Shots were fired Wednesday for the second day in a row near a US military training center in Mississippi but no one was hurt, an official said.

Shots were fired Wednesday for the second day in a row near a US military training center in Mississippi but no one was hurt, an official said.

Apparently the same person opened fire both times, said Christian Patterson, a spokesman for the Mississippi Military Department.

"The shooter is described as a white male in a red pickup truck, make and model unknown. This is the same description of the man described to authorities during yesterday's incident," he told AFP.

The shots were heard around 8:00 am (1300 GMT) by troops training at Camp Shelby near the town of Hattiesburg.

As was the case Tuesday, they reportedly came from a road near the base.

Since last month thousands of soldiers and reservists from several states have been carrying out training exercises at the base, which has been placed on a heightened state of alert.

These incidents come several weeks after Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on two military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee and killed four US Marines and a navy sailor before dying in a shootout with police.