A shooter whose identity was not released murders 3 people and injures 8 • He was killed in gunfire with sheriff's deputies
US Naval Base at Pensacola // Photo: Reuters
Another shooting incident in the US: Three people were killed in gunfire at a base in Pensacola, Florida's largest U.S. Navy base. County sheriff's deputies shot a killer to death. This is the second deadly shooting incident this week at a U.S. military base.
An Escambia County Sheriff's Office received an alert at noon today about an armed man shooting at every base in Pensacola. The sheriff's deputies, who arrived within minutes, got into a shootout with the gunman who was eventually shot dead. Sheriff David Morgan declined to comment on the identity of the shooter who was eliminated.
At a news conference this evening, Sheriff Morgan said: "When I walked into the crime scene, I felt like on a film set." He said his two deputies confronted the shooter were injured: one was shot in the arm and the other in the knee, but both are set in a light state. Eight other people were injured in the incident and were evacuated to Baptist Hospital. A White House spokesman said U.S. President Donald Trump was briefed and that he was monitoring the situation.
On Wednesday, a U.S. Navy soldier shot three civilians at the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii, killing two of them before committing suicide.
The Naval base at Pensacola, which is near the Florida border with Alabama, is a major U.S. Navy training site, as well as the parent base of the Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the "Blue Angels." The base serves more than 16,000 military personnel and 7,400 civilians.
