Authorities investigating multiple deaths at Fort Stewart in Georgia

Authorities are investigating multiple deaths at Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield on Nov. 15, the base's public affairs office said on Thursday. 

According to a social media post from Fort Stewart, the installation's law enforcement was "on the scene of an incident in on-post housing" at around 5:20 p.m. local time Wednesday. 

Kevin Larson, the chief of public communications at the public affairs office, said in a statement that there "are deceased individuals," but did not say how many people were dead, how they had died, or how the military was made aware of their deaths.