WASHINGTON (AP) — An official says shots have been reported in a building on the Washington Navy Yard campus.
Navy spokesman Petty Officer 1st Class Pedro Rodriguez said a lockdown is underway. At press time, the shooting had not been confirmed.
He did not give information on any injuries or other details Thursday morning.
There was a heavy police and fire department presences in the vicinity of the Navy Yard, with roads blocked off and a helicopter hovering overhead.
A federal official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Navy security has seen surveillance video of two people jumping the fence in the vicinity of a building where gunfire was reported on the Washington Navy Yard campus.
The official said that the video showed the two jumping the fence a couple of minutes before the first report of the shots.
The official also said security has cleared the building and found no one inside.
In September 2013, military contractor Aaron Alexis killed 12 civilian workers at the Navy Yard’s Building 197 before he was fatally shot by police.
The Navy Yard, in southeast Washington, is the country’s oldest naval installation.
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