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2nd LD Writethru: U.S. Andrews Air Force Base briefly on lockdown after false report of active shooter

Xinhua, July 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. Joint Base Andrews in the U.S. state of Maryland was briefly placed on lockdown on Thursday due to a report of an active shooter. The base later gave the all-clear.

"The active shooter incident that occurred this morning has now been cleared as of 10:40 a.m. today, June 30," said the base in a statement, adding that no threat to the base and personnel had been found.

Reports of an active shooter incident on the base at Malcolm Grow medical facility first came at around 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) Thursday.

According to an earlier statement by the base, the incident came as the base was scheduled to conduct an active shooter drill.

Joint Base Andrews is widely known for serving as the home base of Air Force One used by President of the United States. Enditem