Police: Active-duty Navy official responsible for shooting in Frederick, Maryland
Suspect shot, killed by Army officials
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Posted at 8:46 AM, Apr 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-06 15:20:53-04
FREDERICK, Md. â An active-duty member of the Navy shot two fellow service members Tuesday morning at an off-base military unit before he was shot and killed by Army personnel when he evaded a security checkpoint at nearby Fort Detrick.
The two victims were airlifted to nearby hospitals and were initially listed in critical conditions. As of Tuesday afternoon, one of those victims is still in critical condition â the other is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
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UPDATED: Active-Duty Sailor Killed After Shooting 2 Adults in Frederick, Md., Navy Confirms
April 6, 2021 3:32 PM
Fort Detrick officials opened the new Nallin Farm Gate to the workforce and public on April 10, 2015. US Army photo.
An active-duty sailor shot two adults today in Frederick, Md., before driving to a nearby Army installation and being killed by base personnel, Navy and local police officials said.
Police and military officials said Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet shot two Navy personnel at 8:20 a.m. inside a building in the Riverside Technology Park, though they did not comment during the afternoon news conference on any motive or speculate whether Woldesenbet knew the victims personally.
2 in Critical Condition After Navy Hospital Corpsman Opens Fire Near Fort Detrick
An official stands near a taped-off area near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
6 Apr 2021
A 38-year-old Navy hospital corpsman was killed by personnel at a Maryland military base Tuesday morning after he shot and wounded two people at a nearby business park.
Police responded to reports of an active shooter at about 8:20 a.m. in Frederick, which is 50 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Two men had been shot and were transported by helicopter to a Baltimore trauma center, where they remain in critical condition, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said.
2 injured in Maryland shooting, suspect later shot and killed at nearby Army base
Victims in critical condition
Posted at 7:46 AM, Apr 06, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-06 11:39:43-04
FREDERICK, Md. â The Frederick Police Department confirmed Tuesday that two people were critically injured in a shooting incident at a local business, and the suspect was later shot and killed at a nearby Army base.
In a press conference Tuesday, officials with the Frederick Police Department confirmed that two adult male victims were injured in a shooting at the Riverside Technology Park in Frederick. The suspect then made his way to Fort Detrick, where he was shot and killed by personnel at the base.
Officials ID Navy Corpsman Who Shot 2 Sailors Before Being Killed by Police
Members of the Frederick Police Department Special Response Team prepare to enter Fort Detrick following a shooting in the Riverside Tech Park,April 6, 2021, in northeast Frederick, Md.. (Graham Cullen/The Frederick News-Post via AP)
6 Apr 2021
A Fort Detrick police quick reaction force shot dead a Navy corpsman Tuesday morning when he brandished a weapon after penetrating security at the Maryland Army base.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, shot two Navy sailors with a rifle shortly after 8 a.m. at Riverside Technology Park in Frederick, Maryland, which is 50 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando told reporters at a press conference.