A service member of five soldiers was triggered in an active incident of shooters in Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday, according to an American official and the military base.
The shooting in the 2nd area of the combat team of the armored brigade was informed at 10:56 am the suspect, a male soldier, according to an American official, was arrested at 11:35 am, said Fort Stewart.
“There is no active threat to the community,” said the base.
Police at the place of a filming reported in Fort Stewart in Georgia on August 6, 2025.
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Police at the place of a filming reported in Fort Stewart in Georgia on August 6, 2025.
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No deaths were reported, said an American official. The conditions of the soldiers were not immediately clear, but two of the victims were transferred to the Health University Medical Center in Savannah, which is a level 1 trauma center, hospital officials said to ABC News.
Fort Stewart is about 40 miles southwest of Savannah.
The governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp said on social networks, “we keep the victims, their families and all who respond to the call to serve in our hearts and prayers.”
President Donald Trump has been informed about the shooting, according to the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.
A sign outside the main door of Fort Stewart, Georgia, August 6, 2025.
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The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not clear immediately.
Access to combat firearms in an American military personnel at the base is highly restricted, with weapons that are stored in an armory at the base. The use of firearms is limited only to when soldiers participate in field training, and weapons are returned to the armory at the end of that training.
Military personnel are allowed to have legally registered personal weapons, but there are restrictions on how they can be taken to a base.
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