Lockdown at Quantico Marine base ends with 3 dead, including gunman

CNN ^ | 3/22/2013 | Alison Harding and Travis Shannon

[markomalley]

A shooting that prompted a lockdown for hours at a Marine base in Virginia ended with three dead early Friday, including the gunman, authorities said.

Sgt. Christopher Zahn said they were notified of the shooting at Marine Corps Base Quantico late Thursday.

One person was fatally shot, and the gunman barricaded himself into a room, he said.

Using a public address system, police announced a base lockdown as the shooter was holed up inside a building.

[Titan Magroyne]

The shooter a staffer @ OCS? Holy crap.

[pepsionice]

I’m thinking alcohol or drugs....somewhere in this mess.

[OwenKellogg]

Press release;

Marine Corps Base Quantico (March 22) —
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – A fatal shooting occurred at Officer Candidate School around 11 p.m. on March 21. The Provost Marshals Office responded with assistance from Prince William County police department.

The shooter, an active-duty Marine, has been pronounced dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound by law enforcement at the scene. Two other victims, also active-duty Marines, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The identities of the victims will be withheld until after primary next of kin notification. The incident is under investigation.

Marine Corps Base Quantico has returned to normal operations.

Interested media should contact 1st Lt. Agustin Solivan at 703-432-0303 or agustin.solivan@usmc.mil.

http://www.quantico.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/10834/Article/140028/marine-corps-base-quantico-media-advisory.aspx

[markomalley]

I’m thinking alcohol or drugs....somewhere in this mess.

Maybe another case of "workplace violence"

[COBOL2Java]

Sudden Jihadi Syndrome?

[markomalley]

Sudden Jihadi Syndrome?

I wouldn't want to pre-judge the case, but let's say that I won't be surprised if the perp is identified as Captain Nadir, 1Lt Mehmet, or something similar.

But, again, let's wait till the names are released.

[Riley]

Wow- this is just a few miles away. Local coverage-

http://potomaclocal.com/2013/03/21/1-shot-at-quantico-officers-candidate-school/

[albertabound]

It will be blamed on the sequester

[albie]

Time to clear the base of all guns.

[22202NOVA]

A bad, sad week for our Marines.

[When do we get liberated?]

In anouther sequester related tragedy......

[knarf]

I'LL pre-judge it .. tin foil firmly in place .. ;

WHAT IF;

All, many or some of our/my conspiracy thinkings are real and true, or at least not TOO far from wrong

and

Let's suppose they're still playing head games with young military men

and

Let's suppose all these shooters that come up out of nowhere, have no reason to be where they are doing what they do/did are programmed/drugged useful idiots ..

I mean ... let's just suppose, eh .. ?

WHERE one might ask would some of this spec/black ops originate ?

Just thiunkin' ....

[MinuteGal]

The shooter gunned down a man and a woman before offing himself.

I'm more inclined to think this may be a love-triangle sort of thing than a jihad sort of thing.

Leni

[Travis McGee]

Love triangle, 2013 style?

Of course, it could just be an all-homo love triangle, in today's "gay and proud" USMC.

[momtothree]

“... may be a love triangle sort of thing...”

That is exactly what I thought when I heard the news this morning.

[mickie]

Yes, thats just what I thought. A triangle.

[muawiyah]

jus’ sompin’ ‘bout dem lub tangles! mano y mano ~ coochy coochy girl ~ BAM BAM! Whur ‘ems at Rosa’s cantina befoah ~ sez heyah that be whur this go on: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/robbins-marty/el-paso-11889.html ~ over half million hits for “El Paso” by Marty Robbins ~ still popular by any standard.

[Patriot365]

I’m thinking love a triangle. Jealous rage.

[1010RD]

The entire Corps. They can’t be trusted with guns.