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Active shooter on redstone arsenal hsv al (1 Viewer)

They have closed the base.  No one in or out.  Just talked to her. She's around a ton of people and is outside in her car.  There are armed police and army all around her.  They think the shooter is trapped in a building somewhere

 
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need2know said:
They have closed the base.  No one in or out.  Just talked to her. She's around a ton of people and is outside in her car.  There are armed police and army all around her.  They think the shooter is trapped in a building somewhere
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Glad to hear she is in a safe location

 
This person has a death wish.  All kinds of armed service people are on the base.  Makes this really dangerous

 
She's in her car with a couple others.i told her if she sees anything crazy coming her way to drive the #### out of there

 
There was an active shooter drill scheduled for that building tomorrow morning. Lots of confusion when this all started because of that.

 
Hope you wife is in a safe spot, sounds like the MP's  have everything covered.  Tell her to keep her head down.  

 
hearing that its a woman on the second floor of the building with an AR style rifle.  how the hell did she get that in there?  you have to go through all types of detection at the doors and also get spot checked at the gate.  this woman is in security or had help

 
need2know said:
hearing that its a woman on the second floor of the building with an AR style rifle.  how the hell did she get that in there?  you have to go through all types of detection at the doors and also get spot checked at the gate.  this woman is in security or had help
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A woman?  That's rare

 
shes out.  seems they still dont have a handle on whats going on. but shes out.  thanks for the positive thoughts

 
i am glad that your wife is ok and i will definitely send positive thoughts to everyone else involved

 
Received a text from a friend on works on base, and whose wife works in the building the incident occured, "Victim and shooter both down.  Murder suicide potentially."

 
need2know said:
shes out.  seems they still dont have a handle on whats going on. but shes out.  thanks for the positive thoughts
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these sitautions can cause a panic quick. I have been in lockdown spots a few times, and it kinds of comes down to how everyone is reacting. It gets a little worrisome when you start hearing gunshots, but I have been with elementary and middle school kids when this happens and it can frightening for all. Glad it worked out for your wife.

 
Fat Drunk and Stupid said:
Received a text from a friend on works on base, and whose wife works in the building the incident occured, "Victim and shooter both down.  Murder suicide potentially."
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####.

memo to these #######s... just go straight to the suicide, dammit.

really glad n2n-wife is ok. t&p to the family(s) involved.

 
modogg said:
these sitautions can cause a panic quick. I have been in lockdown spots a few times, and it kinds of comes down to how everyone is reacting. It gets a little worrisome when you start hearing gunshots, but I have been with elementary and middle school kids when this happens and it can frightening for all. Glad it worked out for your wife.
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You've been in school shooting situations on multiple occasions?

Glad to hear OP's wife is safe.

 
It's really strange.  No reports of injuries or deaths.  No story on what happened at all yet.  Then they release a statement saying a planned explosives test would be going off this afternoon followed by another.  No need to worry about it.

Very weird

 
need2know said:
It's really strange.  No reports of injuries or deaths.  No story on what happened at all yet.  Then they release a statement saying a planned explosives test would be going off this afternoon followed by another.  No need to worry about it.

Very weird
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it's on my google feed (worldwide)... but yeah, strange.

Update: Gov. Kay Ivey said Alabama Law Enforcement Agency assisted with operations at Redstone. The governor said there was no shooter.

Redstone Arsenal was completely locked down for about two hours on Tuesday amid reports of a possible active shooter near the Army's Aviation and Missile Command headquarters.

Workers were told to "run hide fight" before the lock down was lifted around 12:30 p.m. The incident occurred in the Sparkman Center, which remained locked down Tuesday afternoon.

Redstone officials haven't confirmed what triggered the active shooter notice. Garrison spokesman Christopher Colster said he hasn't received any details about the incident, which remains under investigation. Colster said he could not confirm whether anyone was shot or otherwise injured. It wasn't clear whether any suspects were identified or anyone was taken into custody.

The area surrounding the Sparkman Center remains "restricted" this afternoon even though the lockdown was lifted and gates reopened. Detours remain possible until 3:15 p.m. near the Sparkman Center.

"We do not believe there is a threat or we would not have opened the installation back up," Colster said.

Police vehicles blocked the entrance to Arsenal gates earlier today. Images on social media showed an ambulance and what appeared to be civilians standing outside the Sparkman Center, which includes multiple buildings with offices, an auditorium, cafeteria and an interior courtyard.

Amy Jay, whose husband was working at the Sparkman Center, told The Associated Press he learned the situation was over through an announcement over the building's public address system.

"Feeling like I can breathe again!" Jay wrote in a message to The Associated Press. "My husband is a contractor and a veteran so when we hear things like this we're reminded of what happened at Fort Hood," she said, referring to the 2009 shooting at a military base in Texas.

This week was designated for active shooter training at Redstone, specifically with a drill scheduled for Wednesday. Because officials had announced the training ahead of time, there initially was some confusion about whether a reported "emergency situation" was just a drill.

Before 10:30 a.m., Redstone issued Tweets to confirm the situation was not a drill.

Officials haven't said whether training exercises will happen Wednesday.

More than 30,000 government employees, civilians and contractors work daily at Redstone. It is home to Army missile defense programs and other military offices.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, which oversees rocket propulsion operations, also is located at Redstone.
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need2know said:
It's really strange.  No reports of injuries or deaths.  No story on what happened at all yet.  Then they release a statement saying a planned explosives test would be going off this afternoon followed by another.  No need to worry about it.

Very weird
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Watching the press conference now,  no gun found, no casualties, no shots fired.  Just a big ### false alarm?

ETA:  This was all stated by Colonel Tom Holliday, the base commander.

 
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Dr. Octopus said:
You've been in school shooting situations on multiple occasions?

Glad to hear OP's wife is safe.
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yeah. unfortunately working in a large urban school district there are shootings that go on quite a bit. You have criminals who will try to hide in schools, but most schools are locked from the outside so that isn't as much of an issue. Most of the time there is a shooting suspect or an issue with multiple people with guns shooting around a school. there has been one situation where 2 men were let in one of the high schools i was working at to attack/shoot some kids from a rival gang. 

But yeah, I assume cities like Chicago or Detroit have issues that are similar too. It isn't fun, but unfortunately is a reality. The worst part is the kids who have experienced it a few times and are hardly effected or shocked by it. 

ETA: and glad to hear all are safe, but to be honest the reporting of incidents like these are always sad. An Army base in Alabama gets national coverage all day. but urban kids get shot at and it barely hits local news because it has become too much of a norm. It only seems to make a dent in the news when an elementary school child dies in the cross fire, and unfortunately those don't always get reported on either.  

 
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