Active shooter reported at Lackland AFB in Texas
Source: RT
At least one person has been killed at the Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, Texas. The base is on lockdown, and the shooter is still active, according to Bexar County Sheriffs department.
Bexar County Sheriff said there were victims at the scene.
Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/338936-lockdown-shooting-base-lackland/
I hope it's not a ptsd suffering ex service member.
Bush/Cheney ruined our military and the lives of so many patriotic service members.
tom_kelly
(961 posts)sarge43
(28,942 posts)Several thousand green recruits who don't know their butts from a hole in the ground - where to go, what to do. At least they're not out on base pass.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)sarge43
(28,942 posts)The shooter may be not be Air Force. Lots of civilians on that base.
Eugene
(61,937 posts)Source: BBC
8 April 2016 US & Canada
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say.
Bexar County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time, a spokesman said.
The base is the home of the US Air Force's basic training programme.
The Sheriff's office said they believe it is a murder-suicide but are searching a building on the base to confirm.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36000383
AxionExcel
(755 posts)Eugene
(61,937 posts)Source: Reuters
Two airmen shot dead in 'workplace violence' at Texas air base
SAN ANTONIO | BY JIM FORSYTH
Two airmen were killed in a "a workplace violence incident" on Friday at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, military officials said, with media outlets reporting that an airman shot his commanding officer and then himself.
Two weapons identified as Glocks were found at the scene, Brigadier General Robert LaBrutta, Commander, Joint Base San Antonio, told a news conference. LaBrutta said the two men were the only casualties and he declined to provide further details such as a possible motive.
"This was a workplace violence incident and not the result of a terrorist attack," the U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio said in a statement.
The Air Force Times, citing internal Pentagon communications, reported the commanding officer of a training squadron at the base was shot by an airman who then apparently killed himself in a classroom building.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooter-idUSKCN0X51OW
Abouttime
(675 posts)The shooter was an Iraq war veteran suffering from PTSD.
More blood on the hands of Cheney and babybush.These assholes have been out of office for 8 years and we are still suffering the horrors of their misadministration.