{"id":20389,"date":"2020-06-01T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/01\/shooting-at-grand-forks-afb-leaves-two-airmen-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:33:21","slug":"shooting-at-grand-forks-afb-leaves-two-airmen-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/06\/01\/shooting-at-grand-forks-afb-leaves-two-airmen-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base leaves two airmen dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two active-duty airmen from the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota are dead after an early-morning shooting<\/a> at the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The base said in a release that the shooting happened<\/a> at about 4:30 a.m., and that emergency services at the base responded to the scene. Grand Forks said the situation is \u201ccontained,\u201d and that there is not believed to be any further risk to personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release did not say whether either of the two airmen killed are believed to be the shooter<\/a>. Staff Sgt. Elijah Tiggs, a spokesman for the wing, said the shooting took place in one of the dorms on base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiggs said the Office of Special Investigations and security forces responded to the scene, but that he could not say anything further because an investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t