A Marine was killed in a shooting at Camp Lejeune on Wednesday night and a second Marine was arrested on suspicion of involvement, the base said.
Base authorities took the Marine into custody at about 10:15 p.m. after the incident that occurred in a barracks room at the North Carolina base earlier in the evening, a statement from the base said.
The statement called the death a homicide and described the other Marine as a suspect but did not provide any other details, including how the Marine died.
The sprawling Camp Lejeune covers approximately 240 square miles and is home to the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Its beaches and ranges provide training in amphibious assault and urban warfare and they are used for US Marine training and for exercises involving other military forces from around the world.
Base authorities took the Marines into custody after the incident in a barracks room at the North Carolina base, a statement from the base said.AP
The death occurred two days before the base was scheduled to conduct an annual exercise known as Exercise Urgent Response that “provides an opportunity for tenant command to develop and implement emergency safety procedures,” according to a press release.
In 2021, a Marine was shot and wounded in a barracks on the base.
Authorities later determined that the shooting was accidental.
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