{"id":21554,"date":"2018-08-02T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/02\/active-shooter-incident-reported-at-wright-patterson-air-force-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:36:30","slug":"active-shooter-incident-reported-at-wright-patterson-air-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/08\/02\/active-shooter-incident-reported-at-wright-patterson-air-force-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Active shooter incident at Wright-Patterson was false alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The active shooter incident at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base<\/a> Medical Center has turned out to be a false alarm, according to base officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There was no real world active shooter incident<\/a> on Wright-Patterson AFB and base personnel remain safe, according to the official Wright-Patterson Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal and state authorities in armored vehicles and unmarked cars swarmed onto the sprawling Air Force base, east of Dayton, Ohio, Thursday in response to the reported incident at the base medical center. Among the agencies responding to the incident were the Ohio State Highway Patrol, local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this frame from video from WKEF, authorities work at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio amid reports of an active shooter at the base Thursday. (WKEF via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One Twitter user wrote that she had family at the hospital and relayed what she was told by them over social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShooter is barricaded on 4th floor of base Medical Center. Have family there. All employees, over 20,000, told to \u2018shelter in place,’ ” she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A follow-on statement by Air Force officials said that the incident was determined to be an active shooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur first priority in any emergency incident is to protect the men and women at Wright-Patt. Our base security forces defenders and fire department personnel are trained to quickly assess situations and take necessary action. An investigation is under way,\u201d a statement from the Wright-Patterson AFB Twitter account read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video from outside of the hospital showed service members and others standing outside the building about two hours after the base said emergency workers responded to reports of active shooter. WHIO-TV reported that an announcement was made telling some people to leave the building with their hands on their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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pic.twitter.com\/2ZGCZvStnX<\/a><\/p>— 88th Air Base Wing (@WrightPattAFB) August 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>