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Dramatic moment Navy medic Fantahun Woldesenbet chases down his victim in shooting that injured 2 sailors near base
THIS is the dramatic moment Navy medic Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet chased down his victim in a shocking shooting that left two sailors injured near the base.
Police say the US Navy medic Woldesenbet, 38, allegedly shot two sailors with a rifle in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday morning and new CCTV footage from Nicolock Paving Stones shows him targeting one sailor there.
A disturbing new clip was released showing Woldesenbet allegedly chasing down one victim[/caption]
A car could be seen speeding after the running man[/caption]
The footage emerged after the shooting on Tuesday[/caption]
Fantahun Woldesenbet, 38, died following the incident[/caption]
During the disturbing clip, a driver can be seen tearing after one of the victims before the suspect – identified as Woldesenbet – fled to nearby Fort Detrick where he was shot and killed by security, reported WTTG.
Staffers recalled how they frantically locked the doors and called for help when one bleeding victim ran in and alerted them to the active shooter.
US Navy Hospitalman Casey Nutt, 26, was found by employees at Nicolock after he fled the scene of the initial shooting and was released from the trauma center Tuesday night.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carlos Portugal, 36, was found in the warehouse where the initial shooting occurred and remains at the trauma center in critical condition.
Cops are working to establish a motive and are sifting through Woldesenbet’s apartment for clues after the husband and father-of-two was identified as the suspect.
Woldesenbet was a laboratory technician assigned to a Naval medical research center at Fort Detrick, alongside the two victims.
Other clips reportedly showed a wounded sailor who was shot near the Fort Detrick Army base entering a business and pleading for help while covered in blood.
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley, commander of U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Fort Detrick, Md., speaks during a news conference near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md.[/caption]
Surveillance video shows a sailor who was shot near the Fort Detrick Army base in Maryland on Tuesday entering a business and pleading for help while covered in blood[/caption]
The footage was obtained by FOX 5 DC[/caption]
In the first video obtained by WTTG, one of the shooting victims is seen stumbling into Nicolock.
He appears to have blood running down his back.
The victim points out the window and walks over to employees at a desk, who jump up and run to shut their doors.
Both people shot were airlifted to a hospital in Baltimore, where one remains in critical condition and the other is expected to be released Wednesday.
The shooter reportedly opened fire on people as they tried to escape, sources told KABC.
An official stands near a taped-off area near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 2021[/caption]
When officers arrived at the scene at 8.20am, they found two male victims with gunshot wounds.
Police Chief Jason Lando confirmed that the shooter went into a business at Riverside Tech Park, causing people inside to flee.
It was later confirmed that the the shooting took place inside of a military institution that was tied to the Navy.
The gunman then got into his car and drove 10 minutes away to United States Army Future Command installation Fort Detrick, where he arrived at roughly 8.45am.
Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two US sailors[/caption]
Fort Detrick General Tulley said that the subject was stopped at the gate but “sped past the gate and made it about half a mile” before he could be searched.
“They were able to stop him in a parking lot he then brandished a weapon and our police department was able to neutralize the subject,” Tulley added.
The military base was quickly put on lockdown. The all clear was sounded just after 10am local time.
Frederick police confirmed that personnel at the base shot the suspect and he was “down” and despite performing life-saving efforts for 20 minutes, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The base’s official Twitter page confirmed that Fort Detrick police “neutralized” the shooter.
Schools were put on lockdown while the alleged shooter was at large.
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Frederick Community College issued a statement on Twitter asking everyone to “please follow the lockdown alert”, adding “this is not a drill”.
An ABC7 reporter was told that the case included three crime scenes – one in Frederick City, one in Frederick Country and one on the US Military ground.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan was briefed on the situation, his communications director confirmed.
Authorities say the Navy medic shot and wounded two US sailors[/caption]
