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.

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.

The Fort Stewart mass shooting suspect is an Army sergeant, a law enforcement official confirmed. The shooter not yet been publicly named.