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Bosonic

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Mon Jun 10, 2013, 05:10 PM Jun 2013

Officer: Suspect arrested in Texas base shooting

Source: AP

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police have arrested a gunman in a shooting at Fort Sam Houston.

A San Antonio police officer says police arrested a gunman Monday afternoon and turned him over the military authorities. The officer was speaking anonymously because the person was not authorized to speak to the media.

Kathy Salazar, a staff member in the base public affairs office, said the Fort Sam Houston was on lock down. She could not immediately offer additional details.

A San Antonio television station showed one person taken away in an ambulance, but it was not immediately clear who was injured or how.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fort-sam-houston-locked-down-after-shooting-report



Police say gunman arrested after shooting at San Antonio military base

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From KSAT news a woman was injured. TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #2

TexasTowelie

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2. From KSAT news a woman was injured.
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 05:22 PM
Jun 2013

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -

A suspect was taken into police custody Monday afternoon in connection with a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston that left a woman wounded.

According to a statement issued by Fort Sam Houston officials, the shooting occurred around 2:50 p.m.

According to a retired sergeant major who still works on the post, the shooting happened at the Army Medical Department Center and Schools, where military medics are trained.

The suspect fled in a gold Mitsubishi sedan but was apprehended by police on the post.

More at http://www.ksat.com/news/shooting-reported-at-fort-sam-houston/-/478452/20503082/-/dgqcin/-/index.html .

One of the comments on the story indicates that it was jealous boyfriend who came on the base to shoot the woman because she was moving out of their residence.

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