Barricaded soldier shoots herself at Fort Lee

[unhappycamper]

http://kdhnews.com/military/barricaded-soldier-shoots-herself-at-fort-lee/article_b4e0adde-2c62-11e4-bcc9-0017a43b2370.html

Barricaded soldier shoots herself at Fort Lee
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2014 9:16 am

WASHINGTON — A distraught female solider at the Fort Lee army garrison shot herself in the head Monday morning as negotiators tried to calm her at the base south of Richmond, Va. The incident triggered fears of another deadly base rampage.

Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander of Fort Lee, told reporters that the soldier shot herself in the head in a barricaded room, where she had been throwing items and was clearly enraged. First responders had established with contact with her and thought she was calming down before she turned the gun on herself, he said.

The soldier, Lyons said, was a sergeant 1st class and had served in Iraq in 2007. She was a 14- year Army veteran, the three most recent years at Fort Lee. She shot herself with a small caliber handgun brought to the base in a purse. It was not a service weapon.

The incident began around 9 a.m. EDT and prompted reports of an active shooter. That led to a lock-down across the base and in Building 5020 of the Combined Arms Support Command Headquarters. Lyons, who leads the command and the base, was among those in the building during the lock-down.

[Mnemosyne]

1. Article doesn't explain why she was so distraught. I wonder. Poor lady. nt