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title: "Navy identifies sailor shot and killed by security personnel at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek"
description: "Seaman Juan Gerardo Medina-Reynaga allegedly tried to grab an officer's weapon after leading security personnel on a car chase."
date: "2019-08-05"
modified: "2019-08-05"
authors:
  - name: "Jeff Schogol"
    job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter"
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url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-identifies-sailor-shot-killed/"
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  - "Navy"
  - "News"
  - "United States"
tags:
  - "Northern Command"
---

# Navy identifies sailor shot and killed by security personnel at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek

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Navy officials have identified Seaman Juan Gerardo Medina-Reynaga as the sailor shot and killed by security personnel following a high-speed car chase at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia.

Medina-Reynaga, 25, served as an aviation boatswain's mate (fuels) airman aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, a Navy Region Mid-Atlantic news release says. He joined the Navy in 2015 and had previously served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

On Aug. 2, security personnel at Little Creek stopped Medina-Reynaga for driving erratically around 9:50 p.m., the news release says. Medina-Reynaga allegedly tried to speed away from authorities and a chase ensued.

When security personnel used automatic barriers to try to prevent Medina-Reynaga from leaving the base, he turned into a Navy Exchange Mini Mart and hit a gas pump, immobilizing his 2016 Dodge Charger, the news release says.

Medina-Reynaga allegedly tried to run away and then got into a scuffle with pursuing security personnel, the news release says. When he allegedly tried to grab one of the security officer's weapons, he was shot and killed at around 10:50 p.m.

The officer who shot Medina-Reynaga has been placed on administrative duties pending the results of an investigation, the news release says. Two security personnel were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

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