2025 Fort Stewart shooting
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| 2025 Fort Stewart shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Fort Stewart, Georgia, U.S. |
| Date | August 6, 2025 c. 10:56 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | Handgun |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 5 |
| Motive | Under investigation |
| Accused | Quornelius Radford |
On August 6, 2025, a mass shooting at Fort Stewart, a U.S. Army base in Georgia, United States, wounded five soldiers.
Shooting
[edit]On August 6, 2025, gunfire was reported at Fort Stewart in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division area 10:56 a.m. EDT. The fort was locked down at 11:04 a.m. EDT. At 11:35 AM, police arrived at the scene. An alleged male shooter, also a soldier, was apprehended nearly forty minutes after law enforcement arrived to the scene after a fellow soldier tackled the shooter.[1] He has since been identified as Sergeant Quornelius Radford.[2]
Victims
[edit]At least five soldiers were injured, including some of the suspect's co-workers, with four being treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment. Three of the five soldiers required surgery, and two were relocated to Memorial Hospital in Savannah. All victims remain in stable condition and were expecting to recover.[3]
Suspect
[edit]The United States Army identified the perpetrator as 28-year-old Sergeant Quornelius Radford (born 1997), an automated logistics sergeant from Jacksonville, Florida.[4][5] The Army confirmed that Radford had been assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team since 2022, but had never been deployed to combat and was not known to have had any disciplinary issues. He was taken into military custody and was booked into the Liberty County Jail after his arrest.[6][7] He had been recently arrested for DUI two months beforehand, and was released from bond prior to the shooting. The citation for both his DUI charge as well as failure to obey traffic-control devices from the Georgia Department of Public Safety shows that he lived in Jacksonville at the time of his DUI arrest.[8]
Aftermath
[edit]The Federal Bureau of Investigation field office in Savannah, Georgia, offered its assistance.[9] Nearby schools in Liberty County were placed under lockdown.[10]
A neighbor who lived next to Raiford's house in the southwest part of Jacksonville spoke in an interview with independent station WJXT-TV, saying that Radford "seemed to be a regular guy", adding that it "doesn’t seem like something a neighborhood like this would have".[11]
Responses
[edit]Local
[edit]Georgia governor Brian Kemp stated that he and his immediate family were saddened by the shooting.[12]
National
[edit]The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that president Donald Trump had been briefed on the attack. A Department of Defense official also said that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had been briefed on the incident.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sundby, Alex (August 6, 2025). "Active shooter incident at Fort Stewart in Georgia triggers lockdown at Army base, officials say". CBS News. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Army sergeant in custody after 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart". CNN.
- ^ "Casualties reported in active shooter incident at Fort Stewart in Georgia, Army says". Reuters. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Soldier accused of shooting 5 soldiers at Fort Stewart is from Jacksonville, authorities say". WJAX-TV/WFOX-TV. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Fort Stewart: Shooter apprehended, 5 soldiers shot". WSAV-TV. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Army sergeant from Jacksonville shot 5 fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart before being tackled". WJXT-TV. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "JUST IN: Cops Name Alleged Gunman in Georgia Military Base Shooting". Mediaite. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Army sergeant accused in Fort Stewart mass shooting is from Jacksonville, police records show". WTLV-TV. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ Bouarrouj, Meriam; Li, David (August 6, 2025). "FBI agents offer their assistance to Army". NBC News. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ Aaro, David (August 6, 2025). "Casualties reported amid shooting at Fort Stewart in SE Georgia". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Army sergeant from Jacksonville shot 5 fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart before being tackled, arrested: officials". WJXT-TV. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ Li, David (August 6, 2025). "Gov. Brian Kemp 'saddened' by Fort Stewart shooting". NBC News. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ Sundby, Alex (August 6, 2025). "Fort Stewart shooting suspect identified as active-duty sergeant, official says; 5 soldiers wounded". CBS News. CBS. Retrieved August 6, 2025.