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| Air Force police open fire on driver attempting to run gate of Texas base | |
| 2023-10-26 | |
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An unidentified driver sped in the direction of Air Force guards "at a high rate of speed in the wrong direction of traffic" at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis on Tuesday, speeding through the access control point and gaining access to the installation for several minutes before speeding back through the gate exit, according to a report from Military.com. "Security forces pursued the driver and took defensive measures when the suspected gate runner attempted to exit the installation via the inbound lane traveling at an excessive rate of speed," Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis spokesperson Angela Casarez said of the incident, according to Military Times. The driver reportedly was unable to reach any of the training areas located on the more than 27,000-acre base, and did not sustain any injuries from the shots fired by Air Force guards. The San Antonio Police Department later arrested the suspect about nine miles from the base after he was involved in a separate incident, according to the report. Camp Bullis, which is used mainly for training Army, Air Force and Marine Corps combat troops, is part of Joint Base San Antonio, which also includes Fort Sam Houston, Randolph Air Force Base, and Lackland Air Force Base. Fort Sam Houston was forced to close another gate and place several buildings on lockdown around the same time as the incident at Camp Bullis after several gunshots were heard from a nearby wooded area outside the gate. It is unclear if the two incidents were related, while the gates and buildings opened hours later, according to the report. There were no reports of injuries to military personnel in the incidents. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 #3 ...Air Force police open fire... Yah. And then he blew right back out thru the gate... more range times. boys. Posted by: Mercutio 2023-10-26 08:50 Merc, FWIW, they used to be pretty good - years ago, some nut got loose on Fairchild AFB, and started shooting. The first LE on the scene was on a bike patrol and he promptly put one through said nut's skull. At 270 feet. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-10-26 09:58 |
| #3 ...Air Force police open fire... Yah. And then he blew right back out thru the gate... more range times. boys. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2023-10-26 08:50 |
| #2 He didn't "attempt to run gate". He blew the gate (more like an info booth) drove around on base for a while, and then blew back out the way he came in. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-10-26 08:17 |
| #1 This is not hard to defend/defeat...you only need the will and the right people. The physical barrier technology is available. A dramatic scene played out at Camp Pendleton Friday evening when a driver attempted to crash through the main gate at the Marine base just north of San Diego, military officials said. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. when a driver attempted “to gain unauthorized access to the installation,” Camp Pendleton tweeted. Guards deployed “final denial barriers” which stopped the car in its tracks. Video captured by a passing driver shows the vehicle then burst into flames. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2023-10-26 04:39 |