An airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide Friday at a U.S. Air Force base in San Antonio, a senior U.S. official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss the shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Two handguns were found near the bodies of the men, which were inside a building that’s used for classrooms and offices, according to Brig. Gen. Robert LaBrutta, who oversees Joint Base San Antonio.
He stressed that the shooting was not an act of terrorism, and declined to identify the two, saying their families must be notified first. The Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations is leading the investigation, and the FBI is assisting.
Military-issued and personal firearms are heavily restricted on the base and it’s not clear whether the gunman was authorized to have a weapon, according to Dan Hawkins, a spokesman for the base.
Weapons are used for training purposes and carried by base security personnel, Hawkins said, but personal firearms cannot be freely carried on the base. He also said security officers must be notified if a personal weapon is being brought onto the installation and the firearm also must be registered, in addition to other requirements.
The fatal shooting of the two is the latest to occur at a military facility in Texas in the last several years.
In January 2015, an Army veteran and former clerk at the veterans’ clinic at Fort Bliss in El Paso shot and killed a psychologist, then killed himself. About a year earlier, three soldiers were killed and 16 wounded in an attack at Fort Hood near Killeen by Army Spc. Ivan A. Lopez, who also killed himself.
And in the deadliest attack to occur at a U.S. military installation, 13 people were killed and 31 were wounded in a mass shooting in 2009 at Fort Hood. Nidal Hasan, a former U.S. Army major, was convicted and sentenced to death in that shooting.
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the home of Air Force basic training. The Army’s Fort Sam Houston and Air Force’s Lackland and Randolph bases were combined during base realignment several years ago to become the military’s largest joint base.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.Â
Why isn’t this being reported on any news channels??
It is on Fox news channel
CNN
Another shooting where the Government “Bans Firearms”, but they always seem to get them on base! They think the public are sssoooooooooo Stupid!
It a gun free zone
It is being broadcast on Ksky -660 AM in Dallas, TX
Need more protection for our men & women in uniform. They need to carry fire arms to protect them selves.. Gun free zone is a hint to come on in & take your pick. NO, THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT TO REST & TAKE UP YOUR WEPONS & PROTECT YOUR SELVES. OBAMA wouldn’t walk around with out guns following him. If he thinks its safe then he should do as he says. I dare him to give up the guns following him. Not a chance. All talk, big mouth, no action.
I was stationed there in the very early 1980;s. They still had the WWII era barracks there then.
What comes as no surprise to me is that there aren`t More Killings at our ? Training Camps. Too many are There who do not want to be there. And then, for any military training camp to be putting Foreigners ( Namely, Afgans and Iraquis ) … there to ”teach English to Who Will Surely abscond at the First opportunity they get., and be actively Sabotaging This Country in Every manner possible..IS Just about the Most Ridiculous Idea Ever “”Invented > To be In a Shooting-killing war in one Instance, Then.. to make a Turn- About- face To “friendly’ Is not even close to ‘believable’ . Give this Some Thought , won`t you ?? It is Amazing how Some Stupids In this Country Work overtime at being ”stupid’. Don`t ever think those people don`t hate our country with every loyal bone in their body ( To Their Own country that they will gladly die for ] if..just given half a chance. Amazing , isn`t it ? that this Prez invites them in to this Country..Even While Our Military Is Busy Killing >>their Fellowmen ….And to Think for one second That this Will Be Forgiven,,Or ever Forgotten..Is THE dumbest. Do Tell me I am wrong, If you Can . This is one thing I would be Happy to be Wrong about.. However, Wars Come and Wars go..And Time moves on..to the Next >>War.. But Do People Ever Learn anything ?
You got it all correct. I get it and some others get it but the numbers all far too small. Thanks to a news media that has their heads up their asses. They know it but that doesn’t stop them on their agenda.
Confoundmeonce..your posts are invariably to the point – but may I have the liberty of asking why do you use so many capital letters in your posts?? – It makes for a little hard reading, buddy. Upper case (capitals) are usually only used at the beginning of a sentence, or when using a name etc.,….anyway, just saying!
RIck, probably for the same reason you like to pretend you’re the English – Lit. teacher.
Because he wants to.
Rick, chicken a## nerds like you focus on the grammer when the potus u voted fot is infiltrating his syrian terrorist buddies into the USA as fast as he can and disarming our bases so they are easy prey and killing the only conservative justice so he can ravage our second amendment to disarm us and arm his terrorist sect here! GTH Rick!
I was stationed there [for basic training] in the 1960s. I guess the GREEN MONSTER hasnot changed. For those who do not know what the G.M. is , civilans go in one end and come out the other end mil spec. The base is left over from WW2.Ithink. A lot of foreign troops train there as well as other A.TC bases. Being stationed at Keesler in mississippi we saw quite a few .
Rich, sounds like we were in pretty much at the same time, same place. I was at Lackland March 1963 to May then to Keesler for about 11 months for Ground Radio Electronics training. Then to Hulbert Field for 10 months and off to southeast Asia. Like you said we had quite a few foreign students at Keesler. I was in charge of an exchange student barracks for a few months. Very interesting and enlightening as to different customs and cultures.
Good to hear from a fellow Airman.
Spike
I find it a bit strange that no one, not even the on scene policemen will say anything about the victims; not even their sex.
2 to 1 it was two men having a lovers’ quarrel in Obama’s new military.
That was my thought when it said suicide/murder. We will see more of that in the military now that as you call it “Obama’s military”!
Janette, you are right on target re: “Obama’s military” . I know of at least three very skilled and experienced TACP’s that have NOT re-up’d due to cultural changes brought on by placing Homosexuals, Women and Trans in direct non-combat support positions. The details are long and complex but these were not bigoted Airmen. It is the result of placing incompetent and alien troops in support positions that make it very difficult for these Warriors to function. All three had 8 plus years of training and experience. Now they work for Lockheed Martin as civilian contractors. Sad when a soldier finds working for a contractor preferable to serving directly in our military. Our leaders not only talk softly but nonsensical and carry NO big stick at all.
THEY TRAIN PERSONNEL 4 MONTH SCHOOL AND AF POLICE ALSO. MY DRILL INSTRUCTOR WAS NICE TO ME. I WAS MADE ROAD GUARD AND SANG SONGS THAT THE TROOP SANG BACK TO ME. LIKE I NO A GIRL BACK LEFT NAME AND TELL A PHONE NUMBER IN GAS STATION BATH ROOM. AM I RIGHT OR WRONG.
Sad!
Probably lovers quarrel gone bad. So sad.
Still have not heard much about this, yet.
The media usually dwells on this sort of thing. And takes the story and runs with it. Doesn’t talk about anything else for hours. Kind of strange how it’s so quiet.
And the ‘RELIGION” involved in the latest shooting IS?????????? Hey, ya gotta ask!!!!!
What i find to be puzzling is that the Horn article mentions TWO handguns at the scene, not one. Why would you need 2 for a murder-suicide?
Smells like a set-up, a cover story. Once the names of these men are known, ignore the CCMSM ‘explanation’ and look deeper into their histories, commands, etc., especially if either of them had anything to do with nukes.
Highly unlikely they were involved in any Secret or Top Secret activities. Lackland is just a basic training base. I believe they also have an Air Police training squadron there.
spike-
Highly unlikely they were involved in any Secret or Top Secret activities. Lackland is just a basic training base.
Well, we’ll soon see what kind of spin the “investigators” put on this; i just did a google of “Lackland afb, ufo” and came up with a large number of hits; i also did “lackland afb, nuke” and found out there’s a nuclear power plant there – so you’ll forgive me if i doubt your “highly unlikely” assertion in re: TS of S clearances; since Lackland is also a “mission support group” base, i find it highly likely that TS SAP and/or much higher clearance level activities go on there all the time, as well.
So while Lackland IS a basic training base for recruits that have never been in the USAF before, it’s a BIG base with LOTS going on besides the boot camp…so “just a basic training base” is either ignorance or a willful attempt at misleading/disinfo. Which is it, there, Spike?
If it’s another Muslim. I say send them back across the pond. We are Christian they are demons. Let’s send them get there virgins. This is a holy war. Will congress impeach the white house staff. No. They are pussys. That’s why they are going to be voted out there jobs.the people have spoken. Trumps getting the vote. Bet you will regret the promises you didn’t keep.
If it’s “holy,” it’s not war; if it’s “war,” it’s not holy…despite the alleged teachings of Islam. “holy war” is one of those phrases that is a study in contradiction…well, if you have any degree of certainty that what you sow, you also will reap, that is.
Before 1988 depression was not that big of a problem. What changed? New medication that makes big money for pharmaceutical companies.
The reason there are not enough births now, but there used to be is the side effect of anti-depressant drugs. Drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, etc. kill the libido and for those that have taken the drug for any length of time, the libido does not return when the user stops taking the drug.
Research it yourself and you will read from people over and over with this problem. Before 1988 no one was taking these drugs and we didn’t need them as a society. Now there are millions of people on them and guess what? Once you take them for any length of time you can’t get off them. They change your nervous system and your sex drive never comes back – therefore no babies. The pharmaceutical companies and doctors are responsible for this wide spread problem. Someone has a bad day or a problem with a death or something and right away the doctors are giving them a drug they will be hooked on for the rest of their lives. Great for the drug companies, but disaster for sex lives and population growth as well
as other health related issues. Then you have the issue of side effects of suicide and the desire to kill others. When people try to get off these anti-depressants they get feelings that they just want to kill others and there is no hate or typical reason for this other than the effects of the drug on brain chemistry. These drugs are the reason for the mass shootings and you will see that eventually the news will tell that the shooter was on anti-depressant drugs. There could have been a problem between these two men, but I’ll bet there never would have been a shooting if the shooter had not been on the prozac or other drug. These drugs bring in massive amounts of money to the drug companies and they already know the side effects, but keep it quiet. One day someone should put a $500 billion lawsuit on the drug companies when they have lost a loved one to a drug taking shooter and break out the truth. The doctors need to stop giving these drugs out like candy and only to the severely sickest of people.