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Fort Stewart in Georgia goes on lockdown after reports of an ‘active shooter’

Allan

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Hopefully the shooter is apprehended or neutralized soon if not already.


Fort Stewart in Georgia goes on lockdown after reports of an ‘active shooter’

Casualties have been reported at the army base but the exact number has not yet been confirmed by officials
www.independent.co.uk
 
CNN is reporting that the threat is over.
 
Damn. My daughter was stationed at Fort Hood when that officer decided to kill a bunch of troops. We had several anxious hours waiting to hear from her.
 
RF667799 said:
Damn. My daughter was stationed at Fort Hood when that officer decided to kill a bunch of troops. We had several anxious hours waiting to hear from her.
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Family members go through a terrible time in between initial reports and confirmation.

I'm sure many at the base have reassured family but many loved ones are still anxiously waiting.
 
Pound4abrown said:
Today is day 218 of 2025. There have been 274 mass shootings (also as of today).
There, you are no longer daft (but you can still play one on DP.)
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So it was just some trivia you felt compelled to relate.

It's a big country with a very large population. Depending on how you define "mass shootings", you might be able to conclude there are two a day, if you try harder.
 
Early reports of two shooters are usually inaccurate. Multiple shooters targeting unarmed people is pretty uncommon. Most will probably think back to Columbine or DC Snipers.
 
RF667799 said:
So it was just some trivia you felt compelled to relate.

It's a big country with a very large population. Depending on how you define "mass shootings", you might be able to conclude there are two a day, if you try harder.
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Ok, so you went with continuing to be daft.
Great.
If you don't know about how many people are killed on the daily, that is a you problem.
 
What I'm seeing now indicates 5 injuries and one shooter. Still not really clear if there were any fatalities or what the status of the shooter is other than "detained".
 
ASHES said:
Early reports of two shooters are usually inaccurate. Multiple shooters targeting unarmed people is pretty uncommon. Most will probably think back to Columbine or DC Snipers.
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The current reporting seems to indicate one shooter.
 
Pound4abrown said:
Ok, so you went with continuing to be daft.
Great.
If you don't know about how many people are killed on the daily, that is a you problem.
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I know it's a relatively small number. You see, that's how it works. You have to consider the size of the population. In 2024, about .005% of the population died from homicides. And that's a decline from the previous year, and the rate is expected to continue to decline this year.

So you can see that homicides are rare, and getting more rare.
 
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