--- title: "Two airmen killed in shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base" description: "A shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base on Monday killed two service members with the 319th Reconnaissance Wing" date: "2020-06-01" modified: "2020-06-01" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/grand-forks-air-force-base-shooting/" categories: - "Air Force" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "United States" tags: - "death" - "Northern Command" - "shooting" --- # Two airmen killed in shooting at Grand Forks Air Force Base ![]() A shooting incident at about 4:30 a.m. at Grand Forks Air Force Base on Monday left two active duty service members with the 319th Reconnaissance Wing dead, the wing’s public affairs office said. “Base emergency services responded to the scene, have it contained and believe there is currently no risk to other personnel at this time,” [the public affairs office wrote]() on its website. “This incident is under investigation.” Out of respect for their families, the names of the victims will be withheld for 24 hours to notify their next-of-kin. Base medical teams also deployed “disaster mental health” to care for those impacted, the office added. According to the [Grand Forks Herald](), the incident occurred in a dormitory on the base. Staff Sgt. Elijaih Tiggs, a spokesman for the base, told [Military.com]() that the dorms are set for first-term, unaccompanied airmen. “There isn’t much else we can say,” Leah Green, a base spokeswoman, told the Herald. The North Dakota base operates the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone, which specializes in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. *This is a developing story and will be updated as new details emerge* ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()