(Reuters) - An active-duty Marine shot dead two fellow service members at a base at Quantico, Virginia, then barricaded himself in a building and killed himself, prompting a brief lockdown of the base, the Marines said on Friday.
The shootings took place late on Thursday near the Officer Candidate School at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, and all three people who died were identified as Marines, Marines spokesman Sergeant Christopher Zahn said.
Zahn, who is based at Quantico, could give no details as to a motive for the shootings.
"The investigation is in the very early stages," he said.
"An isolated shooting incident has occurred at Officer Candidate School, Quantico," the base separately said on its Facebook page. "The suspect has been barricaded by law enforcement personnel."
The Facebook message told base residents to remain in their homes with their doors locked, until the lockdown was lifted early on Friday.
The Marines did not name the service members who died, pending notification of their families. ABC News quoted a military official as saying the suspect had been identified as a staff member at the cadet school, as was one of the victims.
ABC also said that the second person killed was a female Marine found dead in the barracks, but gave no further details.
The shooting, which ABC News reported took place in a barracks near the school, came days after seven U.S. Marines were killed in a mortar explosion at an Army munitions depot in Nevada during a live-fire training exercise.
In that incident on Monday, a lightweight mortar exploded prematurely in its firing tube, killing the Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, who had been undergoing mountain warfare training, and wounding eight other service members.
It prompted the Marines to order a blanket suspension of the use of 60mm mortars pending a review.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Your thread is about 3 dead Marines, not gun control. How is this story different than a jealous man (not a Marine) who shoots his girlfriend and her lover, then himself? Is that a story about 'gun control'?
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Your thread is about 3 dead Marines, not gun control. How is this story different than a jealous man (not a Marine) who shoots his girlfriend and her lover, then himself? Is that a story about 'gun control'?
Marines are dangerous and should be banned from having weapons.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Marines are dangerous and should be banned from having weapons.
That's how.
Your posting lead me to believe you are more dangerous than a Marine, so you should be banned from owning/possessing any weapons!
You just C&P 6 more stories related to crimes by military under US GOV topic.... we know you hate military... we know you have a personal vendetta against military... we know what your focus is.....
You do these postings and ignore the same orrific issues that occur everyday to normal average indviduals all around the world, and likely in greater numbers than what you choose to post.....it's like you are saying the crimes committed by average citizens are inconsequental becuase they are not military people committing the crimes or on the receiving end.
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
A few on this board seem to celebrate the deaths of Marines. When I was a Marine I never celebrated the deaths of an American Civilian or anyone in the military. I guess the HATE overwhelms their compassion for their fellow man. Sad
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Your posting lead me to believe you are more dangerous than a Marine, so you should be banned from owning/possessing any weapons!
You just C&P 6 more stories related to crimes by military under US GOV topic.... we know you hate military... we know you have a personal vendetta against military... we know what your focus is.....
You do these postings and ignore the same orrific issues that occur everyday to normal average indviduals all around the world, and likely in greater numbers than what you choose to post.....it's like you are saying the crimes committed by average citizens are inconsequental becuase they are not military people committing the crimes or on the receiving end.
These acts are committed by paid government employees and former employees.
These acts are committed by paid government employees and former employees. These acts are preventable. I don't hate the military. I hate murder. You are the time bomb. You contain the same programming as these people.
What absuridty you spew....read your own posts and see who the time bomb really is...look in the mirror! TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK !!!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
A few on this board seem to celebrate the deaths of Marines. When I was a Marine I never celebrated the deaths of an American Civilian or anyone in the military. I guess the HATE overwhelms their compassion for their fellow man. Sad
The argument is that due to the high rate of murder and suicide committed by servicemen, they should be disallowed weapons ownership.
It's not a celebration.
It's forcing people to see the actions of military invasions of other countries and the lasting affects of those actions.
I seek to end these actions.
You idiots support war and invasions knowing full well that it will lead to suicides and murder.
Then you have the nerve to claim people are celebrating these killings.
Your thread is about 3 dead Marines, not gun control. How is this story different than a jealous man (not a Marine) who shoots his girlfriend and her lover, then himself? Is that a story about 'gun control'?
20 dead school children and suicides were the premise for most if not all of Box a Rox's gun control arguments. Why not add crimes of passion to the list of fallacious arguments.
You are in serious denial. Blaming the seekers of peace as time bombs. Accusing them of being a threat. That is classic government programmed mental illness.
The only denial is yours.
I pointed out about civilian atrocities and how your
personal vendetta denegrates the seriousness of those
actions as irrelevant.
You pick and choose and justify it in a morbid manner.
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
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