Possible bomb threat being investigated at Walter Reed

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Source: Washington Post

Officials said they’re investigating a possible bomb threat Wednesday morning at the Bethesda military installation that houses Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and other facilities.

Authorities said they received a call just before 9 a.m. from “an anonymous source stating there is a bomb at or near Building 10,” according to a Twitter alert.

The Naval Support Activity facility in Bethesda was placed on lockdown. Officials said there is no indication of an active shooter. “We have an active bomb threat under investigation,” said Jeremy Brooks, a spokesman for Naval Support Activity Bethesda.

Officials at the hospital on the facility said just before 10 a.m. that patient appointments have been canceled as the investigation continues.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/20/bomb-threat-walter-reed/

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1/2 - 0925, 20OCT21: At approximately 8:45 a.m., the installation received a phone call from an anonymous source stating there is a bomb at or near Building 10. Security personnel have responded to the scene.
9:27 AM · Oct 20, 2021

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1050, 20OCT21: K-9 teams are in the process of clearing buildings at Walter Reed Bethesda. The lockdown at NSA Bethesda remains in place.
10:49 AM · Oct 20, 2021

Lots of stuff in Bethesda (been in and through many times).

[woodsprite]

1. We had a bomb threat yesterday at work. Apparently a lot of other colleges got them too.

The threat went out to a sys admin mailing list. They think it was someone wanting to compromise a french company. They said there were 3 bombs planted, asked for $5k or they'd blow the place up (IT center), of if the police were called, they blow the place up, or something else, they'd blow the place up.

They evacuated the few people who are actually working on campus and cordoned off the area, called in the dogs and local PD, found nothing. Got the all clear around 4pm yesterday.

Wonder if the stupid asses just picked another mailing list.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. I hope we don't spend the next year going through this kind of nonsense

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. These criminals won't go quietly.

The stakes are too high.

Could get bumpy.

[SpankMe]

4. What % of bomb threats actually end up being real bombs? n/t

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5. After this happened at a federal building

no one wants to take any chances.