{"id":60679,"date":"2015-07-02T09:18:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60679"},"modified":"2015-07-02T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T14:17:06","slug":"possible-washington-navy-yard-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60679","title":{"rendered":"Possible Washington Navy Yard Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple news reports<\/a> indicate another possible active shooter at the Washington Navy Yard<\/a>.\u00a0 No official confirmation yet.<\/p>\n

More to follow.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 reports indicate buildings nearby have been evacuated, nearby roads closed, and employees who have not yet reported to work have been notified to remain home.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 first security sweep of area reportedly complete; no evidence of gunman.\u00a0 Second sweep ongoing.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 reports now say no shots were fired.\u00a0 However, the compound apparently remains on lockdown.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 appears to have been a false alarm.\u00a0 No injuries, and DC police are now reporting that the incident appears to have been a false alarm (no shots fired) and occurred because “loud noises frightened someone”<\/a>.\u00a0 (Link includes pretty decent timeline of the incident as of 0925 EDT.)<\/p>\n

Assuming that’s true, that’s good news – and given the facility’s recent history, I guess it’s at least marginally understandable.\u00a0\u00a0 But I don’t think I’d call in “shots fired” to 911 unless I was pretty damn sure what I heard was indeed gunfire.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 maybe not false alarm after all.\u00a0 Reports now say surveillance video shows 2 people jumping fence at Navy Yard.\u00a0 Police are now reportedly “storming” 2nd building.\u00a0 All clear NOT given.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 Fox now reporting NMCC confirms shots fired.\u00a0 Unclear when this was reported.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 Fox and local CBS TV website now reporting no evidence of shooter or victims. All clear still not given for Navy Yard.<\/p>\n

Added<\/span>:\u00a0 FBI reportedly has indicated all clear.\u00a0 Looks to have been a false alarm.<\/p>\n

Final Entry<\/span>:\u00a0 no shots appear to have been fired.\u00a0 ATF agents on scene speculate that construction noise nearby may have prompted initial “shots fired” report.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bottom line:\u00a0 looks like a false alarm – which is good news.\u00a0 But you would think people might be able to tell the difference between construction noise and gunshots.<\/p>\n

Then again, in many big cities a huge fraction of the population buys the “guns bad” bull, and has never actually fired a gun.\u00a0 And if they’ve lived a decent part of town all their life, they may never have actually heard one fired other than on TV.\u00a0 So they might actually not know what gunshots nearby sound like.<\/p>\n

All’s well that ends well, I guess.<\/p>\n

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