Need to be here. The report of a potential active shooter turned out not to be true but Officials Say the caller did the right thing by alerting police. The 2 1 2hour incident closed m street between south capitol and 11th street southeast. Other buildings with federal agencies and even some schools were closed as well. Officers at the navy yard search building 197, interviewing employees. Emotions ran high because thats the same building were in 2013, a lone gunman killed 12 people. But today, the investigation revealed there was no gunman, no shots fired, no one was hurt. Im very proud of all of the officials that anticipated the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incident fatality here at the navy yard. And we have found that there has been a clear, coordinated and convincing response to this scene. Reporter heres what will happen next. Law enforcement agencies that responded here today will hold an afteraction meeting with the navy. We are goi
2013 when 12 of their colleagues were killed. He is live with some of their reactions today at the navy yard. Reporter this will come as no surprise, but the people we talked to today were not complaining that their workday was disrupted by this rumor report of a terrorist attack. They were actually grateful it was unfounded. Navy yard employees were pouring off the grounds in droves this afternoon. You were on lockdown in there, right . Yeah, we were. Reporter how did you feel about it . A little too reminiscent of two years ago, but were okay. Reporter after the all clear sign was given and no hint of a gunman or shot fired, employees had the choice of remaining on the job or going home. The same situation as two years ago, so i think brought up some memories that arent very good for people. Reporter would you go back into work at the navy yard . Today . Reporter yes. No. Reporter back in 2013 some navy yard employees after losing 12 colleagues chose to be reassigned. Others chose to
Gunman massacred a dozen people. Police say the Lessons Learned from that dark day in 2013 ruled in a smooth, wellcoordinated response today. This turns out to be a great exercise for us and fix what we wanted to fix and nobody is hurt and no evidence of any shots fired. Reporter the navy is evaluating if todays Police Action may have brought back disturbing member ries for some employees, especially the ones who worked here at the time of the 2013 shootings. Ness based pop the events of a couple years ago, we have counselors and our chaplins are with them now, providing the support that they need or desire. Reporter now lets go to my colleague, news4s pat comes who has reaction from some of the people at the navy yard. Pat . Reporter chris for many people at the navy yard, the shooting scare is hard to deal with up here and really hard to deal with here. Today, on the day of the big shooting scare at the navy yard, people who were here two years ago when there was a real shooter, when
Need to be here. The report of a potential active shooter turned out not to be true but Officials Say the caller did the right thing by alerting police. The 2 1 2hour incident closed m street between south capitol and 11th street southeast. Other buildings with federal agencies and even some schools were closed as well. Officers at the navy yard search building 197, interviewing employees. Emotions ran high because thats the same building were in 2013, a lone gunman killed 12 people. But today, the investigation revealed there was no gunman, no shots fired, no one was hurt. Im very proud of all of the officials that anticipated the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incident fatality here at the navy yard. And we have found that there has been a clear, coordinated and convincing response to this scene. Reporter heres what will happen next. Law enforcement agencies that responded here today will hold an afteraction meeting with the navy. We are goi
2013 when 12 of their colleagues were killed. He is live with some of their reactions today at the navy yard. Reporter this will come as no surprise, but the people we talked to today were not complaining that their workday was disrupted by this rumor report of a terrorist attack. They were actually grateful it was unfounded. Navy yard employees were pouring off the grounds in droves this afternoon. You were on lockdown in there, right . Yeah, we were. Reporter how did you feel about it . A little too reminiscent of two years ago, but were okay. Reporter after the all clear sign was given and no hint of a gunman or shot fired, employees had the choice of remaining on the job or going home. The same situation as two years ago, so i think brought up some memories that arent very good for people. Reporter would you go back into work at the navy yard . Today . Reporter yes. No. Reporter back in 2013 some navy yard employees after losing 12 colleagues chose to be reassigned. Others chose to