Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base Nation Aug 7, 2025 11:50 AM EDT

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — A half-dozen soldiers at a Georgia Army base are being hailed as heroes for tackling an armed assailant accused of shooting five people and then giving aid to their wounded colleagues.

Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, is accused of using a personal handgun to shoot five soldiers Wednesday at Fort Stewart, one of the nation’s largest Army bases, before he was quickly tackled by other troops, officials said.

“The fast action of these soldiers under stress and under trauma and under fire absolutely saved lives from being lost,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said at a news briefing Thursday morning.

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