Fort Bragg gate reopens after security incident
US IT'S STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ROSALEE, THANK YOU.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A
SECURITY BREECH AT FORT BRAGG
THAT FORCED THE SHUT DOWN OF A
SECURITY POST.
WRAL FAYETTEVILLE REPORTER LIVE
AT FORT BRAGG WITH NEW
INFORMATION ON THIS.
GILBERT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, CATHERINE.
WE'VE LEARNED THIS WAS NOT AN
ACT OF TERRORISM.
WE'RE TOLD THAT THE LICENSE
PLATE ON THE TRUCK WAS FAKE AND
THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN.
MILITARY LEADERS BELIEVE THAT'S
WHY THE GUY PROBABLY FREAKED
OUT AND RAN THROUGH THE GATE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND
6:20 LAST NIGHT.
IT'S THE SAME LOCATION THAT HAD
TWO SECURITY SCARED EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
IN MARCH, A MAN WITH A
JORDANIAN PASSPORT WAS GAINED
ACCESS AND TRIED TO DENY.
THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS IN
JULY.
THAT'S WHEN A MAN WITHOUT A
VALID I.D.
TRIED TO ACCESS THE POST.
NO EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND.
INVESTIGATORS SAID LAST NIGHT
THE DRIVER OF THE A PICK UP
TRUCK RAN THROUGH A HEAVY GATE
SECURITY ARM.
>> AND THE VEHICLE DRIVER WAS
ABLE TO GET TO THE SOUTHERN
BOUND LANES.
A VEHICLE, I UNDERSTAND WAS
BADLY DAMAGED.
EVENTUALLY, IT WAS FOUND AND
LOCATED OFF OF FORT BRAGG.
>> A DEPUTY LOCATED TO VEHICLE
ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER.
IT WAS ABANDONED AT A CHURCH IN
WADE.
FORT BRAGG HAS ABOUT 13ACP'S
AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE THIRD
INCIDENT THIS YEAR AT THE GATE,
NONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS
INVOLVED EVER MADE IT ON POST.
>> I'M NOT ABOUT TO STAND HERE
THERE'S 100% CHANCE NO ONE WILL
GET ON TO FORT BRAGG.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS OUR GUYS
ARE PROFESSIONAL AND WELL
MAINTAINED.
>> I JUST SPOKE TO THEM AND.