Marine gate guard shot at Lejeune
Several folks have sent us links to the story about a gate guard at Camp Lejeune who was shot by another Marine last night while on duty. Base officials haven’t said whether the shooting was intentional or accidental;
Camp Lejeune Director of Public Affairs Nat Fahy said the shooting happened inside the guard shack at the main gate at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Fahy said a Marine guard inside the shack discharged an M4 rifle, killing another Marine guard.
The victim was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Fahy said.
The identities, ranks, and genders of the two Marines involved have not been released.
Category: Marine Corps
On AR15.com a Marine said the word was it was a ND.
I am also a Marine with 2 MEF. I work with a retired PMO who got the story from his buddies. I can confirm a dispute happened and the discharge was intentional. Ill post again when I know more
Damn Marine, I hope you are wrong. Negligent discharge is bad enough, for it to be intentional is terrible.
Also heard that CID had him in custody. Usually during an investigation that word doesn’t come up, so I kinda had the suspicion it might not have been a ND.
Damn. Just . . . damn.
Ditto.
+1
Yup.
I work at Lejeune and half expected to come in this morning and find the gate guards disarmed. Happy to say that had not happened. Sad and shocking that our Marines are not better trained than this. I have been stationed at this base on and off since 1982 and cannot ever remember this happening before.
Very sad!
Not going to speculate on how it happened, just going to wait for the official announcement of what happened.
Damned shame regardless of who, what, when, how…
Ditto.
Ditto what everybody else is saying. Terrible…