UPDATE: Gates reopen at Redstone Arsenal after possible active shooter

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) — UPDATE 5:30 p.m. EDT: Redstone Arsenal posted an update on their Facebook page.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP) – The Latest on reports of an active shooter at an Alabama military post (all times local):

4 p.m.

The commander of an Alabama military post says two 911 calls about a potential active shooter prompted a lockdown at the installation but no shooter was ever found and no shots were fired.

Col. Tom Holliday, the garrison commander at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, said Tuesday afternoon that the 911 calls came from a building on the installation. He says the lockdown worked as planned and believes that the military post did not overreact.

He says there will be an investigation and officials are looking into the possibility of a hoax.

An active shooter drill planned for Wednesday will not be held.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) — UPDATE 2:05 p.m. EDT: Redstone Arsenal posted an update on the situation on their Facebook page.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) — UPDATE: 1:40 p.m. EDT:

Huntsville CBS affiliate WHNT is now reporting all gates at the Redstone Arsenal have reopened.


HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (WDEF) – Officials at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville has issued a “Run, Hide, Fight” advisory to employees.

The email warned of a possible active shooter at the Arsenal.

The installation is now locked down.

A spokesman says he is unaware of any injuries and hopes employees will resume work in a few hours.

Reporters at WHNT report that ambulances are responding, but that is standard procedure for such a warning.

Employees report an intercom report said this was not a drill and all gates are closed.

A spouse of one worker reports there were sounds of shots fired on the second floor of the Sparkman Center.

Redstone Arsenal is a U.S. Army post that houses the United States Army Materiel Command, Army’s Aviation and Missile Command, the Missile Defense Agency of the Department of Defense, and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

There are up to 40,000 workers at the Arsenal each day.

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