{"id":124156,"date":"2025-08-06T17:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124156\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:32:13","slug":"5-soldiers-shot-at-fort-stewart-in-georgia-officials-say-suspect-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124156\/","title":{"rendered":"5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia, officials say; suspect in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least five soldiers were shot in an active shooter incident Wednesday at Fort Stewart in Georgia, officials said. A suspect was in custody, officials posted to social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The wounded soldiers were treated on site and then taken to an Army hospital, officials said. No information was released about the conditions of the injured service members.<\/p>\n

“There is no active threat to the community,” officials said on social media.<\/p>\n

The incident happened in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area, officials said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement officers responded to initial reports of the shooting at 10:56 a.m. local time, officials said. The fort was locked down at 11:04 a.m., and the suspect was in custody at 11:35 a.m., officials said.<\/p>\n

\"Military<\/p>\n

Military police are positioned outside a gate to Fort Stewart in Georgia following an active shooter incident Aug. 6, 2025.<\/p>\n

WTOC-TV<\/p>\n

The shooting was under investigation, and officials said no additional information would be released until the investigation was completed.<\/p>\n

President Trump has been briefed on the shooting and the White House is monitoring the situation, press secretary Karoline Leavitt\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n

“Lockdown your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors,” officials said in an earlier\u00a0social media post<\/a>\u00a0before it was revealed that a suspect was in custody. “Keep telephone lines open and report accountability to your leadership.”<\/p>\n

The Georgia State Police told CBS News that the scene was still active and it was assisting with securing the perimeter. The FBI\u00a0said on social media<\/a>\u00a0that its office in Savannah was aware of the shooting and was coordinating with the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division.<\/p>\n

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a social media post<\/a> that he is in contact with responding law enforcement.<\/p>\n

“We are keeping the victims, their families, and all those who answer the call to serve in our hearts and prayers, and we ask that Georgians everywhere do the same,” Kemp wrote.<\/p>\n

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Jared Ochacher<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

Alex Sundby<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least five soldiers were shot in an active shooter incident Wednesday at Fort Stewart in Georgia, officials…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":124157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65570,4353,51,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-124156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-active-shooter","9":"tag-georgia","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114983019775329956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}