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Attacks on US military facilities since 2009


A man holding a rifle stands in front of the armed forces recruiting center in Winchester, Va., on Friday, July 17, 2015. The man stated that he was there “to protect the troops.” Security at military recruiting and reserve centers will be reviewed in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Tennessee.
A man holding a rifle stands in front of the armed forces recruiting center in Winchester, Va., on Friday, July 17, 2015. The man stated that he was there “to protect the troops.” Security at military recruiting and reserve centers will be reviewed in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Tennessee. THE WINCHESTER (VA.) STAR VIA AP

A gunman attacked two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, killing four Marines and wounding a sailor who died two days later, officials said. The suspect also is dead.

Here is a look at other recent attacks on military facilities in the U.S.:

▪  June 17, 2015: Guards shot and killed an armed man after he crashed his SUV and emerged holding a rifle while apparently trying to break into the Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.

▪  Jan. 6, 2015: At Fort Bliss, Texas, an Army veteran and former clerk at the veterans’ clinic there shot and killed a psychologist, then committed suicide.

▪  Nov. 13, 2014: Two Navy civilian police officers were wounded while confronting a knife-wielding man at the submarine base in Groton, Conn. The suspect was taken into custody.

▪  April 2, 2014: At Fort Hood, Texas, three soldiers died and 16 others were wounded in a shooting rampage by another soldier, Army Spc. Ivan A. Lopez, who then killed himself.

▪ March 24, 2014: A civilian truck driver, Jeffrey Tyrone Savage, took a gun from a petty officer on watch aboard a destroyer at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia and killed a sailor before being shot by Navy security forces.

▪ Sept. 16, 2013: Aaron Alexis, a mentally disturbed civilian contractor, shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard before he was killed in a police shootout.

▪ Nov. 5, 2009: Fort Hood Army Base, Texas: Army Maj. Nidal Malik Nadal Hasan, 39, was convicted in August 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding more than 30.

▪ June 1, 2009: Private William Long was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula was wounded when Abdulhakim Muhammad opened fire on the soldiers as they entered an Army-Navy recruiting station in Little Rock, Ark.

This story was originally published July 18, 2015 at 10:15 AM with the headline "Attacks on US military facilities since 2009."

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