A Navy medic shot and critically wounded two people at a Maryland business park Tuesday, then fled to a nearby Army base where he was shot and killed, police and U.S. Navy officials said.
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Fox5An active shooter was shot and killed by personnel at Maryland’s Fort Detrick military base Tuesday morning, police said. The suspect was identified by authorities as 38-year-old U.S. Navy medic Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, who shot and critically wounded two Navy sailors at a business associated with the military in the Riverside Tech Park. He then fled to Fort Detrick, about a 10-minute drive from the scene. There, Woldesenbet was stopped by guards at the gate based on a BOLO, a “Be On the Lookout” alert issued by police after the shooting minutes earlier, said Brig. Gen. Michael Talley, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and Fort Detrick. But before Woldesenbet could be searched by security, he sped away, making it about a half-mile onto the base before being stopped in a parking lot. Talley said Woldesenbet got out of the car and “brandished a weapon” before police shot him. Emergency medical crews spent 20 minutes trying to revive Woldesenbet, who was then pronounced dead at the scene.One of Woldesenbet’s shooting victims managed to stumble into Nicolock Paving Stones, a nearby business in Riverside Tech Park, the company’s director of marketing, Jeremy Mutschler, said in a statement. “One of the victims, who was wounded, entered our facility looking for help and we were able to assist and call the authorities,” he said.The two shooting victims, both males, were airlifted to a shock trauma center in Baltimore. The motive for the shooting is still unknown, according to authorities. No details about the shooter’s relationship with his victims, if any, have yet been released.ACTIVE SHOOTER TAKEN DOWN AT FT. DETRICK IN FREDERICK: Aerial images from SKYFOX on the scene in Frederick, Md. where an active shooter has been taken down at Ft. Detrick. DETAILS: https://t.co/fK3sYHA55h pic.twitter.com/fOvKFSg1rX— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) April 6, 2021 Woldesenbet identified as a medical lab technician in 2019 meeting minutes from the Board of Regents Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 208th Meeting. A January 2021 dean’s list for the fall semester at Frederick Community College also included Fantahun Woldesenbet.Frederick Police urged people to stay away from the area in a string of tweets Tuesday morning, writing: “We are on scene responding to an active shooter in the 8400 block of Progress Drive. Currently there are two victims and one suspect is down.” Fort Detrick, around 50 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., is the home of U.S. biological defense program.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
Two people are in critical condition after a shooting near Fort Detrick on Tuesday morning. The 38-year-old suspect, who was a Navy Hospital Corpsman, was shot and killed by base personnel.
Frederick Police said identified the shooter as 38-year-old Fantahoon Germa Woldesenbet, a Navy hospital corpsman who lived in the Maryland city.
The women were found inside a fourth floor apartment on Sutter Avenue, where a nine-year-old girl called 911 at around 11:20 p.m. Monday.
Two sailors were wounded in a shooting spree at an industrial park in Frederick, Maryland, before the suspect was fatally shot at Fort Detrick.
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Two men were shot and critically wounded in a Maryland commercial park on Tuesday in an incident that ended with the alleged gunman, identified as a Navy sailor, going to a nearby military base where he was shot dead,.Authorities in Frederick, Maryland, about 45 miles northwest of Washington, were still trying to piece together the events.Police Chief Jason Lando said the events began Tuesday morning when police responded after an emergency call ."When they arrived on the scene, they found two males had been shot. Both males are in critical condition and were flown to Baltimore Shock Trauma. We then received information that the 38-year-old male shooter traveled to the Ft. Detrick military base." There, at the Fort Detrick base about 4 miles away, the alleged shooter was fatally shot by military personnel."As our officers and partner agencies started responding there, we were given notice that personnel on the base had shot the subject and he was down. When we arrived at that scene, life-saving efforts were in progress, and we were told shortly after that the shooter was dead. At this time, the last update we have is that both victims are in critical condition."The Navy said on Twitter that the unidentified shooter was a Navy hospital corpsman.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a new government, saying he has a "slightly better" chance of forging a governing coalition than centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, appeared in court Monday to hear charges in his own corruption trial, and Rivlin did not sound thrilled to give him first shot to stay in power. "None of the candidates have a realistic chance of creating a government that can foster trust in the Israeli Knesset, but I must do what is required of me," Rivlin said, adding that there is unfortunately no law against prime ministers serving while also standing trial for various crimes. "It is not an easy decision, on an ethical or moral level," he said. Israeli law compelled Rivlin to give the mandate to the leader most likely to succeed, and 52 members of the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament, recommended Netanyahu in consultations Monday, versus 45 for Lapid, seven for Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yemina party, and 16 who stated no preference. "Netanyahu's path for forming a coalition is very, very narrow," and it requires him "to convince the radical right wing 'Religious Zionism' party, which consists of Jewish supremacists and Islamophobes, to sit together in the same coalition with the Islamic party — which is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood movement," Barak Ravid reports at Axios. If he can't form a government in 28 days, Lapid will get a shot. And he fails, Israel heads to the polls again for a fifth election in two years. Netanyahu gave a televised address Monday night accusing the judicial system of staging a "legal coup" to oust a "strong, right wing prime minister," leading Israeli columnist Ben Caspit to write in the daily Maariv that "Benjamin Netanyahu has finally lost it" with his "'j'accuse' speech." More stories from theweek.comMatt Gaetz and the tyranny of the backbencher5 scathingly funny cartoons about MLB vs. the GOPLate night hosts roll their eyes at the GOP's feint to cancel Coke, Mitch McConnell's corporate cash hypocrisy
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California will soon reopen its economy so long as COVID-19 hospitalizations remain low and vaccine supplies high.The announcement comes as the most populous U.S. state ramps up its vaccination efforts, with over 350,000 doses administered every day.Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday -- the state anticipates over 30 million people will be vaccinated with at least one dose by the end of the month."We can confidently say by June 15th we can start to open up as business as usual subject to ongoing mask wearing and ongoing vigilance."Newsom, a Democrat, will likely face a recall election at a still-unconfirmed date, fueled by Republican activism and frustration over social distancing restrictions.California was one of the first states to shut down as the pandemic began last year, and has established some of the tightest restrictions in the country.But plans to reopen the world's fifth largest economy also come as states like Michigan and Florida see a resurgence of COVID-19, linked to contagious new variants and the loosening of restrictions.California has reported nearly 3.6 million COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
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The Marine Corps has launched a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of a seafaring tank off the Southern California coast that killed eight Marines and one sailor last summer, officials said Tuesday. The announcement comes more than a week after the maritime branch released its findings that the accident July 30 off San Clemente Island was caused by inadequate training, shabby maintenance of the amphibious assault vehicles and poor judgment by commanders. The training accident 70 miles (113 kilometers) off San Diego’s coast was one of the deadliest for the Marines in recent years.
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(Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed restaurants, pubs and shops will open again as England’s lockdown is eased next week, but the ban on foreign travel may remain for longer.The earliest date for resuming non-essential international travel will be May 17 and officials warned Monday that a further delay could be required if coronavirus infections continue to surge elsewhere in the world. A decision will be taken nearer the time, they said.“We can’t be complacent -- we can see the waves of sickness afflicting other countries, and we’ve seen how this story goes,” Johnson said at a press conference in London on Monday. “We still don’t know how strong the vaccine shield will be when cases begin to rise, as I’m afraid that they will.”In England, falling hospitalization and death rates and the successful rollout of vaccines, which has seen more than 31.5 million people given at least one dose, means the country is on course to continue gradually lifting restrictions that have been in place since early January.That means from April 12 non-essential stores will resume trading, pubs and restaurants will serve customers at patio tables again, personal services such as hairdressers will return, and outdoor attractions including zoos will reopen to visitors.Johnson Pushes Twice-Weekly Covid Tests to Help Reopen U.K. As the government makes plans for living with the virus in the longer term, a new system of Covid passports is being developed and everyone in England is being urged to take free, rapid virus tests twice a week.Ministers hope Covid status passports will eventually make it easier for events with live audiences to resume and to ease travel restrictions and social-distancing rules for thousands of businesses. Some pandemic measures may be needed beyond the end of the government’s current roadmap for easing lockdown, officials said.The prime minister set out the plans alongside interim findings from four policy reviews at a press conference in London on Monday. They said:Foreign TravelThe document confirmed Bloomberg’s earlier reports of a possible delay to the planned reopening of international travel on May 17, given the worsening pandemic situation in Europe, and a new “traffic light” system coming into force to code countries based on virus risk.The government “hopes” summer holidays will be possible this year but is advising the public not to book “until the picture is clearer.” For now, non-essential foreign travel is illegal, officials said.The traffic light risk ratings -- coding countries red, amber or green -- will take account of a nation’s vaccination program, infection rate, virus strains, and sequencing capacity.Arrivals in the U.K. from green countries won’t need to isolate, but will have to take tests before departing and after arriving. Quarantine and isolation rules will apply to passengers entering the country from places on the red and amber lists.Covid certification will be crucial to potentially allowing travel to resume more quickly, according to officials.Vaccine PassportsThe document says it is “right” for the government to develop a way of “easily demonstrating” a person’s Covid status, even though ministers are facing a backlash from members of Parliament over the plans. Certification aims to show a person has natural immunity having tested positive for the virus, has received vaccines, or has recently tested negative.U.K. Politicians Vow to Oppose Use of ‘Divisive’ Covid PassportsThe status could be displayed either through a smart-phone app or a paper document to enable rules on social distancing to be relaxed to help businesses resume operations and audiences to return to events.A pilot program for mass events will test different approaches to social-distancing rules, ventilation, test-on-entry protocols and Covid passports. Initially, the certification will only involve testing but that will evolve to include vaccine status and natural immunity.A review of social distancing will consider when families will be allowed to hug each other again, and whether Covid passports could see distancing rules lifted.Unlocking Timetable(Adds Johnson comment in third paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
Health officials say the move adds 1.7 million people to the list of eligible New Yorkers for a total of nearly 16 million.
A Democratic mayor in Florida is coming to the governor's defense following a 60 Minutes story on the state's vaccine rollout, alleging the show's reporting was "intentionally false." 60 Minutes on Sunday aired a story in which correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported on allegations that Florida's "vaccination rollout has favored the wealthy." It was critical of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for partnering with Publix to distribute vaccines, suggesting the move may have been influenced by the governor having received donations from the supermarket chain. On Monday, Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner (D) defended DeSantis and slammed 60 Minutes over this story. "The reporting was not just based on bad information — it was intentionally false," Kerner alleged, per Fox News. "I know this because I offered to provide my insight into Palm Beach County's vaccination efforts and 60 Minutes declined." Kerner went on to say that he and the county administrator asked DeSantis "to expand the state's partnership with Publix to Palm Beach County," and he accused 60 Minutes of leaving this fact out of its story "because it kneecaps their narrative," adding that the show "should be ashamed." Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz, who served as a Democrat in the Florida House, also called the story "absolute malarkey," saying "no one from the governors office suggested Publix," per Mediaite. Alfonsi clashed with the governor at a press conference, as seen in the segment, with DeSantis accusing the 60 Minutes correspondent of pushing a "fake narrative" as she grilled him by asking how the state's partnership with Publix was "not pay-to-play." Video later showed DeSantis' full response that wasn't included on 60 Minutes. Following Kerner's statement on Monday, The Atlantic's Derek Thompson argued that "a lot of media figures have been out over their skis trying to put DeSantis on blast when Florida's pandemic behavior/performance has been fairly average." More stories from theweek.comMatt Gaetz and the tyranny of the backbencherWhy would Matt Gaetz resign?Janet Yellen's proposal to revolutionize corporate taxation
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