Pearl Harbor shooter identified, used service rifle in slaying

By Zach Halaschak

Published December 5, 2019 5:27pm ET

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Pearl Harbor shooter identified, used service rifle in slaying — Security stand outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Honolulu. A shooting at Pearl Harbor naval shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor naval shipyard. The military tweeted that it began around 2:30 p.m. Queen's Medical Center spokesperson Cedric Yamanaka said the hospital was treating one patient but didn't give e details on their condition. | (Caleb Jones/AP)

The man who shot three men and then killed himself at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii has been identified.

Gabriel Romero, 22, was revealed to be the perpetrator of the Wednesday shooting that killed two men and wounded a third. He was an active-duty sailor assigned to the USS Columbia, a 360-foot submarine. The shooting took place at one of the dry docks at about 2:30 p.m. local time.

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