a military official says g romero, a 22-year-old active duty seaman, used his m-4 service rifle to shoot three civilian workers in the shipyard, then killed himself with his m-9 service pistol. witnesses say he was dressed in uniform. two victims were killed, the third, a 36-year-old man, is in stable condition, recovering in the hospital. we have no indication yet whether they were targeted or if it was a random shooting. reporter: the rampage put the base on lockdown wednesday afternoon. emergency personnel responding within minutes. and i heard a bunch of shots going off in the area and we were told by my chief to hunker down. reporter: romero had been assigned to the uss columbia, a submarine curreny undergoing maintenance at pearl harbor s dry dock. the tragedy shocking the base, just as it prepares to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. generations of locals have worked in that shipyard. certainly a tragedy for everyone here. let s get to
enforcement and we have a great relationship with them and we ll work together on this investigation as we go through this. we re just getting this information. lydia, we heard the tentative information that we had here as the shooter was identified and i think that you said it as well. as an active duty u.s. sailor assigned to uss columbia at the base, did this person display behavior before? i don t have any information on that right now but i know that the investigation will look at every possible piece involved in this. we re also paying attention to other people that were witnesses like you referenced earlier. we have counselors and chaplains available. we want to provide the support to people they need in the aftermath of something like this. do you know when you ll have the next update? i don t but we ll post information on our facebook paej
assigned to uss columbia which is a sub marine and that s all we have. we re not going to provide identities of individuals involved until they have been notified and the investigation continues. okay. so again we have lydia robertson on the phone and this information is just coming in to cnn, two civilians dead after a shooting at point based pearl harbor-hickam and if you can stand by, i want to listen to this and then i ll get you on the other side. let s listen. i heard like loud pops and i kind of recognized that and gunshots and i looked out the window and saw three people on the ground and i looked out in time to see the shooter who i assume was a sailor because he was in uniform.