Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal, via Associated Press
A man believed to be one of the National Guardsmen wounded near the naval base in Millington, Tenn., being taken away.
ATLANTA — A Tennessee National Guard recruiter wounded two of his superiors on Thursday when he opened fire with a handgun at a military facility near Memphis, the authorities said.
Other employees at the Paul R. Summers Armory in Millington, Tenn., immediately overpowered the assailant, probably preventing more bloodshed, the police said.
"I'm sure there could have been more injured if they hadn't taken him into custody," said Chief Rita Stanback of the Millington Police.
The authorities did not release the identities of the gunman, a sergeant first class, or the victims. But Maj. Gen. Terry M. Haston, the adjutant general of the Tennessee National Guard, said all three were men who worked as recruiters.
The victims, a major and a sergeant major, were in the chain of command of their attacker, who is expected to face charges in a civilian court.
The men, who were each shot once in their lower extremities, were being treated at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and were expected to recover.
Although federal investigators were just beginning their inquiry on Thursday evening, Chief Gary Graves of the Millington Fire Department said in a telephone interview that the episode appeared to be "an isolated incident with regards to personnel."
There was no immediate evidence of a breach of security protocols related to the shooting, which prompted a short lockdown at the nearby Naval Support Activity Mid-South. General Haston said that "everything was followed according to textbook."
Coming less than six weeks after a gunman killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, Thursday's episode clearly rattled officials in Millington, a city of more than 10,000 people. "We were kind of hoping it was going to be a drill when we first got the call," Chief Stanback said.
General Haston said the shooting had stunned him. "You never think that something like this is going to happen on your watch or in good old Tennessee here."
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