Military base near DC lifts lockdown

By Jessica Gresko And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – A military post near Washington said a lockdown was lifted Thursday except for a medical building where an active shooter was reported earlier in the day.

Officials now say the active shooter reports stemmed from someone who made a distress call after seeing security forces doing a routine inspection.

The confusion was heightened by a planned active shooter drill at Joint Base Andrews that had not yet begun and was planned for later in the morning. The base said in a Facebook post Thursday that there was no shooter and no threat to the base or workers there.

The base had been placed on lockdown after an active shooter was reported. The base is home to Air Force One and is about 20 miles from Washington.

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