Army sergeant in custody after 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart | CNN

Army sergeant in custody after 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart

Elise Hammond Maureen Chowdhury Aditi Sangal Elizabeth Wolfe Tori B. Powell Eric Levenson Dakin Andone
By Elise Hammond, Maureen Chowdhury, Aditi Sangal, Elizabeth Wolfe, Tori B. Powell, Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone and Amanda Musa, CNN
Updated 6:59 PM EDT, Wed August 6, 2025
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Witness describes scene at Fort Stewart shooting
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What we covered today

• An Army sergeant is in custody after he allegedly used his personal handgun to shoot five fellow soldiers this morning at the Fort Stewart military base in Georgia, according to base officials.

• Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division, identified the suspected shooter as Quornelius Radford. “We’re still not certain about the motivation,” he said at a news conference.

• The five wounded soldiers are in stable condition and are expected to recover, Lubas said.

• Fort Stewart trains and deploys active and reserve Army units. It is about 40 miles southwest of Savannah.

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Our live coverage of today’s shooting at Fort Stewart, Georgia, has concluded. Please scroll through the posts below to learn about all the developments.

Watch Brig. Gen. John Lubas discuss today's shooting

From CNN staff

You can also watch this briefing on YouTube.

Suspected Fort Stewart shooter is in custody. And here's what will happen next, military official says

From CNN's Mark Morales

The suspected Fort Stewart shooter is still in the custody of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, according to a military official.

The suspect, identified by military officials as Quornelius Radford, is accused of shooting five soldiers at the base with his personal handgun, according to base officials.

The alleged gunman will be tried by the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, the military official said, which is like the Army’s version of the US Attorney’s Office. The OSTC is reviewing the evidence and in the process of drawing up charges.

Once that’s done, the suspect is expected to be court marshaled, the military official said, which is comparable to a trial.

Some more background: Military commanders are the ones who decide “whether an offense should be charged and how the offenders should be punished,” according to the Department of Defense.

There are three levels of court-martial, but the highest is general court-martial and it is for the most serious crimes, the department said.

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