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U.S. sailor kills two, takes own life at Hawaii military base

5 December 2019
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2019-12-05 13:31

A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two people at the historic military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday, military officials said, before fatally shooting himself. A third victim is in stable condition after being hospitalized while the shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the officials said in a press briefing.

The base, which was formed by the merger of Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base, was placed on lockdown for about two hours following the incident at about 2:30 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. The incident comes three days before the 78th anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack on the naval base that led the United States to enter World War Two by declaring war on Japan.

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