Post date: Mar 22, 2013 10:40:22 AM
A Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia is briefly placed in lockdown after a shooting incident in which a man, identified as a Marine, shot two others before apparently killing himself.
QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 22, 2013) (NBC) - A U.S. Marine shot dead two fellow service members at a base atQuantico, Virginia, then barricaded himself in a building and apparently killed himself, prompting a brief lockdown of the base, the Marines said on Friday (March 22).
The shootings took place late on Thursday (March 21) in the vicinity of the Marine Corps Base at Quantico's Officer Candidate School, and all three people who died were identified as Marines, according to Marine Corps spokesman, SergeantChristopher Zahn."An isolated shooting incident has occurred at Officer Candidate School,Quantico," the base said on its Facebook page. "The suspect has been barricaded by law enforcement personnel."
The Facebook message told base residents to remain in their homes with their doors locked, until the lockdown was lifted before dawn on Friday. No other injuries were reported, and Zahn could give no details as to a motive for the shootings.
"The investigation is in the very early stages," he said.
The shootings came days after seven U.S. Marines were killed in a mortar explosion at an Army munitions depot in Nevada during a live-fire training exercise.
In Monday's incident (March 18), a lightweight mortar exploded prematurely in its firing tube, killing the Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, who had been undergoing mountain warfare training.