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NFT: Active Shooter at Ft Lee in VA

GMANinDC : 8/25/2014 10:16 am
Hope this ends better than others..
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according to NBC 12 here in Richmond...  
Greg from LI : 8/25/2014 10:19 am : link
...the all-clear has been given. Very little information given beyond that, apparently.

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The incident was reported at the CASCOM HQ, building 5020, around 9:15 a.m., according to Fort Lee. Officials called the incident a 'police emergency' and asking everyone to stay indoors. The installation was locked down and all personnel were asked to enact active shooter protocols.

An email sent to service members around 30 minutes later said law enforcement has given the all clear except for the CASCOM building.

At this point there are few details of the initial report or of why the all clear was issued. Officials are now telling the community to resume normal activities
Holy crap  
Joey in VA : 8/25/2014 10:24 am : link
My company just finished installing an upgrade to their LMR system because their two way radio coverage in most buildings was non existent.
I work in the buiding.  
Boatie Warrant : 8/25/2014 10:42 am : link
I don't have much information. We where told to evacuate around 9:10-9:15.

Someone said the person was a female on the third floor and had barricaded herself into an office. Not sure how accurate that is.

The base is all clear but the building has the wonderful police tape around it now. They waited until the all clear to put the tape out....go figure.

Boatie  
Joey in VA : 8/25/2014 10:45 am : link
You work in 5020? I was there quite a bit this Summer
Joey  
Boatie Warrant : 8/25/2014 11:08 am : link
Just started 2 weeks ago.
School is starting across the US this week  
Giants2012 : 8/25/2014 11:18 am : link
Hold your breath
RE: School is starting across the US this week  
Cam in MO : 8/25/2014 11:21 am : link
In comment 11824252 Giants2012 said:
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Hold your breath


Maybe in the NE.

Started 8/14 and earlier here in the Midwest.


8/14 is ridiculous  
Giants2012 : 8/25/2014 11:25 am : link
Is this b/c of educational reform or is it b/c of the economy and getting kids into school so parents don't have to pay for sitters, daycare, etc?
That's just normal for here, actually.  
Cam in MO : 8/25/2014 11:29 am : link
Kids have to be out by middle/end of may to plant. Last day of school is 5/20 unless there are snow days to make up.

That's what the school year in the NE is based on, too. It's just that planting/harvesting happen at different times depending on location. That, and almost nobody depends on their kids as farm hands anymore.






Yeah my district started even earlier than that...  
Dunedin81 : 8/25/2014 1:33 pm : link
8/11 I think. Different strokes for different folks, plus they have to budget in the three day vacation every time someone sees a snowflake.
Yep. The whole planting/harvest thing isn't true, tho.  
Cam in MO : 8/25/2014 1:38 pm : link
Rural areas had two school sessions a year in winter and summer to account for farming while urban schools went basically year round- 4 quarters with a week break in between.

In the early 1900's they reformed and basically compromised- added days to rural areas to get up to 180-200 and took away days in urban districts.

They chose the summer months so that kids could be outside and because of cited health reasons of being cooped up in a schoolhouse during the summer months (among other things).


Ft. Lee  
Go Giants : 8/25/2014 3:37 pm : link
Shooter shot herself in the head after locking herself in a room.
Here is the final story  
JOrthman : 8/25/2014 3:46 pm : link
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A female soldier with a gun who caused a lockdown on Monday at Fort Lee in Virginia shot and wounded herself, the Army installation said in a statement after the all-clear was given.
"Early reports indicate the soldier turned the weapon on herself and fired one shot, injuring herself," the statement said. "The soldier was transported to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. Her condition is not known at this time."
It said special agents from the Army Criminal Investigation Command were investigating.
Earlier, the Army post's website reported an "active shooter incident" at Building 5020 of the Combined Arms Support Command headquarters and the installation was locked down.
Less than an hour later, the lockdown was partially lifted, limited to one building and a main gate, before being entirely lifted.
Fort Lee is near Petersburg, Virginia, about 30 miles south of Richmond and 135 miles south of Washington.

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The Richmond area has the Kings Dominion law  
Greg from LI : 8/25/2014 3:57 pm : link
School starts the week after Memorial Day so that Kings Dominion can run a fully open schedule until then.
Hope nobody else was hurt  
madgiantscow009 : 8/25/2014 8:01 pm : link
I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.
RE: Hope nobody else was hurt  
Bill in UT : 8/25/2014 8:36 pm : link
In comment 11825041 madgiantscow009 said:
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I'd like to think that the last thing that went through his head, other than that bullet, was to wonder how the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him.


Her head
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