UPDATE: ALL CLEAR GIVEN – NO ACTIVE SHOOTER AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE

by The Right Scoop

It’s being reported that an active shooter has caused Andrews Air Force Base to be on lockdown:

NBC WASHINGTON – Joint Base Andrews in Maryland has been placed on lockdown following a report of an active shooter.

The base was placed on lockdown just after 9 a.m. Thursday, officials at the base told News4.

All personnel have been directed to shelter in place.

Joint Base Andrews, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is the home of Air Force One and to other emergency reaction units for the area around the nation’s capital.

Will update with more as soon as I have it…

 
 
UPDATE: CNN is reporting this could be a false alarm, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet either…

 
 
UPDATE 2: This could be all a misunderstanding. Hasn’t been confirmed yet though:

NBC WASHINGTON – Joint Base Andrews confirmed to News4 that it had planned an active shooter exercise for 9 a.m. this morning.

However, at the same time as the exercise, first responders received reports of an active shooter at the medical facility. The base says it investigating the incident as an ongoing active shooter situation.

 
 
UPDATE 3: The real thing?

 
 
UPDATE 4: More from Andrews:

 
 
UPDATE 4: Here’s more from an employee who works at Andrews:

An employee at a medical facility at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington says an active-shooter drill had been planned, but officials later told workers it was a “real-world” situation.

Rodney Smith is a patient advocate at the military post’s medical facility. He said Thursday that he was on lockdown and didn’t have any more information.
Smith said by phone: “First it was an active-shooter exercise. Then it came back ‘real world.'”

Smith said the situation was unfolding at the newer of two buildings at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility on the base. He was in the older building.
Joint Base Andrews said in a tweet that the incident is ongoing and that first responders are on scene.

 
 
UPDATE 5: “Sources tell @PeteWilliamsNBC that there is no active shooter at Joint Base Andrews.”

 
 
UPDATE 6: CNN is confirming the above report, saying ALL CLEAR has been issued and no active shooter. It was a false report.


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