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SAN DIEGO (AP) – A security guard shot a person with a knife at the entrance gate to the Marine Corps recruitment depot in San Diego on Friday, authorities said.
The shooting occurred around noon, San Diego police said.
According to a statement from the depot quoted by KGTV-TV, a car tried to drive into the depot through the Gate 5 checkpoint and the guards warned it to stop.
The driver then got out and approached with a knife “and hostile intent,” the statement said.
“After several warnings, the person was shot dead by base personnel” and died on the scene, the statement said.
Other details were not immediately released.
Since the shooting took place on federal property, the Marine Criminal Police Office is conducting the investigation.
The depot is located near the San Diego International Airport. Gate 5 is used for visitors. It has security kiosks under a metal awning.
KSWB-TV reported that an off-road vehicle with open doors could be seen in one of the visitor lanes and a corpse covered with a tarpaulin was lying a short distance under the awning of the gate.
Marine Recruit Depot, which primarily trains recruits from the west of the Mississippi, employs tens of thousands of recruits each year. The depot is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
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