Lockdown issued at Hunter Army Airfield

Breaking: Lockdown issued at Hunter Army Airfield

“Lock down your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors.”

Updated: 2:25 PM EST Feb 3, 2025

ARMY OFFICIALS IDENTIFY THE TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT ON FORT STEWART. HOW IT HAPPENED… AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS RESPONDING. <NATURAL SOUND> “IT’S PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL!” – *CHEERS* AND PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL MAKES HIS PREDICTION FOR GROUNDHOG DAY. FIND OUT IF GEORGIA’S GENERAL BEAUREGARD LEE …HAS THE SAME FORECAST. US 280 AT US 301 IN CLAXTON THANKS FOR THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING — I’M EMMA HAMILTON. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW …. NOW, HERE’S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR… TODAY WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG, MAINLY BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY, THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 72. CALM WIND BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT PATCHY FOG. OTHERWISE, PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 48. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND. TUESDAY PATCHY FOG BEFORE 9AM. OTHERWISE, PARTLY SUNNY, THEN GRADUALLY BECOMING SUNNY, WITH A HIGH NEAR 78 AND HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING … AND HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. AND HERE’S LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING … OFFICIALS WITH THE THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT. ARMY OFFICIALS SAY STAFF SERGEANT SHELBE BUTNER… AND SPECIALIST JACOB MULLEN DIED DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ARMY HASN’T RELEASED MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE DEADLY INCIDENT… BUT SAY THE PAIR WERE IN A VEHICLE THAT ROLLED OVER. ARMY OFFICIALS TELL US NO OTHER SOLDIERS WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. IN A STATEMENT… THE THIRD EYE-D’S COMMANDING OFFICER SAID THE PAIR WERE “HONORED SOLDIERS ON THE MARNE DIVISION” AND THAT THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THOSE AFFECTED 28-YEAR-OLD BUTNER .. WHO GREW UP IN MISSOURI .. SERVED THE ARMY FOR NINE YEARS. SHE WAS AWARDED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDIAL… THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL… THE AIR ASSAULT AND DRILL SERGEANT BADGES FOR HER SERVICE. MULLEN WAS FROM MARYLAND AND SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR SEVEN YEARS… WHICH INCLUDED A DEPLOYMENT IN POLAND. HE WAS AWARDED THE ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL … THE ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL .. THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL .. AND THE ARMY SERVICE RIBBON. THIS MORNING .. THE EFFINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WORKING TO LEARN HOW TWO PEOPLE DIED IN RINCON. DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO ELLIS DRIVE ON SATURDAY WHERE THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE DEAD. WHEN OUR CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE… WE FOUND DEPUTIES BLOCKING OF THE RAHN’S STATION NEIGHBORHOOD. DEPUTIES WOULD NOT ALLOW CAMERAS BEYOND THE FRONT ENTRANCE. “WE HAVE HAD SOME FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS TO COME IN SO WE’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE DEPUTIES AND INVESTIGATORS ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING STAYS CALM SO THAT THE INVESTIGATORS CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO AND TRY TO CLEAR THE SCENE AS EARLY AS THEY CAN.” AS NEW DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE… WE’LL BE DOT COM. THIS MORNING .. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN EFFINGHAM COUNTY. THE INCIDENT BEGAN FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER A CAR ON HIGHWAY 21 IN RINCON. THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER .. OFFICERS SPOTTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN… LEADING TO A CHASE. RINCON POLICE WERE ABLE TO PERFORM A PIT MANEUVER ENDING THE PURSUIT. KEEFER CLEMMONS AND DENNIS RUTH WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THEY’RE FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES. THIS MORNING .. THE STATESBORO MALL IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN AFTER IT WAS SHUT DOWN YESTEEDAY DUE TO A GREASE FIRE IN ONE OF ITS RESTAURANTS. FIRE CREWS RESPONDED AROUND THREE-30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY CONTAINED AND NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS MORNING .. THREE ADULTS AND ONE INFANT ARE WITHOUT A HOME AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT AT A MOBILE HOME IN BEAUFORT COUNTY. ACCORDING TO BURTON FIRE … IT HAPPENED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LAKEVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK OFF JOE FRAZIER ROAD IN BURTON. FIRE CREWS SAY THEY SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE STOVE. BURTON FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE HOME HAD SMOKE ALARMS BUT THEY WERE OLD AND DID NOT OPERATE. NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. RIGHT NOW .. YOU CAN SHARE THE CHANGES YOU’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE CITY OF SAVANNAH. IT’S ALL PART OF THE CITY’S G-P-S STRATEGIC PLAN. WJCL 22 NEWS’ SAVANNAH YOUNGER IS JOINING US LIVE FROM WINDSOR FOREST COMMUNITY CENTER… WHICH IS WHERE ONE OF THE SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK.. TO DISCUSS THE PLAN. AND SAVANNAH… WHY IS THE CITY CREATING THIS INITIATIVE? THE CITY SAYS IT WANTS TO FOCUS ON SIX KEY GOALS TO MAKE SURE SAVANNAH RESIDENTS.. BUSINESS… AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAFE AND ECONOMICALLY THRIVING. THE G-P-S STRATEGIC PLAN WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO TAKE A SURVEY AND ATTEND IN PERSON MEETINGS… TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY… INVEST IN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT… EXPAND ECONOMIC ACCESS.. AND MORE. I SPOKE WITH A FREQUENT SAVANNAH VISITOR WHO SAYS THIS PLAN IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. “I THINK IT’S AWESOME THAT THE LEADERS HERE ARE REALLY TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SAVANNAH IS A CITY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO IT’S REALLY NICE TO JUST LET THE LOCALS KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING HEARD AND THEIR GOVERNMENT IS LISTENING TO THEM AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT PROPER CHANGE.” THE CITY WILL HOST SIX IN-PERSON MEETINGS.. STARTING TODAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM. TODAY’S MEETING WILL START AT SIX… AT THE WINDSOR FOREST COMMUNITY CENTER. BUT IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT OUT TO THOSE MEETINGS… THERE IS ALSO AN ONLINE SURVEY YOU CAN THIS SURVEY IS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL SURVEY WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS… YOU’LL NEED TO SUBMIT VOICE RECORDINGS AS WELL. I’LL HAVE MORE DETAILS AND THE LINK AS WELL TO THE SURVEY ON OUR WEBSITE WJCL-DOT-COM. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. THE FEMA DEADLINE IS QUICKLY APPROACHING FOR GEORGIA RESIDENTS. THIS FRIDAY .. FEBRUARY SEVENTH .. WILL BE THE LAST DAY FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HELENE TO APPLY. FEMA OFFICIALS SAY GRANTS CAN COVER VERY BASIC REPAIRS IN ORDER TO MAKE A HOME LIVABLE OR A BUSINESS VIABLE. A LOW-INTEREST DISASTER LOAN … CAN HELP PAY FOR THE THINGS *NOT COVERED BY THAT GRANT … OR YOUR INSURANCE. FEMA GRANTS DO *NOT HAVE TO BE PAID BACK. “BUT I MISS MY BURROW. I MISS MY COOP. SO I’M HEADED BACK DOWN. THERE’S A SHADOW UP HERE. GET READY FOR SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER THIS YEAR.” – *CHEERS* YOU JUST HEARD IT THERE FOLKS .. PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SAYS THERE WILL BE SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER. HE MADE HIS PREDICTION YESTERDAY DURING GROUNDHOG DAY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING TRACK… PHIL AND HIS OFFSPRINGS HAVE SEEN THEIR SHADOW ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN TIMES .. WITH NO SHADOW 21 TIMES. HERE IN GEORGIA … GENERAL BEAUREGARD LEE IS MADE THE SAME PREDICTION. HE SAW HIS SHADOW YESTERDAY MORNING .. INDICATING THERE WILL BE A LONGER WINTE

Breaking: Lockdown issued at Hunter Army Airfield

“Lock down your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors.”

Updated: 2:25 PM EST Feb 3, 2025

Above video: Your Monday headlinesA lockdown order has been issued at Hunter Army Airfield. While details are scarce, the following statement was issued shortly after 2 p.m. on the base’s Facebook page:”The Commander has issued a lock down order for Hunter Army Airfield. Lock down your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors. Keep telephone lines open for information updates and monitor social media outlets for additional information. Report accountability to your leadership. An all clear message will be distributed when the emergency is over.”This is a developing story. Check back for updates.TRENDING STORIESSavannah Bananas offer free tickets after lottery mishap’We completely messed up’: Savannah Bananas team president issues apology after ticket lottery snafu1 dead after fatal bar shooting in Ridgeland

SAVANNAH, Ga. —

Above video: Your Monday headlines

A lockdown order has been issued at Hunter Army Airfield. While details are scarce, the following statement was issued shortly after 2 p.m. on the base’s Facebook page:

“The Commander has issued a lock down order for Hunter Army Airfield. Lock down your facility immediately, stay inside, close and lock all windows and doors. Keep telephone lines open for information updates and monitor social media outlets for additional information. Report accountability to your leadership. An all clear message will be distributed when the emergency is over.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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