An Army noncommissioned officer was shot and killed <\/b>by a fellow soldier Monday morning at Fort Stewart, Georgia, in a building complex belonging to the 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting happened shortly before 10:00 a.m., according to Fort Stewart garrison communications chief Kevin Larson. Law enforcement arrived on the scene at 10:04 a.m. at the building complex of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and took the gunman into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no active threat to the community,\u201d Larson added in a text message to Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The brigade\u2019s top NCO, Command Sgt. Maj. Jaime Lopez, gathered troops from the impacted battalion and addressed them early Monday afternoon. Army Times is withholding the specific unit until after officials have completed death notifications to the deceased soldier\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lopez told the formation that the suspect was a soldier who brought a weapon into a unit building and shot an NCO, according to a soldier from the battalion who described the announcement to Army Times. It\u2019s not clear whether the suspect intended to shoot additional troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fort Stewart officials confirmed that emergency medics were sent to the scene to treat a shooting victim, but the victim \u201cdied in the incident.\u201d The dead soldier\u2019s identity has not yet been released due to pending notification of their family. No information on the identity of the shooting suspect has been released yet either, said Larson, who added that \u201cthe investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2nd ABCT complex was \u201cbriefly locked down during the incident,\u201d Larson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n