UPDATED: April 8, 2016, 12:53 PM ET
At least two are dead in an apparent murder-suicide Friday morning at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the sheriff’s office said.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Twitter that two were dead and deputies were inside the building. Sheriff’s office spokesman James Keith told NBC News “it appears to be a murder-suicide,” with the gunman accounted for among the two reported dead.
While the names of the victims have not been released, the Air Force Times, citing internal Pentagon documents, reported an airman shot the commanding officer of the 331st K-9 Training Squadron. AP later reported that an anonymous senior U.S. official confirmed the airman shot his commanding officer.
The base remained on lockdown as of 10 a.m. local time. Local law enforcement and FBI officials were on the scene.
A graduation event for basic military training was scheduled for today at Lackland, according to the Air Force Times.
This is a developing story. We will continue to update as new details are available.
It’s a good thing everybody and their mother in Texas is strapped and this kind of thing could never happen.
Oh, wait.
To no-one’s surprise, another shooting happening at a gun-free location.
They should allow everyone including E3s to carry while on a military base. After all they are all well trained and drilled with gun safety.
Besides allowing our service men and women to defend themselves against terrorists and assorted crazies, there will be some other advantages
a) Hazing and harassment will drop to zero
b) Sergeants will become much more polite
c) Officers will realize that they are mere mortals and behave as such.
The Donald is biting the little cracker and sipping the wine, hoping and praying the shooter is named Mohammed Akbar.
Fixed.
Yes, because someone with a gun might have been standing right beside the perp when he pulled his weapon, fired, and then took his own life.
Sometimes a teacher excuses themselves from the classroom for a sudden bathroom need or having been called briefly out of class. I guess Mrs. Ketchum’s third grade students should be locked and loaded in the event they’re left to fend for themselves when a gunman bolts through the door and she’s not there to level her AK-15 at him and take him out.