Joint Base Andrews on lockdown following report of active shooter

Joint Base Andrews (JBA) was placed on lockdown on Thursday, following reports of an active shooter.

“An armed individual has been reported near base housing,” the base said in a Facebook post. “Stay away from base housing. Initiate Lockdown Procedures.”

The base, which is located in Prince George’s County, Md., said a white male in a purple sweatshirt and black shorts was carrying an AR-15 style rifle “with no orange tip.”

Air Force One, as well as other planes used for official travel, is kept at JBA and the president flies in and out of the base for trips outside of Washington, D. C. President Biden is expected to go to JBA on Friday to travel to Mississippi to survey storm damage. He was last at the base on Tuesday to travel to North Carolina.... (Read more)

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