A retired service member discovered useless at Fort Meade on Wednesday morning is suspected of killing his 34-year-old son of their Odenton condo, in response to the Anne Arundel County Police Division.
Army officers from the fort launched a bulletin Wednesday notifying the media of the on-site demise, whereas the county division introduced it was contemplating the deaths a murder-suicide.
On Thursday, police revealed the names of the 2 individuals killed: son Steven Michael Nabakowski and father Jack Michael Nabakowski, 64. Detectives are nonetheless investigating a motive, police mentioned.
At roughly 9:40 a.m., the Directorate of Emergency Providers responded to the car parking zone of the Army and Air Pressure Alternate Providers — a normal retailer for Division of Protection ID holders — the place they discovered Jack Nabakowski useless.
The shop is situated on the bottom and requires a retired ID card for non-active army members to enter, mentioned Shaun Herron, a Fort Meade spokesperson. Particulars on Nabakowski’s army profession and connection to the fort, apart from his standing as a retired service member, weren’t made out there.
A notice close to his physique led police to an condo advanced within the 500 block of Retreat Court docket, the place they discovered his son affected by a gunshot wound. Pronounced useless on the scene, detectives are nonetheless attempting to find out when the son was killed and a timeline of occasions, Limansky mentioned.
Steven Nabakowski turned the twelfth murder sufferer investigated by Anne Arundel police this 12 months and the second this week. On Monday, Forrest Allen Ryan, 38, of Chester, was discovered useless in his Porsche SUV after crashing right into a tree in Arnold. He had a gunshot wound in his chest and his demise is being investigated as a murder, county police mentioned.
Whereas the Fort Meade Felony Investigation Division is wanting into Jack Nabakowski’s demise, Anne Arundel murder detectives ask that anybody with info associated to the son name 410-222-4731. Nameless suggestions may be left on the TipLine, as effectively, by calling 410-222-4700.
With greater than 64,000 staff, Fort Meade is the Army’s second-largest base by inhabitants and acts because the seat for the Division of Protection’s intelligence, info, and cyber operations.
The 2 deaths Wednesday spotlight tendencies inside the armed forces that the Division of Protection continues to try to deal with.
In accordance with the division’s 2021 report on army suicides — its most up-to-date version — suicide charges amongst energetic members have step by step elevated since 2011, remaining much like tendencies all through the nation.
In the event you or somebody you already know is contemplating harming themselves, please name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Further psychological well being sources can be found on-line.
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