3 hurt in shooting at US naval base Pearl Harbor

December 05, 2019 07:59

A gunman opened fire at the historic United States military base in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday afternoon (local time), authorities said, with local news media reporting three people wounded before the suspect took his own life.

Security forces responded to reports of a shooting at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickham, the US navy and air force base near Honolulu, Hawaii, the base said in an announcement on Twitter.

The base was locked down for part of the afternoon.

Hawaii News Now said a base spokesman reported three people had been wounded in the incident and that the situation was considered contained after a witness saw the gunman fatally shoot himself.

The shipyard repairs, maintains and modernises the ships and submarines of the US Pacific fleet, which is headquartered at Pearl Harbor. Its the home port for 10 destroyers and 15 submarines.

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