Shots fired at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland gate

Guards stationed at an entrance gate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland have been attacked two instances within the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. They finally returned hearth, earlier than the gunmen fled the scene.

No arrests have been made, based on authorities, and no guards have been injured. The assaults occurred on the entrance gate for Lackland Air Drive Base and the Chapman Coaching Annex, a part of the broader set up. Round 2:15 a.m. the guards got here below hearth, with a number of pictures aimed towards the gate.

“The safety personnel said they heard a number of pictures fired in addition to the fired rounds go previous them,” Sgt. Washington Moscoso, a spokesman for the San Antonio Police Division, mentioned in a press release.

The pictures appeared to return from a sedan, which drove by the realm. Extra guards joined the safety group on the gate following the assault. In a second incident a couple of hours later, between 4:30-5 a.m., a sedan — authorities didn’t verify if it was the identical car — stopped on the street to the east of the gate and fired extra pictures towards the safety forces. This time the Air Drive safety groups returned hearth, with a number of guards capturing towards the automotive. It’s unclear if the sedan or the a number of occupants in it have been hit by Air Drive personnel. Neither the Air Drive or police indicated the place the sedan went, though shell casings have been discovered the place it had stopped.

The San Antonio Police Division is the lead investigator of the capturing, which is being handled as an aggravated assault. In a press release, the division mentioned the investigation remains to be ongoing.

The gate briefly closed following the capturing however reopened afterward Saturday. There was no wider base lockdown.

Subscribe to Activity & Objective At present. Get the most recent navy information and tradition in your inbox each day.

The Chapman Coaching Annex is the place the Particular Warfare Coaching Wing places airmen by programs for particular operations roles, equivalent to Pararescue or fight management. Nevertheless a spokesperson for the 502d Air Base Wing mentioned there is no such thing as a obvious connection.

“JBSA-Chapman Coaching Annex is dwelling to Particular Warfare Coaching Wing, however we’ve no motive to consider this occurred for that motive,” the assertion mentioned.

Saturday’s capturing shouldn’t be the primary time pictures have been fired at Lackland Air Drive Base. In 2016, a former Military Inexperienced Beret who after combating psychological well being after his Military service, had joined the Air Drive to check out for Pararescue, killed his commander and himself. The shooter had failed out of that job’s intense choice coaching on the Chapman annex. In 2021, Lackland Air Drive Base went on lockdown after off-site gunmen shot on the set up earlier than fleeing on foot. Nobody was injured in that capturing.