Monday, August 25, 2014

Lockdown on US base after fighter turns weapon on herself

Army Major General Stephen Lyons speaks during a news conference at the base in Fort Lee, Virginia 25 August 2014
Armed force Major General Stephen Lyons talks amid a news meeting at the base in Fort Lee, Virginia 25 August 2014 

An Army authority portrayed the fighter as "rankled" however did not determine shouldn't we think about 

A fighter blockaded herself inside an office on a Virginia Army base before shooting herself in the head, Army authorities have said. 

The anonymous officer was claimed dead at an adjacent healing facility on Monday. 

The US Army's Fort Lee build was placed in light of lockdown for a piece of the morning after a report of a "dynamic shooter". 

Maj Gen Stephen Lyons said the trooper was conversing with moderators before shooting a little weapon that was not her administration weapon. 

"This circumstance could've been more terrible," he told journalists amid a question and answer session prior on Monday, including nobody else was harmed. 

He depicted the officer as "irritated" yet did not say what in regards to. 

"We are tragic for our solider in arms that she confronted those sorts of difficulties that she thought she needed to turn to those sort of activities," said Maj Gen Lyons. 

The fighter held the rank of sergeant top notch, and was at one time sent to Iraq in 2007. Armed force authorities said they were withholding her character until relatives were told. 

Gen Lyons told columnists the fighter was distant from everyone else in a third-floor office while mediators identifies with her from outside a shut entryway. 

He added those conversing with her accepted they were making advancement when they heard a discharge. 

The all-agreeable on Fort Lee was sounded at 09:50 nearby time (13:50 GMT), about a hour after the build went with respect to lockdown. 

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In April, three officers were murdered and 16 injured when armed force Specialist Ivan Lopez opened blaze at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas before taking his own particular life. 

The same base was likewise the scene of a 2009 frenzy in which 13 warriors were executed and 32 injured by Maj Nidal Hasan. 

In September 2013, Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old previous US Navy reservist, executed 12 individuals at the Washington Navy Yard.

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