UPDATE: No “Real World” Active Shooter At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

April Laissle, WYSO

Update: 4:07 PM: 

Wright Patterson Air Force Base officials say there was no “real world” active shooter incident at the base this afternoon. False reports of a shooter situation triggered an hours long lockdown on the base. 

In a statement, base officials said an unknown person called 911 during a scheduled emergency training drill believing there was an active threat at the base’s hospital. Emergency responders reported to the base at 12:40 p.m. and issued a lockdown. The lockdown was lifted around 2:30 p.m. according to base employees. 

A member of Wright-Patt’s security team discharged a weapon to breach a locked door during a sweep of the hospital building. No injuries were reported and the scene has been declared safe. 

SWAT personnel were dispatched to the scene. A spokesperson for the federal Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives field office in Columbus said agents also traveled to the base to assist. 

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is located in Fairborn, Ohio about 10 miles north of Dayton. It employs more 27,000 civilian and military personnel. 

Update 2:05PM: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms, and Explosives is on the way to Wright-Patterson to aid in the response and investigation according to an ATF spokesperson. 

Original Story:

An active shooter has been reported at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, according to an alert received by base employees.

Emergency responders were dispatched to an incident at building 830, Wright-Patterson’s Hospital at 12:40 p.m, according to a tweet from base officials. Authorities have not yet released additional information.

Reports indicate SWAT personnel have been dispatched to the scene. A base employee told WYSO the base has been placed on lockdown and all employees have been told to take cover. He was also told that the suspect is barricaded on the fourth floor of the hospital building. He and co-workers are taking shelter in a locker room about one block away from the hospital. 

Traffic along Highway 444 near Gate 1A is backed up. The Dayton Daily News reports all base gates are closed.

Wright State University tweeted that situation poses no threat to the campus, which is located nearby in Faiborn.

This is a developing story. We will continue to update as more information becomes available