ATLANTA – Five soldiers were shot Wednesday in an active shooter incident at Fort Stewart, an Army base in south Georgia, according to Maj. Charlie Egan, a 3rd Infantry Division spokesperson. Egan said the shooter has been apprehended.

Reuters and CNN reported the suspect was a soldier, citing an unnamed official.

The injured soldiers initially were "treated on-site and moved to Winn Army Community Hospital for further treatment," installation officials said in a post to the base's official Facebook page.

Later, two soldiers who'd been shot were transported via ambulance to Memorial Health University Medical Center, a trauma center approximately an hour's drive away in Savannah. Helicopters were unavailable to assist due to local weather conditions, hospital spokesperson Bryna Gordon sa

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