An American Forces Network employee who died Tuesday following a vehicle collision near a military installation in California was found with a gunshot wound.
The unidentified employee was driving to work at the March Air Reserve Base, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, at around 8 a.m. when the incident occurred, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said, as reported by NBC LA. Both drivers were taken to a hospital.
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“It was later determined that the subject had injuries consistent with a gunshot wound,” the sheriff’s department said. “The Moreno Valley Investigation Bureau assumed the investigation. No further details are available as the investigation remains ongoing.”
Deputies were initially dispatched to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, the news outlet reported. California Highway Patrol officers told deputies that both drivers were hospitalized in critical condition. Details about what led to the shooting were not disclosed.
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The American Forces Network (AFN) is the official broadcast service of the U.S. Armed Forces.
This government entity provides television, radio, and streaming content to deployed troops, Department of Defense civilians, and their families stationed overseas or aboard Navy vessels. The agency is headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, with its main broadcast center in Riverside.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the military base, the American Forces Network, and the sheriff’s department.