#FortStewart #Georgia #Update

#ActuveDuty Sergeant Quornelius Radford [sp? Cornelius?], a 28-year-old #USArmy sergeant with ties to Florida.

The suspect & #army sergeant as well as the #shooting victims are alive.

Radford was taken into custody at about 11:35AM.

The handgun used was a personal weapon which is NOT allowed on base under #MilitaryLaw (#UCMJ).

#military #USArmy #ArmyBase #MassShooting #GunViolence #GunControl #GunLaws #MentalHealthAwareness
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/fort-stewart-active-shooter-08-06-25#cme0dbome00213b6nr45cj2p3

#Update

Suspect in #FortStewart #shooting a #soldier, US official says

A #US soldier is suspected of carrying out a shooting at the Fort Stewart base which injured 5 soldiers, a US official said on Wednesday.

The official, who was speaking on the condition of anonymity, was citing initial information and said it could change.

#military #USArmy #ArmyBase #MassShooting #GunViolence #GunControl #GunLaws #DomesticTerrorism #MentalHealthAwareness
https://www.reuters.com/world/suspect-fort-stewart-shooting-soldier-us-official-says-2025-08-06/

Located about 40 miles southwest of Savannah, #Georgia, #FortStewart is the largest #Army post east of the Mississippi River. It’s home to thousands of soldiers assigned to the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division & family members.

Update:

Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army’s #FortStewart in #Georgia, the base said in a social media post.

A post on the #ArmyBase’s FB page told all personnel in the locked down area to “stay inside, close & lock all windows & doors.”Adding, “Due to the lockdown status all gates on Fort Stewart are currently closed.”

#USArmy #MassShooting #GunViolence #GunControl #GunLaws #DomesticTerrorism #MentalHealthAwareness
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-army-post-lockdown-shooter-0b3b2cda384d1f33d107d988e6088d92?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-06-Breaking+News

Recently, Cowan secured #funding from an out-of-state nonprofit as well as a $125,000 emergency grant from the city. Still, he may be forced to conduct layoffs if #federal government dollars don't start flowing again.

“We shouldn't be pulling from our own personal finances & life insurance policies to cover the cost of #PublicSafety,” he said.

…Organizations are trying to figure out how to keep the doors open now that #federal money has run dry.

Durell Cowan, exec dir of HEAL 901, a community violence prevention nonprofit in Memphis, received a $1.7 million #CVI grant in Oct 2024.

Cowan's org received $150k in federal funds since the beginning of the year before his grant was canceled. He's had to dip into his personal savings to keep his 14-person staff on payroll, he said.

…In June, a letter signed by 18 law enforcement groups & police chiefs in Louisville, Minneapolis, Tucson & Omaha called on Attorney General #PamBondi to reinstate #funding that has resulted in "measurable & significant reductions in violence & homicides."

"These aren't feel-good programs; they’re lifesaving, law-enforcement-enhancing strategies that work," they wrote.

Pha'Tal Perkins founded Think Outside Da Block in 2016, a nonprofit based in Chicago's violence-plagued Englewood neighborhood. #Federal #funding allowed him to hire full-time staff, but when #grants were stripped, he was forced to lay off 5 team members.

"Being able to have outreach teams at specific places at the right time to have conversations before things get out of hand is what people don't see," Perkins said.

"Very few state legislatures are passing #funding right now, that's why the federal cuts were such a tragic hit," said Amber Goodwin, co-founder of Community Violence Legal Network, who's part of a coalition of lawyers working to get #grants reinstated.

…Interviews w/ #legal experts, #GunViolence interventionists, & fmr #DOJ ofcls said funding cuts threaten long-term sustainability of #CVI initiatives that have taken years to establish….

While cities like New York City, Chicago & Los Angeles received the bulk of #GunViolence prevention funding, southern cities like Memphis, Selma, Alabama & Baton Rouge, Louisiana also received millions & were more reliant on the #grants due to limited state support for the programs, experts told Reuters.

#GunViolence deaths in the #US grew more than 50% from 2015 to the pandemic-era peak of 21,383 in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Since then, deadly #shootings have been in decline, falling to 16,725 in 2024, which is more in line with the pre-pandemic trend. As of May 2025, deaths are down 866 from the same period last year.

Prior to the #Biden #funding, most #GunViolence prevention programs were funded on the #state level.

"These programs 5 years ago, if they did exist, had very small budgets & didn't have large, multimillion-dollar federal investments," said Michael-Sean Spence, director of community safety initiatives at Everytown for Gun Safety, which has worked with 136 community-based violence intervention organizations since 2019. 25 of the groups were impacted by funding cuts.

…The majority of #CVI grants were originally funded through the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act & part of a push by President Joe Biden to stem the rise of #GunViolence in the #US, including establishing the first White House Office for Gun Violence Prevention.

That office was "dismantled on day one" of #Trump taking office, said fmr deputy director of the office, Greg Jackson.

The elimination of #CVI programs is part of a broader rollback at the department's grant-issuing Office of Justice Programs, which terminated 365 #grants valued at $811 million in April, impacting a range of #PublicSafety & victim services programs.

A #DOJ official told Reuters the #GunViolence grants were eliminated because they "no longer effectuate the program's goals or agency's priorities."