An afternoon press conference to address the reported shootings at Camp Shelby both yesterday and today led to an admission that there was no confirmation that shots had actually been fired at soldiers at the training facility.
Sheriff Jimmy Dale Smith briefing the media on Camp Shelby. #CampShelby pic.twitter.com/lOLJRN6sQL
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 5, 2015
The man taken into custody today, Alfred Baria, will be facing charges, even though no firearm was found in his pickup truck, which he claims he can make backfire on demand.
Baria facing 2 felony charges and 4 misdemeanor charges. #campshelby pic.twitter.com/1Gmm386piX
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 5, 2015
Suspect Alfred Barria will be facing 2 felony charges for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. pic.twitter.com/Bhz3yVfwPj
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 5, 2015
The 4 misdemeanor charges are for disturbing the peace of a person.
— Ryan Moore (@RyanMooreMS) August 5, 2015
Troopers stopped a suspect around 1120 am. No weapons in the vehicle. Guns recovered at the home.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Baria has previous narcotics charges, sheriff said.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Sheriff: Suspect does not have a mental history. He does claim he can make his truck backfire on command.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
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Col. Greg Michel, installation commander at camp Shelby: traffic control points were set up to notify public about training.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Michel: No actual confirmation of gunshots.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Michele:We're always evaluating security. After Chattanooga special attention has been given to that.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Portions of training were live fire. Gunshots are not uncommon as there are hunters in the area.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
ATF tells me the suspect had a 6-inch piece of PVC pipe, painted EOD green, in the floorboard of his truck. It was not explosive.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Atf's role was to determine whether device was explosive, they determined that it was not.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
ATF: PVC pipe was inside the floorboard, sealed with end caps. Agents are obligated to treat it as explosive. Luckily it wasn't.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
ATF designated task force from Biloxi x-rayed the device. "It wasn't what we would call an explosive device that we could prosecute."
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
"He more than made it, he painted it. He wanted it to look like" a pipe bomb.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
Sheriff says Baria, 61, was located during a traffic stop on Hwy. 29 then search warrants were done on his vehicle and residence #CampShelby
— Margaret Ann Morgan (@Margaret_AnnM) August 5, 2015
Sheriff: Baria admitted to being one driving vehicle in location. Sheriff says Baria has no extremist connections they know of #CampShelby
— Margaret Ann Morgan (@Margaret_AnnM) August 5, 2015
ATF: Can't speculate on if the suspect meant harm to soldiers.
— Therese Apel (@TRex21) August 5, 2015
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