{"id":125469,"date":"2025-08-07T05:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125469\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:01:14","slug":"soldier-from-jacksonville-accused-of-shooting-5-at-fort-stewart-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125469\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier from Jacksonville accused of shooting 5 at Fort Stewart \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">HINESVILLE, Ga. \u2014 The man suspected in a shooting at a Georgia Army base is from Jacksonville, authorities confirmed to Action News Jax on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Fort Stewart was under lockdown on Wednesday after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/trending\/fort-stewart-under-lockdown-report-active-shooter\/SLPZKP5JN5BFVLVLC7O7PRCZ6A\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/trending\/fort-stewart-under-lockdown-report-active-shooter\/SLPZKP5JN5BFVLVLC7O7PRCZ6A\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>an active shooter incident<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Five soldiers were shot and injured, and the alleged shooter, identified as 28-year-old Sgt. Quornelius Radford, is in custody, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">All of the victims are in stable condition\u00a0and are expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Radford is assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The shooting happened in his place of work and involved his co-workers, military leaders said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The gun he used is not a military weapon and it is believed to be a personal weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Soldiers in the area that witnessed Radford shooting tackled him and subdued him without hesitation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Fort Stewart personnel is working to find out how Radford got his handgun in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">A booking photo of Radford has been obtained, which Army officials confirmed was from a previous DUI arrest that was never reported to his chain of command.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Here is a timeline of events, as provided by officials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Police were dispatched at 10:56 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Base said lockdown was initiated at 11:04 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Emergency medical personnel were dispatched to treat the wounded soldiers at 11:09 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>News of the lockdown in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area was posted to social media by the base at 11:13 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>People on base were instructed to \u201cstay inside, close and lock all windows and doors. Keep telephone lines open and report accountability to your leadership.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Five soldiers were shot.<\/li>\n<li>Suspect arrested at 11:35 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>All soldiers were treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment. <\/li>\n<li>There is no active threat to the community.<\/li>\n<li>According to the base update at 12:34 p.m., \u201cThe incident remains under investigation and no additional information will be released until the investigation is complete.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">To watch the complete news briefing from officials, play the video below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a><b> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HINESVILLE, Ga. \u2014 The man suspected in a shooting at a Georgia Army base is from Jacksonville, authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[77149,77153,12189,15619,5229,20179,77151,77148,3188,723,77147,4353,11561,7310,3005,77146,77156,77152,77154,425,77150,77155,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-125469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-2nd_armored_brigade","9":"tag-3rd_infantry_division","10":"tag-action_news","11":"tag-action_news_jack","12":"tag-america","13":"tag-army","14":"tag-brigadier_general","15":"tag-cornelius_radford","16":"tag-fl","17":"tag-florida","18":"tag-fort_stewart","19":"tag-georgia","20":"tag-jack","21":"tag-jacksonville","22":"tag-jake","23":"tag-jake_snowan","24":"tag-jake_stan","25":"tag-john_lubas","26":"tag-liberty_county","27":"tag-local","28":"tag-radford","29":"tag-school_district","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-united-states-of-america","32":"tag-unitedstates","33":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","34":"tag-us","35":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114985729601765360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125469","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=125469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}