Investigation Underway After Person With Knife Shot, Killed at Base Entrance: MCRD (Marine base)

NBC ^ | 11-26-21 | Brenda Gregorio-Nieto

[dynachrome]

A person was shot and killed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot entrance gate Friday after approaching base personnel with a knife in a hostile intent, Marine officials said.

Just before noon, a vehicle attempted to enter the base at the gate 5 entrance. Base personnel asked the person to stop the vehicle. The person then got out of the vehicle with a knife and approached the personnel.

After several warnings, the person was shot. Emergency services were called and they were later pronounced dead at the scene, said First Lt. Joshua Collins with MCRD.

[NorthWoody]

I know a cute little blonde who’s a Marine and did gate security at a base. She’s the daughter-in-law of a coworker.

You’d never know she was a Marine until she starts talking about being a Marine. Then you realize that it would be best not to mess with her.

[Repeat Offender]

I think his preferred pronouns are was/were.

[BwanaNdege]

That was his “preferred pronoun”...

/S

[fella]

Where is MCRD located?

[fidelis]

San Diego.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I was in the Navy. In boot camp we could see the Marine base. Our ‘company commander’ told us to hang our dungarees facing the Marine base. He would say that and say ‘p on the Marines.’

ROFL

[dynachrome]

San Diego

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I just thought of this about that pronoun. Wouldn’t using “they” eventually lead to charging group rates for one person? Funeral homes could charge more for burying all of them when there’s only one corpse.

[Svartalfiar]

Man, even the Army isn’t that mean to our infantry..

[5th MEB]

And just as a matter of interest the standard issue guard weapon is a COLT 45 caliber pistol or an M 14 rifle with a twenty round magazine, at least it was when I was in (long, long time ago).

[alexander_busek]

How many times does this nitwit need to say “person” in one article?

I guess that they think that we'll otherwise believe that it might have been an android, or maybe a department store mannikin, carrying the knife.

Also: "Knifeman" just doesn't sound as "cool" as, say, "gunman."

Regards,

[Hootowl99]

I worked as a bartender at the enlisted man's club at an Air Force base one summer while in college. Beer in cans and bottles, soda pop, snacks and little pizzas only there. This was located in the domestic corner of the base where the base housing, PX, credit union, etc. were located.

One day, the boss came in and told me to hit the big red button under the counter for a drill. Within a minute, the first Air Police were crashing in with M-16s. The APs didn't know it was a drill and were fully loaded. This 19yo was duly impressed and a bit stressed. Lol…

[ViLaLuz]

San Diego

[55Ford]

lol

[ridesthemiles]

WHO exactly is “they”??????/

Is English the birth language of this ‘reporter’???

[shooter223]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sa6BnfNM5Q

[Vaduz]

What happened to the good old days when people used bridges and no mess to clean up.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Well, the Marines had some unkind things to say about sailors, too. ;-)

[Svartalfiar]

Well, the Marines had some unkind things to say about sailors, too. ;-)

I've never understood that. They're just sailor infantry, so making fun of sailors is just making fun of themselves..?

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Yes, I agree with you. I have never understood nor took part in the members of the services putting each other down. When someone would say controversial things about the other services, my answer always was, “Hey, guys, we are on the same team.”