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Authorities in Tennessee have detained a US soldier for questioning over a shooting in a parking lot at the Fort Knox military base in Kentucky that left a civilian employee dead, the army has said. Authorities in Tennessee have detained a US soldier for questioning over a shooting in a car park at a military base in Kentucky that left a civilian employee dead, the army has said.
The shooting on Wednesday evening at Fort Knox, near Louisville, "appears to be a domestic issue and not a random act of violence", said Chris Grey, spokesperson for the US army criminal investigation command. The shooting on Wednesday evening at Fort Knox, near Louisville "appears to be a domestic issue and not a random act of violence", said Chris Grey, a spokesman for the US army criminal investigation command.
The army did not identify the soldier who was taken into custody or the man who was killed.The army did not identify the soldier who was taken into custody or the man who was killed.
Separately, a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Kentucky accused a man identified as Marquinta Jacobs of murder in the case.Separately, a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Kentucky accused a man identified as Marquinta Jacobs of murder in the case.
The shooting, which came less than two weeks after a US marine shot dead two colleagues at a Virginia base, forced a brief security lockdown at Fort Knox, which is home to more than 40,000 US military personnel, family members and civilian employees.The shooting, which came less than two weeks after a US marine shot dead two colleagues at a Virginia base, forced a brief security lockdown at Fort Knox, which is home to more than 40,000 US military personnel, family members and civilian employees.
The FBI special agent Mark Coleman said in an affidavit that Jacobs shot the victim several times with a .45-calibre handgun after an argument, then fled in a pickup truck.The FBI special agent Mark Coleman said in an affidavit that Jacobs shot the victim several times with a .45-calibre handgun after an argument, then fled in a pickup truck.
Jacobs left the truck at his house and rode off on a motorcycle, which was found on Thursday more than 100 miles away at his mother's house in Portland, Tennessee, Coleman said. Investigators recovered eight spent .45-calibre shell casings in the parking lot and several boxes of ammunition at Jacobs's house after his wife consented to a limited search, Coleman said in the affidavit. Jacobs left the truck at his house and rode off on a motorcycle, which was found on Thursday more than 100 miles away at his mother's house in Portland, Tennessee, Coleman said. Investigators recovered eight spent .45-calibre shell casings in the car park and several boxes of ammunition at Jacobs's house after his wife consented to a limited search, Coleman said in the affidavit.
At least some of the ammunition appeared to have the same calibre and manufacturer as the spent casings found at the scene of the shooting, the affidavit said. At least some of the ammunition appeared to be of the same calibre and manufacturer as the spent casings found at the scene of the shooting, the affidavit said.
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