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New Update: 5 Soldiers Shot, Suspect Apprehended After Incident At Fort Stewart New Update: 5 Soldiers Shot, Suspect Apprehended After Incident At Fort Stewart
New Update: 5 Soldiers Shot, Suspect Apprehended After Incident At Fort Stewart This story has been updated. Five soldiers were shot and a suspect has been apprehended after an incident at Fort Stewart, the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, late Wednesday morning, Aug. 6.  The incident began just before 11 a.m., leading to the lockdown of the installation in Georgia. The lockdown was lifted at around 12:10 p.m. According to a statement posted on the official Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield Facebook page, the five were shot in an active shooter incident in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area. "All soldiers were treated on-site a…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Threats Force NJ High School Into Lockdown Twice In One Day: Police Threats Force NJ High School Into Lockdown Twice In One Day: Police
Threats Force NJ High School Into Lockdown Twice In One Day: Police Westfield High School was forced into lockdown twice on Wednesday, Feb. 12, following threats on social media, authorities said. At 8:08 AM, officers responded to Westfield High School following reports of a potential threat through a conversation on a social media platform, Westfield Police Captain John Ricerca said. The school was placed under lockdown at 8:14 AM in order to properly assess the threat, Ricerca said. Out of an abundance of caution, all other schools in the district implemented a shelter-in-place protocol, Ricerca said. Following a search of the school, the threat was deeme…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
False Report Of Shooting Leads To Westfield High School Lockdown: Police False Report Of Shooting Leads To Westfield High School Lockdown: Police
False Report Of Shooting Leads To Westfield High School Lockdown: Police Westfield High School was placed on lockdown after a "maliciously false" report of a shooting on the morning of Monday, Sept. 23, authorities said. At 9:53 a.m., the high school reported it received a single phone call from an unidentified person reporting two people were shot inside the school, Westfield police said in a release. Westfield High School contacted officers and said it had placed itself into a lockdown pending law enforcement response, police said.  Officers initiated a full response of all its patrol officers and detectives, police said. The roadways around the scho…

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by Sam Barron