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Shooting at US navy base in Pensacola, Florida leaves suspect and two victims dead, 11 injured | |
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A shooter at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola (US Navy base in Florida) is dead, the Escambia County Sheriff's office said. The Navy later confirmed another two people were killed. | |
The reports of "active shooter" at the facility appeared around 7 a.m. Friday morning. The Sheriff Office told later that authorities immediately engaged with the suspect and shot him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. | |
The Navy later confirmed that two other people were killed in the shooting. At least 11 people were injured, including responders. | |
The identity of the suspect as well as those killed have not been revealed. | |
The Naval Air Station in Pensacola is a major training site for the Navy, and employs around 16,000 uniformed and 7,400 civilian personnel. Known as the ‘Cradle of Naval Aviation,” it is also home to the ‘Blue Angels’ aerobatic squadron. It also hosts the largest aviation museum in the country. | |
The incident comes just two days after a US sailor opened fire at at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii, killing two civilian employees and himself. | The incident comes just two days after a US sailor opened fire at at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii, killing two civilian employees and himself. |
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