This article was updated on August 7, 2025, at 3:24 p.m.
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.
Instead of ducking for cover, Turner said, he approached the gunman and started talking — asking what he was doing there and where he was heading. When he got close enough, Turner grabbed the soldier’s gun and took him to the floor, where soldiers held him down until military police arrived.
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