What happened at Fort Bragg?
| FORT BRAGG, N.C.
One soldier was fatally wounded and two others injured in a shooting at聽Fort聽Bragg聽on Thursday afternoon.
During a unit safety briefing around 3:30 p.m., a soldier shot and killed another member of the unit before turning the gun on himself, according to聽Fort聽Bragg聽officials. A third soldier nearby was also 鈥渟lightly鈥� injured.
NBC News, citing a 鈥渟enior U.S. defense official,鈥� reported Thursday evening that the dead soldier was a battalion commander.
A spokesman for聽Fort聽Bragg聽earlier had said that the names and ranks of the three soldiers, all members of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, had not been released, pending notification of their families. Benjamin Abel, of聽Fort聽Bragg聽Public Affairs, said it would be Friday or Saturday before that information would be made public.
The injured shooter is in custody, Col. Kevin Arata, XVIII Airborne Corps and聽Fort聽Bragg聽spokesman, said in a news briefing Thursday afternoon, and聽Fort聽Bragg聽was not closed because of the incident.
鈥淭his is a tragedy for our community,鈥� Arata said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 yet know the reasons for the shooting, but are working with the unit and the affected families to help them through this extremely difficult period.鈥�
Special agents from the Army Criminal Investigation Command were on the scene and had begun an investigation.
