6 Unarmed Soldiers Praised For Tackling And Subduing Fort Stewart Shooter

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An unarmed worker tackled nan gunman who opened occurrence astatine Fort Stewart earlier 5 others leaped into action to subdue nan shooter and render life-saving aesculapian attraction to victims, officials said Thursday.

The decisive action by those six soldiers quickly brought Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford, nan suspected shooter, nether power and helped get victims to nan hospital successful clip to prevention their lives, officials said.

"One of nan soldiers tackled nan person," Secretary of nan Army Dan Driscoll told reporters.

"So conscionable deliberation astir this: They were unarmed and ran astatine and tackled an equipped personification who they cognize knew was actively shooting their buddies, their colleagues, their chap soldiers. Another worker jumped connected apical of nan personification to subdue them until national rule enforcement was capable to arrive."

All of nan victims survived their wounds and are expected to recover.

Three of nan victims were released from hospitals connected Wednesday while 2 more, some women, were still being treated connected Thursday, officials said.

One of those still-hospitalized soldiers was "doing very well, successful precocious spirits" astatine Winn Army Community Hospital and could spell location this weekend, said Brig. Gen. John Lubas, commandant of nan 3rd Infantry Division.

The different shooting unfortunate astatine Savannah Memorial Community Hospital has "a small spot longer road," but doctors are assured she'll make a complete recovery, according to Lubas.

Sgt. Radford, 28, remained successful custody connected Thursday. He joined nan Army successful January of 2018, is listed arsenic an automated logistical specialist, assigned to nan 2nd Brigade Combat Team astatine Fort Stewart, records showed.

The service guidelines is astir 40 miles southwest of Savannah.

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