Active shooter reported at Fort Lee in Virginia

[jakeXT]

Last edited Mon Aug 25, 2014, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press

FORT LEE, Va. (AP) -- An active shooter has been reported at the Fort Lee Army base in central Virginia.

Officials say the base has been put on lockdown and personnel there have been told to enact active shooter protocols.

The four-story building involved is the headquarters building for the base and houses the Combined Arms Support Command.

No other details were immediately available.

The base is about 25 miles south of Richmond, Virginia, and about 130 miles from Washington.

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Fort Lee has given the all clear following an incident at Fort Lee earlier this morning. Fort Lee first responders responded to a report of a female Soldier with a gun inside the Combined Arms Support Command Headquarters, Bldg. 5020 at approximately 9 a.m. today.

Early reports indicate the Soldier turned the weapon on herself and fired one shot, injuring herself. The Soldier was transported Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. Her condition is not known at this time.

https://www.facebook.com/ArmyFortLee/posts/736181109780555

[EEO]

1. Just another day in America.

[Botany]

2. All Clear Given After Active Shooter Reported At Ft. Lee Military Base In Virginia

http://www.businessinsider.com/ft-lee-military-base-locked-down-active-shooter-reported-2014-8

[Marrah_G]

3. All clear now.

Have a friend of my sons on the base, he said he doesn't think anyone was hurt.

[Demeter]

4. Thanks for the update, Jake

It's so good to get continuing coverage to the end.

[951-Riverside]

5. Probably another victim is sexual assault who couldnt take it anymore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault_in_the_United_States_military

If I had a daughter I wouldnt encourage her to serve with these people.

[Triple_Threat]

6. Or maybe not...

Speculation with no information is rarely helpful...

[Earth_First]

8. +1

Welcome to DU!

[Dopers_Greed]

7. The cost of our freedoms

[Recursion]

9. Damn. I did forklift school there.

She doesn't seem to have shot at anybody else, though, right?