Suspect in shooting of female U.S. sailor killed at Virginia base

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World News   April 5, 2019
Suspect in shooting of female U.S. sailor killed at Virginia base
Gina Cherelus

(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy sailor shot and wounded a female member of the service during a domestic incident at a sprawling Virginia base on Friday before security officers fatally shot the suspect, officials said.

The man shot the woman several times in a parking lot at Naval Air Station Oceana at around 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT), said Chad Vincelette, commanding officer of the naval air base. He described the incident as an “isolated domestic shooting.” Neither was identified.

“There clearly is some kind of relationship, but I don’t know what it is,” Jeff Hood, a Navy spokesman, told Reuters.

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