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NEWS | June 30, 2016

Active shooter incident All Clear

11th Wing Public Affairs

The active shooter incident that occurred this morning has now been cleared as of 10:40 a.m. today, June 30.  First responders on-scene determined there was no threat to the base and personnel.

There were reports of an active shooter incident on base at Malcolm Grow medical facility at approximately 9 a.m. 

Joint Base Andrews was scheduled to conduct a no-notice active shooter exercise in the late morning on the East side of the base. However, reports of a real-world active shooter situation at the medical facility were miscommunicated before the exercise was able to begin. There was a misidentification of the security forces emergency services team who were conducting a routine inspection of the medical facility, which caused the distress call to the base defense operations center.

"Fortunately, this was not a life-threatening situation," said Col. Brad Hoagland, 11th Wing and JBA commander. "We take all threats seriously and reacted to ensure the security of those on the base.  I applaud the quick reaction of our first responders in keeping the safety of our JBA family a number one priority. In addition, we thank our local authorities for quickly standing by and offering their assistance."