2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Texas Air Force base

DAVID WARREN, Associated Press


DALLAS (AP) — 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 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. He declined to identify the two men, saying their families must be notified first.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the military's largest joint base, is the home of Air Force basic training.

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. Weapons are used for training purposes and carried by base security personnel, he said.

The fatal shooting is the latest to occur at a military facility in Texas in the last several years. In the deadliest attack to occur at a U.S. military installation, 13 people were killed and 31 were wounded in 2009 in a mass shooting at Fort Hood.

-- (c) Associated Press 2016-04-09

Don't ask, don't tell!

I guess someone disagreed with an Article 15 coming their way. This should be interesting since they did not leak sex of the people, may be a thick plot brewing !!

Excuse me they did say two men !!

I wonder what the NRA has to say about heavily restricting arms on a military base.