Fort Stewart Shooting
Multiple Gunshot Wounds Reported in Frantic Dispatch Audio
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1:17 AM PT — The man suspected of opening fire at Fort Stewart has been identified as Quornelius Radford.
The shooting at Fort Stewart forced a quick response from authorities … with one dispatcher calling for help after a mass shooting on the dispatch audio.
In the audio, the dispatcher tells first responders multiple gunshot wounds have been reported at the Georgia military base — though the area had already been secured by the time of the call.
The dispatcher says there might be as many as five victims … though thankfully, she says other EMS trucks are already on the scene, tending to the wounded.
If you don’t know … Ft. Stewart was put locked down this morning in response to what the base commander called an “active shooter” situation.
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The FBI stepped up to help the base handle the situation … and, the alleged shooter was taken into custody. CNN reports the accused shooter is a 28-year-old sergeant in the United States Army.
The lockdown was lifted about an hour after it began … and, multiple politicians — from Georgia Governor Brian Kemp to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — passed along their well-wishes to those injured in the attack.
Two of the five people injured were rushed to the hospital for additional treatment.
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