Active Shooter: Fort Lee, Virginia

[American Patriot]

Live.

Happening now.

Nothing further at this time.

[American Patriot]

Bld 5020, Cascom HQ

All personnel on lock down and/or active shooter protocols

Army Base

Active shooter. No information as to injuries at this time.

[American Patriot]

Report: ‘Active shooter incident’ at Fort Lee in Virginia, base on lockdown

Posted 9:37 am, August 25, 2014, by Web Staff, Updated at 10:02am, August 25, 2014

UPDATE: An “all clear” was issued shortly before 10 a.m., according to Fort Lee media relations. No other information at this time.


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FORT LEE, Va. — An “active shooter incident” has been reported at the Army base in Fort Lee, Virginia, according to multiple reports.



Fort Lee issued a statement on social media on Monday morning:

“An active shooter incident has been reported on Fort Lee at CASCOM HQ, Bldg. 5020. All personnel should enact active shooter protocols immediately. The installation is being locked down until further notice. More info to follow.”

The base is currently on lockdown.


Fort Lee is home to the Combined Arms Support Command.

Active shooter incident reported at CASCOM HQ, Bldg. 5020. All personnel enact active shooter protocols immediately. Post on lockdown.—
U.S. Army Fort Lee (@ArmyFortLee) August 25, 2014

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Not a lot of information


Fort Lee All Clear After Active Shooter Incident

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Monday, Aug 25, 2014 • Updated at 10:03 AM EDT


The all clear has been given at Fort Lee following an "active shooter incident" Monday morning, WWBT reported.


Fort Lee officials say the incident was reported at Combined Arms Support Command Headquarters, building 5020.


The post is currently on lockdown. No other information has been released.


Fort Lee is an Army post and headquarters of the U.S. Army's Combined Arms Support Command and a number of other defense training institutions. Fort Lee is located 20 miles south of Richmond, Virginia.

Active shooter incident reported at CASCOM HQ, Bldg. 5020. All personnel enact active shooter protocols immediately. Post on lockdown.
— U.S. Army Fort Lee (@ArmyFortLee) August 25, 2014

[American Patriot]

Sounds like a female was injured?

Sounds like it's all settled. Disgruntled.

[American Patriot]

Guess this was a pretty much non-issue for everyone but the shooter....


Shooter injured self, no others on Virginia base, Army says

Published August 25, 2014Associated Press


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A female soldier with a gun inside a key building turned the weapon on herself, causing an injury, but didn't wound any others as a heavily trafficked Virginia Army base temporarily went on lockdown Monday morning.


Early reports indicate that the soldier fired one shot inside a four-story building that is the headquarters for the Army's Combined Arms Support Command, according to a military news release. The shooter was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and her condition wasn't known, according to the Army. VCU confirmed that it received a patient from Fort Lee but did not give other details.


The Army statement did not identify the shooter and said officials would not immediately release any further information.


Fort Lee is 25 miles south of Richmond and 130 miles from Washington. It is the Army's third-largest training site, according to Fort Lee's website. Its daily population is about 34,000, with members from all branches, their families, civilians and contractors. The Army website also cites enormous growth and renovations at Fort Lee over the past decade as a result of realignment and closures of bases across the U.S.


CASCOM is responsible for training more than 180,000 students annually. Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons became the new commanding general of CASCOM on Aug. 22.

[Phil Fiord]

The father of a friend of mine works there at Lee and was safe. He could not offer any further insight either.

[American Patriot]

Shooting at Fort Lee—4th Violent Act of its Kind at Military Installation

In an apparent suicide attempt, a female soldier injured herself at the Fort Lee Army base in Virginia around 9 a.m. Monday morning.
Fort Lee was placed on temporary lock-down and an Active Shooter protocol was established after the individual was seen with a gun inside the building.
Officials stated that she began throwing objects and then “the soldier turned the weapon on herself and fired one shot, injuring herself.” She did not wound anyone, other than herself, and an ‘all clear’ was given at around 9:50 a.m.
The shooting took place in a four-story building that, according to a military press release, is the headquarters for the Army’s Combined Arms Support Command.
She barricaded herself on the third floor when the lock-down came. According to officials, there were over 1,100 individuals in the building at the time of the shooting.
According to Stars and Stripes, “The daily population at Fort Lee—25 miles south of Richmond and 130 miles from Washington—is about 34,000, with members from all branches, their families, civilians and contractors. Fort Lee’s website says the installation has seen enormous growth and renovations over the past decade as a result of realignment and closures of bases across the U.S.”
As of yet, Army officials are not releasing the name of the shooter but stated that the soldier shot herself in the head after she had barricaded herself in the building. She is being treated at Virginia commonwealth University Medical Center.
The commanding general at Fort Lee, Maj. Gen. Stephen Lyons, stated that the soldier is a sergeant first class and has been in the Army for 14 years. The gun she used was not a service weapon.
“We’re going to keep her in our prayers. She’s a soldier, she’s one of our teammates,” Lyons stated. Declining to indicate on her mental health condition or what could have lead up to the incident, Lyons simply said that she was “upset and enraged.”
“We are sad for our soldier in arms that she faced those kinds of challenges that she felt that she had to resort to those kinds of actions. At the same time we’re grateful because this situation could have been worse.”
Whether or not the soldier was being treated for mental health issues or if drugs or alcohol could have been a factor, officials are unclear and wont speculate. Lyons also stated that he wasn’t sure if her enraged state during the incident was an indicator of her personality trait or not.
This shooting at Fort Lee, the fourth of its kind, came just four months after a soldier plagued with mental health issues opened fire killing three people and wounding 16 others at Fort Hood in Texas. This Fort Hood incident was the third of its kind in six months at that military base. Stars and Stripes reports, a civilian truck driver, in March, shot and killed a “sailor aboard a Navy destroyer at Naval Station Norfolk before he was shot and killed by Navy security…In June, authorities said a sailor repeatedly stabbed another near Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The same installation was placed on lock-down in April when a sailor shot and killed himself inside a barracks there.”

“Monday’s lock-down came days after Fort Lee announced in its official newspaper that a new mass warning and emergency notification system would be activated in the coming weeks…The system allows users to input phone numbers, email addresses or pop-up alerts on any computer that’s part of the main Fort Lee network, the newspaper said.”

180,000 students are trained annually from CASCOM and on Aug 22, Lyons became its new commanding general.

By Lorra B. Chief Writer for Silent Soldier