By Russ Bynum and Mike Catalini
Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. 鈥� An Army sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart on Wednesday, shooting five soldiers and prompting a brief lockdown at one the country鈥檚 largest Army bases, officials said.
Few details were immediately available about what led to the gunfire, but the suspect is an Army sergeant, according to a U.S. official. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
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The injured soldiers are stable and recovering, said Brig Gen. John Lubas. The Army won鈥檛 release names pending notification of family members and they won鈥檛 speculate on motive, Lt. Col. Angel Tomko said at a news conference.
Officials identified the shooter as logistics Sgt. Quornelius Radford. A telephone number listed for Radford in public records rang unanswered on Wednesday.
The shooter opened fire at his workplace, officials said. Soldiers in the area who witnessed the shooting 鈥渋mmediately and without hesitation鈥� tackled the shooter, Lubas said.
This latest act of violence on a U.S. military installation 鈥� sites that are supposed to be among the most secure in the country 鈥� again raised concerns about safety and security within the armed forces鈥� own walls.
The Army said it鈥檚 investigating the shooting. There were still many unanswered questions, including the condition of the soldiers, the scope of their injuries, the name of the shooter as well as any possible motive.
The injured were treated and then moved to Winn Army Community Hospital, base officials said in a Facebook post, adding there鈥檚 no threat to the community.
Some of the wounded were also taken to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, said spokesperson Bryna Gordon. The hospital is the top-level trauma center for coastal Georgia. Gordon said she didn鈥檛 know how many people were being taken to the hospital or what their conditions are.
Law enforcement was sent to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team complex shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. The shooter was arrested at 11:35 a.m., officials said.
The lockdown lasted about an hour. After it was lifted, cars began to move through the normal security checkpoint at the fort鈥檚 main gate.
The Army鈥檚 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team was created in 2016 when the service added more than 200 vehicles to an infantry unit of roughly 4,200 soldiers. Also known as the 鈥淪partan Brigade,鈥� its 鈥渕ost modern land fighting force.鈥�
Located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Savannah, Fort Stewart is the largest Army post east of the Mississippi River. It鈥檚 home to thousands of soldiers assigned to the Army鈥檚 3rd Infantry Division and family members.
White House and Defense Department officials said President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth had been briefed on the shooting.
The FBI was at the fort to help investigate, said Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
Among the deadliest acts of violence on U.S. military bases was a 2009 attack. in a shooting that left more than 30 wounded at Fort Hood, a military installation in Texas.
, a defense contract worker and former Navy reservist killed 12 people at Washington Navy Yard. He was then killed in a gun battle with police.
, a soldier opened fire on his fellow service members at Fort Hood, killing three people and wounding more than a dozen others before the gunman killed himself.
, an aviation student opened fire in a classroom at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, killing three people and injuring another dozen people including two sheriff鈥檚 deputies. Just two people to death before killing himself at Pearl Harbor, the Naval station in Hawaii.
