Joint Base Andrews placed on lockdown after vehicle drives through security checkpoint
JOINT BASE ANDREWS March 7, 2022 – A person with a weapon was apprehended, and a second person remains at large after officials say they drove their vehicle through a security checkpoint at
The incident happened around 9 p.m. Sunday at the main gate of the base.
Officials with the 316th Security Forces Group deployed barriers and stopped the vehicle. Authorities say two people inside fled. Security apprehended one armed person but a second person fled and has not been found.
The base was placed on lockdown and the main gate was closed.
“There is not an active shooter situation at Joint Base Andrews; however, the intruder’s whereabouts are currently unknown,” the Base posted to Facebook Sunday
The incident occurred after Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff had just taken off from the base in Marine Two, according to NPR’s White House correspondent Scott Detrow on Twitter.
Harris and several cabinet members had landed at the base following a trip to Selma, Alabama, to mark the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” Detrow tweeted.
“White House official says all Cabinet members are safe/off base. Base still locked down.,” tweeted Zeke Miller, a White House reporter from the Associated Press.
