Note said Hood-style shooting could happen

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A witness says a box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening a shooting spree at Fort Benning, Ga., were found on the base Nov. 19. Base officials say an investigation is underway.


Note said Hood-style shooting could happen
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 20, 2009 18:23:44 EST

A box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening an incident like the one at Fort Hood, Texas, were discovered Thursday at Fort Benning, Ga., sparking a criminal investigation and greater police presence, a witness told Army Times.

According to a witness at the scene, a box of 20 hollow-point shells and a handwritten note were found in the motor pool area between 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry, under the 197th Infantry Training Brigade.

“The note said ‘tell the commanding general to call off all charges or there will be a re-enactment of Fort Hood,’ ” the witness told Army Times. He spoke on condition he wouldn’t be identified.

After the discovery, he said, military police arrived with dogs, cordoned off a 20-foot perimeter around the box and began dusting for fingerprints and questioning people.

“They’re talking with anyone with a pending (Uniform Code of Military Justice) charge and people who are getting chaptered out to see if they can find out who it is,” the witness said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/army_benning_box_112009w/