HINESVILLE, Ga. — Sgt. Aaron Turner said he was working at Fort Stewart on Wednesday morning when someone told him a gunman was firing in a neighboring building.

Moments later as he was helping secure the post, Turner encountered someone familiar: Quornelius Radford. The fellow Army sergeant, Turner said, was wearing a hoodie over his uniform and carrying a Glock pistol.

Turner, who had previously interacted with Radford at the post, began speaking with him, hoping to deescalate the situation. Turner remembers Radford responding that he should “go home” and saying the shooting had nothing to do with Turner or other soldiers and “that it was pretty much leaders” he was after.

When Radford tried to reload his pistol, Turner said, he grabbed the gun’s barrel and kept it aimed toward the gr

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