorities say 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, and the two men he shot on Tuesday, were all assigned to Fort Detrick Army base in Frederick, Maryland. Author: Associated Press Updated: 2:10 PM EDT April 7, 2021
A Navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was a laboratory technician assigned to a Naval medical research center on the base, according to his service record and a military official.
Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, and the two men he shot Tuesday were all assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, authorities have said.
Authorities release photo of Navy medic gunman who shot 2 US sailors in Frederick
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FREDERICK, Md. - Authorities have released the photo of 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, the Navy medic investigators say shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility at a Frederick office park before fleeing to nearby Fort Detrick where he was shot and killed.
Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet (Frederick Police Department and partnering agencies)
The incident began Tuesday morning when officials say Woldesenbet used a rifle to open fire at a facility at the Riverside Tech Park on Progress Drive in Frederick. He then drove to Fort Detrick, making it about a half-mile into the military installation, before he was stopped by the base s police force. When Woldesenbet pulled out a weapon, he was shot and killed, officials say.
FREDERICK, MD. A U.S. navy medic who shot and wounded two U.S. sailors before he was killed by police on a nearby Army base was a laboratory technician assigned to a Naval medical research centre on the base, according to his service record and a military official. Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, and the two men he shot Tuesday were all assigned to Fort Detrick in Frederick, authorities have said. One of the wounded sailors was released from a Baltimore hospital on Tuesday afternoon, while the other was in critical condition, military officials said on the Navy s Twitter account.