Gunfire erupted at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday morning, prompting the base commander to lock down facilities in the wake of this “active shooter” incident.

An active shooting forced the lockdown on Wednesday of Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, an army base in Georgia, the military base said in an alert posted on its social media pages.

Multiple people have been wounded in an active shooter incident at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday, a U.S. official said. The number of casualties was not immediately clear but victims are en route to the regional trauma center, Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, hospital officials told ABC News.