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    Air Force Guards Fired Shots at Intruder Who Drove Car Through Gate at Texas Base

    Air security personnel fired several shots in self-defense on Saturday afternoon when a driver breached the main entry point to Joint Antonio-Camp Bullis in Texas, according to the base.

    The driver, who had not yet been identified on Tuesday, drove toward the guards “at a high rate of speed in the wrong direction of traffic,” said Robert Strain, a Joint Base San Antonio- Sam Houston spokesman.

    The driver broke through the access control point and was on the installation for several minutes before turning around and speeding through the gate to exit.

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    The suspect did not reach any training areas located at the base, according to officials, and no injuries to Air Force personnel or property were reported.

    The driver was arrested later that evening by the San Antonio Police Department, about nine miles from Camp Bullis, after involvement in a separate incident.

    No injuries to the suspect were reported.

    The San Antonio Police Department could not be reached for comment on the suspect's arrest.

    Camp Bullis covers more than 27,000 acres in Bexar County, Texas, and functions primarily as a training area for Army, Air Force and Marine Corps ground combat units. The facility also serves as a field medical training site for units stationed at the nearby Brooke Army Medical Center.

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