A few days before the commemoration of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the military base is again bereaved. An American sailor shot dead two people and wounded a third on Wednesday (December 4th) before committing suicide, a naval official said. The two deaths are civilian employees of the US Department of Defense, as well as the injured who was hospitalized and is in a state of emergency. "Stable"said Rear Admiral Robert Chadwick.
The shooting took place around 2.30 pm (1:30 am French time) on the base's shipyard. The shooter was "Provisionally" identified as a sailor based on the nuclear attack submarine USS Columbia, Mr. Chadwick added that he had " apparently " suicide. A witness, quoted by the local media, for his part claimed to have seen the assailant shoot himself in the head.
According to these same media, the drama occurred near theUSS Columbia, in dry dock for repairs at the time of the drama. Hogan Gidley, White House spokesman, announced that President Donald Trump had been informed of the shooting. Hawaii Governor David Ige said on Twitter that the White House had offered help and assistance through the relevant federal agencies.
The White House has reached out to provide assistance from federal agencies, and the state is to assist where necessary.
Commemorations of the Pearl Harbor Attack
This shootout occurred just prior to the annual commemorations of the Pearl Harbor attack. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked this military base by surprise, destroying part of the US Pacific fleet and pushing the United States into the Second World War. The base still hosts Navy and Air Force troops.
The United States is regularly bereaved by shootings in a country where the second amendment to the Constitution mentions a right " People " to hold and carry guns and where bullets have killed almost 40,000 people – including suicides – in 2017. But shootings in military compounds are relatively rare.
In July 2015, Mohammed Youssuf Abdulazeez led an attack on two military installations in Tennessee that killed five people. Two years earlier, Aaron Alexis had killed 12 people and wounded eight others in a navy compound in Washington before being shot by soldiers. In 2016, the Pentagon had relaxed the rules on the carrying of arms by soldiers in government compounds in response to a series of attacks on uniformed personnel.
