Autonomous Nonprofit Organization TV-Novosti, 20052023. It's very tragic. Police did not say how the suspect and victims were linked or whether the motive was personal. Credit: Frederick Police, A shot of the Frederick shooting scene from DC area chopper. When Frederick officers arrived at Fort Detrick, lifesaving measures were underway, but they were unsuccessful. Two active U.S. Navy sailors, 26-year-old Casey Nutt and Carlos Portugal, 36, were wounded. A U.S. Navy medic, who authorities say shot and wounded two people at a Frederick, Maryland business park, was shot and killed at Ft. Detrick Tuesday morning during an incident that left the military installation and schools in the area on lockdown for several hours. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. View our online Press Pack. FREDERICK, Md. FREDERICK, MD - On July 29, 2020, at approximately 8:23 a.m., patrol officers of the Frederick Police Department were on foot in the wooded area between 66 Waverley Drive and 90 Waverley Drive conducting a patrol check. One is in critical condition and the other is expected to be released from the hospital Wednesday. Governor Larry Hogan tweeted, I want to thank the federal, state, and local law enforcement officials for responding swiftly to the incident this morning in Frederick. The suspected gunman, 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, was later shot and killed at the U.S. Army base Fort Detrick. Local police in Frederick, Maryland, separately said they had responded to an "active shooter" at a commercial business address in that city about 4 miles away from Fort Detrick. 5 By Stephen Smith, Justin Bey, Zoe Christen Jones, Updated on: April 6, 2021 / 7:22 PM According to the website Military Installations, there are about 1,300 active-duty military and 8,500 civilians and contractors at Fort Detrick or the Forest Glen campus in Silver Spring, Maryland . Later, the Navy tweeted that the "active shooter incident" involved US Navy Sailors. "We were told to stay in our units.". "All I can tell you is that we have confirmed there is only one shooter. Some Associated Press reporting was used in this post. U.S. Navy Hospitalman Casey Nutt, 26, of Germantown was released from the trauma center Tuesday night. 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Police respond to active shooter in Frederick | PHOTOS. Frederick Mayor Michael O'Connor issued a statement. Multiple emergency services were immediately deployed to the location to tackle the ensuing blaze. The 38-year-old was assigned to Fort Detrick and lived in Frederick. Lando also confirmed that after the shooting the suspect drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick and was killed when he broke into the Fort Detrick base. He remains at the trauma center in critical condition. The agencies are also providing resources and support for the subjects family during this time. Woldesenbet was stopped at a gate, but before he was able to be searched, Army officials said he sped through about a half-mile into the base. Landosaid authorities received a call about 8:20 a.m. reporting an "active shooter" situation at Riverside Tech Park. The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene. We are keeping the victims in our prayers and Maryland State Police will continue to assist in the investigation.". Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. All I can tell you is that we have confirmed there is only one shooter," Lando said. Two people were shot and wounded in the shooting. - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. Please know you and your loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers., Brig. The U.S. Navy can confirm there was an active shooter incident at Fort Detrick, MD involving U.S. Navy Sailors. At least two victims have been located and the shooter is said to be down. At a news conference on Tuesday, police identified the suspect as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet. That's when he was shot and ultimately died around 8:45 a.m. Authorities asked that people avoid the area of Progress Drive and Opposumtown Pike as the investigation continued into the motive for the shooting. People fled the area, he said. The scene of the shooting in Frederick, Maryland, on April 6, 2021. The U.S. Navy confirmed on Twitter earlier Tuesday that the suspect wasa Navy Hospital Corpsman. The second victim was later released. The shooting occurred Tuesday morning inside a military overflow area at Riverside Tech Park, in the 8400 block of Progress Drive, Talley said at a news conference. Police respond to the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021 . The shooter, a Navy Hospital Corpsman, is deceased. or redistributed. There is no threat on FCC campus, the school said in a tweet. The 38-year-old "brandished a rifle" and police were currently investigating a motive behind the incident. He made it about a half-mile as police pursued him. "Police officers were surrounding the building," she said. "Please continue with lockdown protocol. View the first news conference from Tuesday morning on the shooting below: Fort Detrick is a U.S. Army Medical Command installation with about 10,000 military, federal, and contractor employees assigned there. Frederick Mayor Michael OConnor said the base is a huge economic driver in the region, drawing scientists, military personnel and their families to the community. Lando also confirmed that after the shooting the suspect drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick and was killed when he broke into the Fort Detrick base. And today it did.". Posted April 6, 2021. The public is no longer at risk. An active shooter was killed on Tuesday at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The suspect then drove to the base in a personally-owned vehicle. After the shooting, he said, the suspect drove about 10 minutes to Fort Detrick, where he was killed by military personnel. Legal Statement. Frederick Police said identified the shooter Tuesday as 38-year-old Fantahoon Germa Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsman who lived in the Maryland city. The calls described two individuals in a confrontation th. A male shooter is dead after a chaotic Tuesday morning in Frederick, Maryland, leaving one of two victims in critical condition. Two people were shot and wounded in the shooting. Several Frederick County Public Schools were briefly placed on lockout status, the district said in a tweet. Every time we turn on the TV were seeing something like this happening. A short time later, the sheriff's office reported a suspect, later identified as 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, was "down" around 9:15 a.m. at Fort Detrick near the Nallin Farm Gate of the base. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. FORT DETRICK, MarylandFort Detrick Police have neutralized an active shooter situation involving an armed gunman and medical . "The subject was stopped at the gate before he was able to be searched. Lando said authorities received a call about 8:20 a.m. reporting an "active shooter" situation at Riverside Tech Park. We offer you the possibility to receive RT's news highlights every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by email. UPDATED: Active-Duty Sailor Killed After Shooting 2 Adults in Frederick, Md., Navy Confirms By: Megan Eckstein April 6, 2021 11:20 AM Updated: April 6, 2021 8:10 PM . We are on scene responding to an active shooter in the 8400 block of Progress Drive. Fort Detrick is home to the militarys flagship biological defense laboratory and several federal civilian biodefense labs. The Frederick, Maryland, police on Tuesday afternoon identified the Navy corpsman who shot two people at a tech park Tuesday morning before being shot and killed at nearby Fort Detrick.. The suspected. The shooting took place on a commercial block of Frederick, a city around 50 miles (80km) north of Washington, DC and home to Fort Detrick, a military facility that was once the center of the US' biological warfare program, and now researches deadly pathogens like Ebola and smallpox. All students and staff are safe. Woldesenbet purportedly used a rifle in the shooting at a Navy-related facility in the office park, Lando said. Every time we turn on the TV we're seeing something like this happen, and now it's happening in our backyard," Lando told reporters. 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Lando called the shootings "very tragic. A huge explosion occurred in Frederick County, Maryland, after a petrol tanker crashed close to a residential area. Police officers responded around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to reports of an active shooter in the. FREDERICK, Md. All rights reserved. Your news.Sign up for the Capitol Breach email newsletter, delivering the latest breaking news and a roundup of the investigation into the Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021. An active shooter was shot and killed by personnel at Maryland's Fort Detrick military base Tuesday morning, police said. There is no imminent threat on FCC campus but we are continuing to monitor the situation," FCC tweeted. They were shot Tuesday morning in Frederick's Riverside Tech Park area, allegedly by 38-year-old Navy hospital corpsman Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, authorities said. According to the police, the shooting suspect was killed when he fled towards the base. Currently there are two victims and one suspect is down.