It’s being reported that an active shooter has caused Andrews Air Force Base to be on lockdown:
JBA is currently on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter. All personnel are directed to shelter in place. More info as it comes.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: Joint Base Andrews on lockdown due to active shooter report; all personnel directed to shelter in place (@JBA_NAFW)
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) June 30, 2016
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.
The incident is ongoing at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility. First responders are on-scene now. All personnel continue to shelter in place
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
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?
We are hearing NOT A DRILL: Joint Base Andrews on lockdown right now … Reports of an active shooter.
— Autria Godfrey (@ABC7Autria) June 30, 2016
Active shooter situation is NOT a drill according to Joint Base Andrews near Washington, DC. @JBA_NAFW
— WBEN NewsRadio 930AM (@NewsRadio930) June 30, 2016
UPDATE 4: More from Andrews:
There were reports of an active shooter incident on base at Malcolm Grow medical facility at approximately 9 a.m. today, June 30, 2016.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
Personnel on base have been directed to shelter in place.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
The base was scheduled to conduct an active shooter exercise, however, reports of a real-world active shooter situation were reported.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
Due to the serious nature of this report, the base is reacting to ensure the safety of all personnel.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
More information will be released as it becomes available.
— Joint Base Andrews (@JBA_NAFW) June 30, 2016
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.”
Sources tell @PeteWilliamsNBC that there is no active shooter at Joint Base Andrews.
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) June 30, 2016
Sources: No active shooter at Joint Base Andrews https://t.co/DcKxp2ddzY
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 30, 2016
UPDATE 6: CNN is confirming the above report, saying ALL CLEAR has been issued and no active shooter. It was a false report.