# Shooter at Fort Stewart army base **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 6, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781 "2025-08-06T18:06:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/1 "2025-08-06T18:06:55Z")
NBC has live updates. Thankfully they caught the guy. But there’s questions of how he got on a secure military base with a gun. Hope the wounded soldiers recover. It’s encouraging they made it to the hospital. > **[Live updates: 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia, shooter in custody](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-fort-stewart-georgia-lockdown-active-shooter-situation-ca-rcna223415)** > > Gunfire erupted at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday morning, prompting the base commander to lock down facilities in the wake of this “active shooter” incident. - Fort Stewart said in a statement that five soldiers were shot. They were treated on scene and transported to a hospital for further treatment. - The shooter was apprehended and there is no longer an active threat to the community, Fort Stewart said. Most of the lockdown was lifted later in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/2 "2025-08-06T18:23:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > But there’s questions of how he got on a secure military base with a gun. The obvious possibility would be that he was himself one of the soldiers on the base. Has that been ruled out yet? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/3 "2025-08-06T18:24:17Z")
That’s what I thought. Gotta be someone with legitimate base access, such as a soldier. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/4 "2025-08-06T18:28:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > But there’s questions of how he got on a secure military base with a gun. It’s not like they search every inch of every vehicle, every box, every bag, and every person that comes on base. I mean, people can get weapons onto airplanes and into prisons, which DO scrutinize all those places. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/5 "2025-08-06T18:51:53Z")
This was in the NBC live feed. It probably was a troubled soldier. Tags aren’t working. [quote] Five soldiers were shot “in an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area,” the base said. All of the soldiers “were treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment” and there is “no active threat to the community,” according to a base statement. The shooter was taken into custody at 11:35 a.m. EDT. [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/6 "2025-08-06T19:50:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s not like they search every inch of every vehicle, every box, every bag, and every person that comes on base. This. Bases are full of normal people. They work at the commissary, the Arby’s, they clean people’s homes, they’re maintenance workers, they’re visitors, or even tourists. My wife and I drove onto Schofield Barracks in Hawaii by checking in with the gate guard and showing him 2 very normal Indiana drivers licenses. My father in law took me onto Ft. Jackson by showing his VA card (I don’t remember showing anything, but if I did, it was just license). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/7 "2025-08-06T20:12:56Z")
Details have been released. > **[Soldier accused of shooting 5 soldiers at Fort Stewart is from Jacksonville,...](https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/soldier-accused-shooting-5-soldiers-fort-stewart-is-jacksonville-authorities-say/4IGNHS67NRDXZBZBECKRPXSHPI/)** > > The man suspected in a shooting at a Georgia Army base is from Jacksonville, authorities confirmed to Action News Jax on Wednesday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/8 "2025-08-06T20:15:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The obvious possibility would be that he was himself one of the soldiers on the base. Has that been ruled out yet? That’s what I immediately thought as well but in this case it’s recently been reported that it was a civilian with a personal handgun. He was pretty quickly tackled by a few soldiers. A rare case of one of these assholes being taken alive. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/9 "2025-08-06T21:19:12Z")
Now it’s reported to be an Army sergeant but with a personal weapon ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooter-at-fort-stewart-army-base/1021781/10 "2025-08-06T21:52:21Z")
They don’t search anything. You show your ID and drive on. (there are random searches on occasion but you’re also allowed to bring weapons on base so, “Yes that’s my weapon, I’m on my way to check it into the armory” is fine).