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peppertree

(22,850 posts)
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:46 PM Aug 2021

DC military base locked down until armed man detained

A military base in the nation's capital was locked down for about two hours Friday, after an armed man ran onto the grounds during a local police investigation of gunshots on the streets surrounding the base.

A statement from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling said the man's firearm was discovered after the intrusion, and the intruder himself was detained around 2:45 p.m. during "a thorough sweep of the installation."

The individual, who was not named, was transferred to Washington's Metropolitan Police Department.

The naval support facility at the north end of the base is used by Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the fleet of green helicopters that carry the president and vice president.

At: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dc-military-base-lockdown-report-armed-person-79443610



A gate at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington DC.

The base, which hosts the Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters among other strategic military installations, was put on lockdown after an armed man ran onto the grounds amid gunshots on the streets surrounding the base.
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DC military base locked down until armed man detained (Original Post) peppertree Aug 2021 OP
Those helicopters were unguarded back in 1969. rickford66 Aug 2021 #1

rickford66

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1. Those helicopters were unguarded back in 1969.
Sat Aug 14, 2021, 02:55 PM
Aug 2021

Stationed there temporary and had to walk past them, within 50 feet, to get to the gedunk. Different world back then.

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