Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in a shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia, one of the highest-profile Army installations in the South, according to service officials.

Soldiers at Fort Stewart tackled a shooter who had wounded five others in a mass shooting at the base, officials said.

A gunman opened fire at the Fort Stewart Base in Georgia, shooting five soldiers, officials have said. Fort Stewart, located about an hour outside of Savannah, was on lockdown for about an hour Wednesday morning after gunfire erupted, military officials said.