Pearl Harbor military base Wiki: US sailor wounds three civilians in shooting – shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Several Injured
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The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a United States Navy shipyard located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is one of just four shipyards operated by the United States Navy. The shipyard is physically a part of Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
The Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the United States Congress allocated $3 million to build the shipyard, then called Navy Yard Pearl Harbor. The shipyard grew quickly, and work began on the first drydock, which collapsed before opening in 1913. After rebuilding, Dry Dock #1 was opened on August 21, 1919. Through these years, the shipyard was just a part of the Naval Station. The shipyard officially became its own entity in December 1945 as part of the Navy’s effort to separate the military from industrial operations.
The shipyard has grown to four drydocks, which are mainly used for repairing and maintaining nuclear submarines.
US sailor opened fire
A US sailor opened fire at the historic military base in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, injuring three civilian workers before taking his own life.
Officials at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham near Honolulu, Hawaii, said on Wednesday evening that investigators were working to determine the circumstances of the deadly incident at the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard.
The names of the victims will not be released until the next of kin have been notified, base authorities said.
Security forces and Honolulu firefighters responded to reports of a shooting at the shipyard around 2.30pm local time. The incident took place at the vicinity of the shipyard’s Dry Dock 2.
The base was placed on lockdown for part of the afternoon. Photos showed long lines of cars headed for the gates of the base.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam✔@JointBasePHH
Officials at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam report the shooting incident at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has been secured. One person is confirmed dead. The shooter has been identified as a U.S. Sailor. #PearlHarbor
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham on the Hawaiian island of Oahu is home to both the US navy and US air force.
The shipyard repairs, maintains and modernizes the ships and submarines of the US Pacific fleet, which is headquartered at Pearl Harbor. It is the home port for 10 destroyers and 15 submarines.
The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, which on Saturday will mark the 78th anniversary of the attack by Japan that propelled the US into the second world war.
Shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
At least three people were injured, two of them critically, when a gunman opened fire at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii before taking his own life, local news reports said Wednesday.
A spokesman for the US base would only say that security forces had responded to reports of a shooting at around 2:30 pm local time and that the base was on lockdown for several hours.
One witness told local media he was sitting at his computer when he heard shots fired and saw three victims on the ground.
The witness, who did not want to be identified, said he then saw the gunman who was wearing what appeared to be a navy or sailor´s uniform shoot himself in the head.
Hawaii News Now said several civilians were among the gunshot victims.
The shooting reportedly took place near the south entrance to the sprawling base.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard gunman Died
The gunman is dead and three others are injured after a shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard near Honolulu on Wednesday.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shooter
The shooter has been tentatively identified as a sailor, according to Lydia Robertson, a spokesperson for the base. Three civilian Department of Defense workers were shot before the gunman turned the gun on themselves, she said.
The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. local time, according to a post on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Twitter account.
The shooting took place this afternoon in the vicinity of the base’s Dry Dock 2.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam✔@JointBasePHH
JBPHH security forces have responded to a reported shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. The incident occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. Due to the ongoing security incident, access/gates to #JBPHH are closed. We will update when we have further information.
Honolulu EMS sent multiple ambulances to the scene, and Honolulu Fire responded with six units, including almost two dozen firefighters.
Lockdown on the base was lifted at about 4 p.m. local time.
Base security and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are currently investigating. The names will not be released until next of kin have been notified.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Military report
according to US Military, a sailor shot and wounded 3 civilian Department of Defense employees at Pearl Harbor before suicide.
