Washington – A lockdown was underway Thursday morning across the Washington Navy Yard campus after reports of shots fired, but a senior law enforcement official said those reports had not been confirmed.
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No injuries have been reported, said the official, who was receiving detailed briefings but spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss developments with reporters.
The building is the same one where a gunman killed a dozen workers in a rampage two years ago, according to a second official — a federal one who spoke on condition of anonymity for lack of authorization to discuss details publicly.
Navy security saw surveillance video of two people jumping the fence in the vicinity of the building a couple of minutes before the first report of gunfire, the federal official said.
Security found no one inside the building, the official said.
A heavy police and fire department presence began blocks away from the Navy Yard, with roads blocked and a helicopter hovering overhead.
In September 2013, military contractor Aaron Alexis killed 12 civilian workers at the Navy Yard’s Building 197 before he was fatally shot by police. The building has since been renamed the Humphreys Building. It reopened this year.
The Navy Yard, in southeast Washington, is the country’s oldest naval installation.
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OMG In September 2013, military contractor Aaron Alexis killed 12 civilian workers at the Navy Yard’s Building 197.
Will Obama call this work place violence?
A bit of a false alarm. While there is always a danger of crying “wolf,” I think we ought to thank those who do the right thing and call an alert at the first sign of trouble. Somebody did the right thing.