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Army's Redstone Arsenal on lockdown for 'possible active shooter'
CNN ^ | June 27, 2017 | Tina Burnside, Jason Hanna and Dave Alsup,

Posted on 06/27/2017 10:51:50 AM PDT by Innovative

The US Army's Redstone Arsenal post in Huntsville, Alabama, is on lockdown because of a "possible active shooter," the facility's Twitter account said Tuesday.

There were reports of a shooter at Building 5301 -- the Aviation and Missile Command building -- at the post's Sparkman Center, Army spokeswoman Kim Hanson said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: 5ththread; army; armybase; lockdown; redstonearsenal
Stay safe.
1 posted on 06/27/2017 10:51:50 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative
This got out of hand pretty quick, but the situation has scaled down now and everything's good.

Here's the link to the earlier post with discussion.

2 posted on 06/27/2017 10:54:52 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Innovative; All

CNN is reporting that it’s the Russians.


3 posted on 06/27/2017 11:13:33 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Innovative

Hasn’t there been a rash of these situations? I read it reported and then no follow up.


4 posted on 06/27/2017 12:14:39 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: Innovative

UPDATE:

Redstone Arsenal: Lockdown lifted, ‘potential active shooter’ incident under investigation

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/06/emergency_situation_reported_o.html


5 posted on 06/27/2017 12:34:59 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

Imagine an arsenal not able to return fire.


6 posted on 06/27/2017 1:29:57 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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