Lakehurst military base on lockdown

Asbury Park Prss | 6/21/10 | CHARLES WEBSTER

[jackv]

http://www.app.com/article/20100621/NEWS/100621019/Lakehurst-military-base-on-lockdown

[imjimbo]

Maybe we know where some of the Afghani AWOL-ers went-!

[allmost]

Here's hoping for a procedural lapse.

[lonevoice]

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[fatima]

I put the news on and so far I don’t see anything on it.

[kristinn]

From The Trentonian:

Military officials have locked down the Lakehurst Naval Air Station after reports of shots being fired by a perpetrator.

Currently, a manhunt with a K-9 unit is under way for a man who jumped the naval station's fence.

Authorities are also looking for a FedEx truck that came onto the base without delivering a package. Allegedly the driver is in posession of a .38 handgun.

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[cll]

“.38 handgun”

Suicide by cop?

[fatima]

CNN-N.J.Naval Air Station on lockdown.Has conflicking stories on the stutation and will update later.

[dools007]

Probing....Probing

[Focault's Pendulum]

Among other things, Lakehurst is a testing ground for carrier catapults.

Thirty years ago, the Air Station's Fire Chief was Gus Forte. As an Ocean County Firefighter I trained under him. I remember crawling through the catapult tunnel filled with smoke. Damn claustrophobic.

It's a somewhat open base located in the now northern section of the Jersey Pine Barrens. A lot of sand roads and trails. Hikers easily wander in, albeit not unnoticed.

[roses of sharon]

# APP.com Lakehurst military base on lockdown (w/map) http://bit.ly/clBUZ9 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

# news12.com/ Lockdown at Naval Air Engineering Center in Lakehurst. Spokesperson says several incidents took place today; no add’l info 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[kristinn]

Fox News reporting Lakehurst is not on lockdown and that they are unable to confirm anything. Weird.

[roses of sharon]

NBC News: McGuire-DIX-Lakehurst PAO Office now reporting Lakehurst no longer on lockdown. 1 minute ago via web

[sissyjane]

That’s not what FOX said...they said there is some confusion about a possible person who scaled a fence. One gate is closed...

[fatima]

Strange-I am going to keep CNN on.See if they add anything.

[fatima]

CNN-Lockdown over,they have no clue what happened.

[lonevoice]

Man scaling fence. Rogue UPS truck with an armed driver. Possible shots fired. On lockdown. Not on lockdown. These things are always so chaotic when they’re first reported. I know I’m confused.

[dead]

CNN-Lockdown over,they have no clue what happened.

CNN has no clue what happened at Lakehurst.

Oh, the humanity!! I–I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest, CNN is just laying there, a mass of smoking wreckage. Ah! This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed.

[iowamark]