Police are responding to a report of an active shooter at the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C., WUSA9 says.
D.C. Fire officials say everyone has been accounted for and there are no injuries, according to WUSA 9.
The U.S. Navy tweeted just before 8 a.m. Eastern time that Navy Yard was on lockdown, but no incident had been confirmed. At 8:59 a.m., it noted that thelockdown was continuing. Local media report the surrounding streets have been closed.
Scene outside Navy Yard right now. pic.twitter.com/R5tgIsTCgo
— @davidjones2898 (@DavidJones2898) July 2, 2015
The U.S. Navy tweeted just before 8 a.m. Eastern time that Navy Yard was on lockdown, but no incident had been confirmed. At 8:59 a.m., it noted that thelockdown was continuing. Local media report the surrounding streets have been closed.
Navy Yard was the scene of a mass shooting in September 2013, when Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old civilian contractor, fatally shot 12 people at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Alexis was killed during a firefight with police.
"It was... like the 1st time -- a lot of people running for the exits," a Navy Yard employee told ABC7 News Thursday.
Police with large weapons gearing up and running toward the scene at Navy Yard. pic.twitter.com/0WiiOYliSI
— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) July 2, 2015
Neal Augenstein of WTOP radio posted this video from the scene:
Police helicopter over #navyyard pic.twitter.com/7aVM5RAdpn
— Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) July 2, 2015
Source: The Huffington Post 
