Suspect in active-shooter incident on Twentynine Palms dies

The Marine involved in Tuesday’s active-shooter incident died from a self-inflicted wound, Marine officials said.

At around 6:30 a.m. military police aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, responded to reports of gunshots, Marine Corps Times previously reported.

The incident ended roughly two hours later when the suspect shot himself, Capt. Joseph Butterfield, a Marine Corps spokesman, told Marine Corps Times in an email Tuesday morning.

“We can confirm the individual who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on July 7, 2020, has passed away,” Capt. Nicole Plymale, a spokeswoman for the Marine base told Marine Corps Times in an email Wednesday.

RELATED

A Navy audit says the Marine Corps could do better at suicide prevention

The audit found that none of the 43 reviewed Marine Corps command websites included a link to the crisis line.

By Shawn Snow

Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, the base commander at Twentynine Palms, called the incident a “suicide” in a post on the base’s Facebook page.

“I was extremely proud of the response from our Military Police, Fire and Rescue, and Mercy Air,” Turner said in the post. “They did their very best.”

He added that the incident “uncovered some gaps in our mass notification processes on base,” that they will work to rectify.

“We are saddened by this loss of one of our brothers, a Marine with 7th Marine Regiment,” Plymale told Marine Corps Times about the death of the Marine, who has still not been identified.

No other injuries from the incident have been reported.

In Other News

US Naval Community College launches health science program

The Navy’s community college is partnering with Western Governors University to provide sailors with an associate degree in health science.

January 6 convict asks for light sentence in order to remain in Navy

An active-duty service member convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack urged a judge for a light sentence in order to remain in the Navy.

Agreement helps military spouses keep federal jobs in overseas moves

Here's how an agreement between the Pentagon and State Department will help federally employed military spouses move their jobs overseas in a PCS.

Navy ship underway for Gaza pier mission suffers fire, returns to US

The cargo ship 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo suffered a fire in its engine room Thursday, forcing it to return to Florida, the Navy said.

VA to largely end animal testing on dogs, cats within two years

The Department of Veterans Affairs is slated to largely end testing on dogs, cats and nonhuman primates within the next two years.

Load More