2025 Fort Stewart shooting

On August 6, 2025, a mass shooting at Fort Stewart, a U.S. Army base in Georgia, United States, wounded five soldiers. The suspect, an active-duty soldier, was taken into custody after being subdued by other soldiers.
Shooting
On August 6, 2025, gunfire was reported at Fort Stewart in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division area 10:56 a.m. EDT. The fort was locked down at 11:04 a.m. EDT and police arrived roughly 30 minutes later. An alleged male shooter, also a soldier, was apprehended nearly 40 minutes after law enforcement arrived to the scene before several other soldiers tackled the shooter down. He was identified as Sergeant Quornelius Radford.
Victims
At least five soldiers were injured, including some of the suspect's co-workers, with four being treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment. Three of the five soldiers required surgery, and two were relocated to Memorial Hospital in Savannah. All victims remain in stable condition and were expecting to recover.
Suspect
The United States Army identified the suspect as 28-year-old Sergeant Quornelius Samentrio Radford (born March 1997), an Automated Logistical Specialist from Jacksonville, Florida, where he was also born and raised. Radford lived in Jacksonville throughout most of his life, with the exception of his Army career. The Army confirmed that Radford had been employed as an Automated Logistical Specialist since Radford joined the Army in January 2018, as well as him being part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team since 2022, but had never been deployed to combat and was not known to have had any disciplinary issues. He was taken into military custody and was booked into the Liberty County Jail in Hinesville after his arrest.
Radford had no criminal history, with the exception of several vehicle violations dating back to December 2014. Radford had been recently arrested for DUI nearly three months beforehand, and was released after posting a $1,818 bond prior to the shooting. The citation for both his May 18, 2025 DUI charge as well as failure to obey traffic-control devices from both the Liberty County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Department of Public Safety shows that he lived in Jacksonville at the time of his DUI arrest. According to a summons, Radford allegedly told the responding officer that he ran a red light with his 2021 Nissan Altima because he needed to find somewhere to use the bathroom.
Investigation
Following investigation, military police confirmed that Radford used his personal 9mm handgun that he purchased three months beforehand at a gun shop in Jacksonville.
Aftermath
The Federal Bureau of Investigation field office in Savannah, Georgia, offered its assistance. Nearby schools in Liberty County were placed under lockdown.
A neighbor who lived next to Radford's house in the southwest part of Jacksonville spoke in an interview with independent station WJXT-TV, saying that Radford "seemed to be a regular guy", adding that it "doesn't seem like something a neighborhood like this would have".
Responses
Local
Georgia governor Brian Kemp stated that he and his immediate family were saddened by the shooting and that they were "keeping the victims, their families, and all those who answer the call to serve in our hearts and prayers".
National
The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that president Donald Trump had been briefed on the attack. A Department of Defense official also said that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had been briefed on the incident. Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, wrote on X that she had been briefed on the attack and that she was "praying for the victims and their families". Trump later addressed the shooting during an unrelated White House event, saying that the perpetrator would be "prosecuted to the full extent of the law" and that "we're not going to forget what happened".

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