An Army base in Virginia has given the “all clear” signal following reports of an active shooter.
Fort Lee was briefly locked down after the reports.
The incident involved a single female soldier who turned the weapon on herself and fired one shot, injuring herself, according to a base spokeswoman.
{mosads}The soldier was transported to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. Her condition is not known at this time.
It remains unclear if there were any other injuries, the spokeswoman said.
“An active shooter has been reported on Fort Lee,” the base had announced earlier on its Twitter and Facebook pages. “All personnel should enact active shooter protocols immediately. The installation is being locked down until further notice.”
The incident was reported at the Combined Arms Support Command headquarters on base between 9:15 and 9:30 Monday morning, a spokesman at the base told The Hill.
About 30 minutes later, the base’s installation operations center gave the all clear message, though the command’s four-story building remained on lockdown as military police inspected the scene.
An active shooter is an “individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area,” according to the Homeland Security Department.
Fort Lee leadership will hold a press conference about the incident this morning, according to a Pentagon spokeswoman.
— Updated at 11:10 a.m.