A quiet morning at Fort Stewart, Georgia, turned violent Wednesday when five soldiers were shot in a sudden attack on base. The accused gunman has been identified as 28-year-old U.S. Army Sergeant Quornelius Radford, an automated logistics specialist assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT).
The shooting occurred in the ABCT area, according to a U.S. Army statement posted to social media. All five victims were initially treated on-site and later transported to Winn Army Community Hospital. Their current conditions have not been disclosed, but officials confirmed all are receiving care.
Radford, originally from Jacksonville, Florida, enlisted in the Army in January 2018. Despite serving for over seven years, he has no deployment history. At the time of the incident, he was working on base and allegedly used a personal weapon to carry out the shooting. He is now in pre-trial confinement.
This isn’t Radford’s first brush with the law. Just a few months prior, on May 18, 2025, he was arrested by the Georgia Department of Public Safety for DUI and disobeying a traffic signal. According to a police summons, Radford told officers he ran a red light because he urgently needed to use the bathroom.
Military investigators are still working to determine a motive behind the shooting, which has shocked the Fort Stewart community. The Army has not released further details about the case or the conditions of the injured soldiers.
As the investigation unfolds, questions remain about how a personal weapon was brought onto base—and what led a fellow soldier to allegedly turn on his own unit.
