Marine arrested for firing weapon in altercation on North Carolina base
A Marine was apprehended after allegedly firing a weapon during an altercation Saturday on a North Carolina base, according to a Marine spokeswoman.
The incident, which took place outside near the French Creek Barracks aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, left no reported injuries, Marine spokeswoman Capt. Emma Thompson said via email on Tuesday.
“There are no public safety concerns at this time,” Thompson said.
Thompson confirmed that “the individual who fired a weapon” Saturday was a Marine but declined to release the Marine’s identity to protect the integrity of the investigation into the incident.
Marine arrested in shooting death of civilian on North Carolina base
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, is home to II Marine Expeditionary Force, one of the Corps’ three main forces.
In January, at the same installation, a Marine was taken into custody after a civilian was shot and killed. In October, Lance Cpl. Austin B. Schwenk died after being shot in a barracks room on the North Carolina base, and another Marine was arrested for alleged involvement in the death.
The investigations into those two incidents were ongoing, Darwin Lam, a spokesperson for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, told Marine Corps Times on Wednesday, declining to release new details about them. Lam declined to comment on Saturday’s incident, citing the ongoing investigation.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday with a response from a Naval Criminal Investigative Service spokesperson.
