Army Secretary Asked Point Blank: How Did Shooting Suspect Get Personal Firearm Past Base Security?

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During a press briefing on Thursday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was asked how the suspect in the Fort Stewart shooting was able to bring his personal firearm onto the base.

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00:00Mr. Secretary, Robin Kemp from The Currents.

00:02Hi.

00:03Will there be any efforts by the DOD to harden the entrances to installations,

00:09to look for things like personal weapons coming in and out of base?

00:13We are constantly looking at our security protocols on all of our bases,

00:17both in CODIS and around the world.

00:19We absolutely will want to learn from this investigation.

00:23We do not want something like this to ever happen again on an Army base.

00:27And so, if there are things we can do to improve safety, we will take those steps.

00:32But right now, we're really early in investigation.

00:35Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here with BBC News.

00:39Thanks for being here.

00:40How did the suspect get a gun, his personal gun,

00:43pass security onto the base in Tinsley Police?

00:47As I just remarked to your colleague, we are still early in the investigation.

00:51The shooting happened yesterday.

00:53CID, I can have him come up and tell you what we've learned so far.

00:57Our commitment is what we learned will be disclosed.

00:59It will be transparent.

01:01Justice will be brought on behalf of these victims in the community that was armed.

01:05Good morning.

01:07As Secretary mentioned, this is still an active investigation.

01:11We're still processing the scene with all the resources and capabilities

01:15that the Army's Criminal Investigation Division has to offer,

01:19which is an offense to absurd people in this entire region.

01:23In light of the fact that we're still processing,

01:26and I'm going to have to defer to that question for now.

01:29Is it normal to have a personal gun release here?

01:32No, that would be a violation.

01:34No.

01:35That would be a violation.

01:37That would be a violation.

01:38That would be.

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