FORT LEE, Va. (AP) – A soldier with a gun inside a major command’s headquarters 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 indicated the soldier fired one shot inside the four-story building that is the headquarters for the Army’s Combined Arms Support Command, according to an Army news release. The command is responsible for training more than 180,000 students annually, and Fort Lee is the Army’s third-largest training site.
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. Army officials were expected to provide a statement to reporters at a news conference later in the day.
Army officials initially labeled the incident an “active shooter” situation. The Department of Homeland Security uses the term to describe someone actively trying to kill people, usually in populated areas, with no pattern of choosing victims.