2 sailors were injured in a shooting near Maryland s Fort Detrick. Here s what we know
Updated 10:41 PM ET, Wed April 7, 2021
Police respond to the shooting in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning. (CNN)Of the two sailors injured in a shooting Tuesday near a military installation in Frederick, Maryland, one remains in the hospital and one has been released, authorities said.
US Navy Hospitalman Casey Nutt, 26, was released from a trauma center on Tuesday night, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carlos Portugal, 36, remains at the trauma center in critical condition, according to a press release Wednesday from local and federal authorities.
Both victims were taken from the scene by helicopter, police said.
2 sailors were injured in a shooting near Maryland’s Fort Detrick. Here’s what we know
Of the two sailors injured in a shooting Tuesday near a military installation in Frederick, Maryland, one remains in the hospital and one has been released, authorities said.
US Navy Hospitalman Casey Nutt, 26, was released from a trauma center on Tuesday night, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carlos Portugal, 36, remains at the trauma center in critical condition, according to a press release Wednesday from local and federal authorities.
Both victims were taken from the scene by helicopter, police said.
The Navy identified the gunman as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsman who was fatally shot by police. Fort Detrick officials told CNN he was posted at that installation.
Navy Hospital Corpsman, 38, Shoots Two Sailors at Maryland Business Park
Valerie Edwards, Daily Mail, April 6, 2021
A Navy hospital corpsman shot two sailors at a business park in Maryland before breaching a gate at the nearby Fort Detrick Army base where he was killed by military personnel, authorities said.
Married, father-of-two Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, who had a rank of E-4, or petty officer third class, entered a business at the Riverside Tech Park, which is connected to the Fort Detrick base, causing people inside to flee, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said.
Fantahun Woldesenbet
After the shooting, the medic drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick, where he was shot by base personnel, Lando said at a news conference.