An active-duty airman assigned to the Air Force Base in Cheyenne was found dead Wednesday morning, the base said in a statement.

The airman was assigned to the 90th Missile Wing and was found dead on the base in an incident that is under investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations “and appropriate base authorities,” says the statement.

Base officials aren’t saying whether a weapon was involved.

Airmen serving the local base have been involved in at least four prior gunshot injury or death incidents this year.

The 90th Missile Wing’s public affairs division is not releasing further information on the Wednesday death at present, “to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation.”

An attendant in the office of Laramie County Coroner Rebecca Reid said Reid w

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