Gunman Attempts To Storm Fort Leonard Wood

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According to televised reports from Fox News, a man with an AK-47 attempted to storm the entrance gate to Fort Leonard Wood, two hours from St. Louis Missouri, police and guardsmen responded and chased the suspect who is in custody.

Missouri police identified the gunman as Cody Wilcoxson. According to a spokesman from the military base, where a large number of new recruits complete their Basic Combat Training, Wilcoxson attempted to gain entry to the base earlier this morning at the West Gate and handed over a form of identification, which the guard declined for security purposes. When prompted for another form of ID Wilcoxson apparently drove through the gate, where Military Police chased him until he drove back through a separate gate and regular police took up the chase. According to the breaking news report from Fox News, Wilcoxson was shooting through the driver side window and the sunroof of his vehicle, and headed towards the Missouri University of Science and Technology, which has been locked down since the occurrence. Reports from around 9AM this morning from theschool said that a gunman was seen on campus entering buildings, and then left approximately 15 minutes.

Officers laid down stop sticks and disabled the gunman’s vehicle, which he abandoned and then stole another car, which he also crashed. He is reportedly in custody of the Missouri State Police at this time, and could have been injured on his hand. No motive for the event has been reported as of the time of this writing.