PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County ended its lockdown at 6 p.m. ET after a search for a person with a gun, the base said Thursday.
Joint Base Andrews said an armed person was reported near the base's housing. The base had asked people to stay away from base housing and to use lockdown procedures.
The base said the person they were looking for was a male carrying an AR-15-style rifle with no orange tip.
No suspect was found in the search.
The base said that at 5 p.m. ET, individuals with children in the Imagine Andrews School, CDC, Youth Center, and patients were released to pick up their children. At 5:30 p.m. ET, individuals on the East Side of base were released. At 6 p.m. ET, the lockdown was lifted and all personnel were released to depart base.
No shots were ever fired.
The incident is under investigation.
No other information has been released.
Richmond Highway has reopened after a 30+ hour standoff with an armed woman ended early Thursday.
The standoff with the barricaded woman began Tuesday morning around 11 a.m. when officers with the Fairfax County Police Department were called by another agency to the 7200 block of Fordson Road in Alexandria to check the area for a critical missing person.