BREAKING -- Military base locked down over reports of active shooter soon after VP Kamala Harris, her husband, and some Cabinet members departed on Marine One
Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, had already departed Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County on Marine Two, along with some Cabinet members, after returning to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area from a trip to Selma, Alabama, for a"Bloody Sunday" anniversary event. Harris and Emhoff were headed back to the Naval Observatory.
"Guards stopped the shuttle reporters take from the terminal. They had rifles out and searched our van," said Scott Detrow of NPR, the press pool reporter for the vice president on Sunday. I have no information other than this, but I am told JBA is on lockdown right now due to reports of an active shooter. Another reporter and I are in a shuttle van that is being held due to situation.— Scott Detrow March 7, 2022 "No sirens for awhile, but many police cars driving slowly around the base. Still no clear big picture information on what's happening," Detrow added in another tweet.
The Cabinet members included Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, and EPA Administrator Michael Regan.A White House official said all Cabinet members are safe and off base, which is still locked down, according to the Associated Press.
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