Fort Bragg gate reopens after security incident

WRAL's Rosalia Fodera has the latest after a security incident forced Fort Bragg to close one of its gates early Tuesday night.
Posted 12/11/2019, 3:19:00 AM Updated 12/11/2019, 11:03:22 PM

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.