Active shooter incident at Fort Stewart, GA leaves five soldiers injured but alive. Investigation ongoing.
What an awful morning, and what miraculous news out of what could have been a mass tragedy.
John and I caught this at almost the same time, and he’s got all the breaking early news on it.
Around 11 a.m. Eastern this morning, an active shooter warning went out across the massive Fort Stewart and Hunter Airfield complex about forty miles south of Savannah, Georgia.
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⚠️ACTIVE SHOOTER ON FORT STEWART, GEORGIA
MILITARY INSTALLATION
LOCKDOWN IN EFFECT
Initial dispatch for a Gunshot wound at Building 8420 – 2nd brigade – Initial report 7 SHOT, 4 CRITICAL
1 Shooter in Custody, 1 Barricaded in Building 703
According to Maj.… pic.twitter.com/5GmaOvs6nE— INTERCEPT⭕R ᴼˢᴵᴺᵀ/ ᴹᵃʳᵏᵉᵗˢ (@InterceptorNews) August 6, 2025
Five soldiers had been shot, and again, miraculously, none were killed. The suspect had been apprehended pretty handily, it seemed.
5 Soldiers shot in active shooter incident
VIA @USAGStewartHAAF
(FORT STEWART, Georgia) – Five Soldiers were shot today in an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area. All Soldiers were treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for… pic.twitter.com/X9cARy1rx8— U.S. Army (@USArmy) August 6, 2025
.All Soldiers were treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment. There is no active threat to the community.
Law enforcement was dispatched for a possible shooting in the 2nd ABCT complex at 10:56 a.m. The shooter was apprehended at 11:35 a.m.
The installation was locked down at 11:04 a.m. and Fort Stewart lifted the lockdown of the main cantonment area at 12:10 p.m. 2nd ABCT complex is still locked down.
Emergency medical personnel were dispatched to treat the wounded Soldiers at 11:09 a.m.
The incident remains under investigation and no additional information will be released until the investigation is complete.
Enough so that the base lifted to lockdown of the main base at 12:10.
???????????? BREAKING: FORT STEWART SHOOTER CAUGHT IN 39 MINUTES
Military police swarmed the base within minutes, locking down key areas as medics rushed in to treat the wounded.
5 soldiers were injured, but miraculously no lives were lost in the attack.
