After wounding two men at a business park, a Navy medic fled to a nearby military base where he was shot and killed.
Police stand around an area cordoned off by police tape on Progress Court, near the scene of a shooting at a business park, in Frederick, Md., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
FREDERICK, Md. (CN) Two men are in critical condition Tuesday morning after being shot by a 38-year-old Navy medic at Riverside Technology Park in Maryland.
While the medic has not been identified, U.S. Navy officials say he drove from the Riverside Technology Park to the military base Fort Detrick, about 10 minutes away, where he was shot and killed. Fort Detrick as well as Frederick-area schools and colleges had been placed on lockdown after the police were alerted to the shooting shortly after 8 a.m. According to ABC news, base officials have confirmed that the shooter was stationed at Fort Detrick.
2 Injured In Active Shooter Incident Near Fort Detrick In Frederick, Navy Says U.S. Sailors Involved
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Funny how all these shootings are starting up again full force 2 months after Biden is in office
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A gunman is dead and two people are in critical condition after a shooting in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning.
The shooting was reported at about 8:30 a.m. in the Riverside Tech Park, on Progress Drive not far from Monocacy Boulevard.
In this photo provided by WJLA, police respond to the scene of a shooting in Frederick, Md., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. WJLA via AP
FREDERICK, Md. â An Army official says the two people shot in Frederick, Maryland were both sailors in the U.S. Navy assigned to Fort Detrick.
Brigadier General Michael J. Talley released the information at a news conference and police identified the suspect as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, 38, a Petty Officer Third Class assigned to Fort Detrick who lived off-base in Frederick.
Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said Woldesenbet used a rifle in the shooting at a Navy-related facility in the office park.
Posted By: Hewson Beattie April 6, 2021 @ 12:20 pm Local News, News
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) Authorities say a Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park before fleeing to the Fort Detrick Army base, where he was shot and killed.
Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said at a news conference that the man entered a business at the Riverside Tech Park on Tuesday, causing people inside to flee, but it was unclear if the shooting took place inside or outside.
Lando said that after the shooting, the man drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick, where he was shot by base personnel.
By: Associated Press
FREDERICK, Maryland -
A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army post where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy officials said.
The man entered a business at the Riverside Tech Park, causing people inside to flee, but it was unclear if the shooting took place inside or outside, Frederick Police Chief Jason Lando said.
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. The U.S. Navy released an initial statement saying there was an “active shooter incident” at Fort Detrick “involving U.S. sailors” and that the shooter, a Navy medic assigned to the base, was killed.