Head of Marine Corps Officer Candidates School relieved of command
UPDATE
Marine shooter identified
Marine Sgt. Eusebio Lopez, 25, shot and killed two fellow Marines before turning the gun on himself Thursday evening at the base at which they were stationed in Quantico, Va.
The two victims were Marine Lance Cpl. Sara Castro-Mata, 19, from Oakley, Calif., and 23-year-old Cpl. Jacob Wooley from Guntown, Miss. All three were staff at the Officer Candidates School, where they trained new Marine officers.
3 Marines dead in apparent double murder-suicide at Quantico
WTOP News
Friday - 3/22/2013, 8:02am ET
QUANTICO, Va. - Three active duty Marines -- two men and one woman assigned to the Officer Candidate School at Marine Base Quantico -- are dead in an apparent double murder-suicide that locked down the Prince William County base for several hours.
"Our thoughts are prayers are with them at this time. This is truly a tragic loss for the Marine Corps, which has had a number of tragic losses in the last couple of weeks," said Col. David W. Maxwell, Quantico base commander, during a 7 a.m. news conference.
"I want to express my sincere condolences to the families, the friends and the Marines of the three Marines we lost last night," an emotional Maxwell said in prepared remarks that last just over 4 minutes.
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