Non-fatal injuries 1 Non fatal injuries 1 | Start date March 24, 2014 | |
Deaths 2 dead including perpetrator | ||
At approximately 11:20 at night on 24 March 2014, at Navy Pier 1 located within the larger Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia, Jeffery Tyrone Savage, a 35-year-old civilian truck driver drove his 2002 Freight-liner near the pier and boarded the USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer. He came unarmed but disarmed the sailor guarding the ship and used her weapon to shoot Petty Officer, Mark Mayo, 24, who intervened, fatally injuring him. Savage was later killed in a shootout with Navy security.
The incident is the subject of two investigations, one conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the other by a one-star admiral to find out whether security procedures were followed at the base.
Mayo was later awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Navy and Marines’ highest non-combat decoration.