Two men on the run after firing into Mississippi military base

Members of the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participate in a casing ceremony as their training comes to an end at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss., Friday, March 5, 2010. About 10,000 family members and supporters were expected to attend the sendoff of about 3,000 Louisiana and about 400 Virginia based soldiers. The ceremonies mark the brigade's second deployment to Iraq. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Members of the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participate in a casing ceremony as their training comes to an end at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss., Friday, March 5, 2010. About 10,000 family members and supporters were expected to attend the sendoff of about 3,000 Louisiana and about 400 Virginia based soldiers. The ceremonies mark the brigade's second deployment to Iraq. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) – Authorities are searching for two men who fired gunshots from a vehicle at soldiers at a military facility in Mississippi, although no one was reported wounded, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Perry County Sheriff Jimmy Dale Smith told WDAM-TV that the soldiers were training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg.

Mississippi’s National Guard said soldiers training at Camp Shelby reported hearing shots fired at 11:45 a.m. along Peret Tower Road, near the training facility. The facility is secure and all personnel accounted for and unharmed, the guard said in a news release.

Lt. Col. Christian Patterson said the shots were fired from a fringe road that runs along the eastern side of the base.

“We had soldiers who were training in the area and heard the shots. They reported it to their chain of command and then we reported it to the local authorities,” Patterson said.