Washington (Reuters) - a Marine shot and killed a male and female colleagues in your base, Virginia, and then committed suicide, the second fatal events of militancy, marines in the United States.
Military research motive, and lead to 3-1/2 hours locked to families and Marine corps base expanded to (Thursday) night shooting the day before dawn on Friday declined to comment.
, base commander, colonel David maxwell, said on Friday, the striker, and his victims were some school staff and marines in active service.
"This is a tragic loss our army corps families," maxwell said at a news conference.
At the base of the cadet school, camp Taylor hall, the shooting happened at about 40 kilometers south of Washington, said maxwell. The base is called "the Marine corps crossroads."
Day (Thursday) at 10:30 p.m., received a 911 call base security personnel, and answer in five minutes by local police backup, maxwell said. They don't have the opportunity to launch.
Base officials say they will not release until 24 hours later, their relatives have been told to the identity of the deceased.
Motivation is not clear
Initially reported the events of standoff, the criminal suspect set up roadblocks, but maxwell said, this is not.
The army officials did not comment may inspire. When asked if there is a relationship between the dispute could lead to events, staff sgt. Brian Chester says, "as far as I know, I don't."
Cadet school, maritime personnel provides basic instructions for the future. In the vast ship KuangDiKe base was in the marines and museums.
This is the second time in the United States marines fatal events this week. 7 a mortar in Nevada who died on Monday when the magazine exploded, in a live firing training exercises.
BaZhong injured accident, prompting marines as a 60 mm mortar for review prior to stop using other services.
Suicides, the military also kill. In January, said the army active-duty suicides were killed in the fighting, more than last year's record of 349.
Troops Friday 31 effective active suicide by February. 10 has been identified as suicide, 21 people under investigation, it said in a statement.
The house of representatives on behalf of the military commission of the soldiers in active service of guns on Thursday discussed how to the risk of suicide.
Most of the army of the suicide is by 29 white male soldiers, and the young. The pentagon has distributed more than 70000 gun locks, against suicide, Jacqueline garrick, suicide prevention, director of the office of defense on the panel of the military staff committee.
"Everyone was eagerly thought, there is a life lost too much, suicide prevention is everybody's responsibility," rick said, in a prepared speech.
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