--- description: A gunman is dead and one person is injured after a shooting at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. title: Gunman Dead, 1 Woman Injured After Active Shooter Reported at Naval Air Station in Virginia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab0a7dfd0cbe019/698947d5656a3f0eebbd6e4f/nas-oceana-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Military](/tag/military/) ## Military Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gunman Dead, 1 Woman Injured After Active Shooter Reported at Naval Air Station in Virginia by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:04 AM CUTPublished: Apr 5, 2019 12:25 PM CUT  An F/A-18 taxis on the flight line at Naval Air Station Oceana in Norfolk, Virginia, May 8, 2013, during the Department of Defense's tour deemed Navy 101\. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) An F/A-18 taxis on the flight line at Naval Air Station Oceana in Norfolk, Virginia, May 8, 2013, during the Department of Defense's tour deemed Navy 101\. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:04 AM CUTPublished: Apr 5, 2019 12:25 PM CUT One U.S. Navy sailor died and another was injured after a shooting at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach Friday morning, authorities said. The gunman, a male sailor identified as Christopher J. Ruffier, 26, was shot and killed by Navy police officer after he shot a female sailor in the parking lot outside Hanger 145 on the naval base, the Navy said in a statement. The woman, who remains unidentified, was taken Virginia Beach General Hospital with multiple non-life threatening gunshot wounds. She is in stable condition, according to the statement. Ruffier, originally from Ohio, enlisted on Feb. 15, 2018 and served as an Aviation Ordnancemen Airman Apprentice, according to the Navy. Both sailors were assigned to the VFA-37 squadron, NAS Oceana commanding officer Capt. Chad Vincelette said in a Facebook post on Friday. Vincelette said the shooting took place at 6:45 a.m. and that the naval base has a no weapons policy, according to Vincelette. “We do random and periodic inspections for prohibited items,” he said. “How the Sailor was able to get a weapon on base is part of the investigation.” A spokesperson for NAS Oceana tells TIME the shooting was an isolated incident and “domestic in nature.” > [](https://twitter.com/nas%5Foceana/status/1114131918944182273) NAS Oceana went into lockdown Friday morning after reports of an active shooter. The lockdown was lifted at 7:40 a.m. > [](https://twitter.com/nas%5Foceana/status/1114125026473775105) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5564920/naval-air-station-oceana-virginia-beach-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5564920/naval-air-station-oceana-virginia-beach-shooting/"},"headline":"Gunman Dead, 1 Woman Injured After Active Shooter Reported at Naval Air Station in Virginia","datePublished":"2019-04-05T12:25:21.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T00:04:11.000Z","description":"A gunman is dead and one person is injured after a shooting at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach.","url":"https://time.com/5564920/naval-air-station-oceana-virginia-beach-shooting/","keywords":["Military","Crime","Virginia","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab0a7dfd0cbe019/698947d5656a3f0eebbd6e4f/nas-oceana-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab0a7dfd0cbe019/698947d5656a3f0eebbd6e4f/nas-oceana-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-DEFENSE-NAVY","caption":"US-DEFENSE-NAVY","creditText":"JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/military/","name":"Military"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5564920/naval-air-station-oceana-virginia-beach-shooting/","name":"Gunman Dead, 1 Woman Injured After Active Shooter Reported at Naval Air Station in Virginia"}}]}] ```