Thursday, April 4, 2013

Fort Knox civilian employee killed causing lockdown

UPDATE
Soldier charged with murder in Fort Knox shooting
Apr. 4, 2013
Dylan Lovan
The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A soldier apprehended Thursday in Tennessee was charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Fort Knox a day earlier.

The FBI said in a court filing that Marquinta E. Jacobs fired a .45-caliber handgun at the victim, "striking him several times." Jacobs is charged with murder, according to the criminal complaint.

Jacobs is the soldier whom Army investigators said was apprehended Thursday in Portland, Tenn., FBI spokeswoman Mary Trotman said.
Search on for person who shot, killed 1 outside Fort Knox building
From Amanda Watts
CNN
April 4, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The shooting prompts officials to temporarily lock down the army post
The incident is not a "random act of violence," an official says


(CNN) -- Authorities continue to look for the person who killed an Army civilian employee in a parking lot outside a Fort Knox building -- in a shooting that they said stemmed from a personal dispute.

The incident took place Wednesday afternoon outside the Fort Knox's Human Resources Command headquarters in Kentucky.

It prompted officials to lock down the army post for an hour.

Chris Grey, a spokesman for the army's Criminal Investigation Command, said agents were investigating the incident as "a personal incident and not a random act of violence."
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