Officials Investigate Threat on Fort Benning

It’s being reported that on Thursday a solider at Fort Benning discovered a suspicious package and a note threatening a massacre similar to the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood.

The anonymous note and package –  reported by The Army Times as a box of 20 hollow-point bullets — were found Thursday morning outside a motor pool area at Fort Benning, located near Columbus.

“There may be an update Monday,” said Jackson Saturday. “But at this time there is an ongoing investigation of the incident.”

The discovery coincided with a visit from Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, who was in town for Officer Candidate School graduation. The threat prompted a criminal investigation and greater police presence on the Army base, the Army Times reports.

According to a witness on the scene, a box of 20 hollow-point shells and a handwritten note were found under the 197th Infantry Training Brigade.

“The note said ‘tell the commanding general to call off all charges or there will be a re-enactment of Fort Hood,’ ” a witness told Army Times. Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan is charged in the Nov. 5 shooting deaths of 13 fellow service members.

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