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Joint Base Andrews on Lockdown Due to Reports of Security Breach

Joint Base Andrews on Lockdown Due to Reports of Security Breach
US Vice President Kamala Harris departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on October 29, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

By    |   Monday, 07 March 2022 12:38 AM EST

Joint Base Andrews was put on lockdown Sunday night after there were reports of a security breach and a man with a gun. 

Two intruders reportedly drove through a security checkpoint at Joint Base Andrews Sunday night, at least one of whom was armed, officials told area news outlets.

One intruder was arrested without injury. The second was still being sought as of midnight Sunday.

“We can confirm that the individual who was apprehended had a weapon, but no shots have been fired,” Joint Base Andrews said in a statement on Facebook.

“There is not an active shooter situation at Joint Base Andrews; however, the intruder’s whereabouts are currently unknown,” it added

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff departed the base on Marine Two before the security breach. A soldier at JBA confirmed that there were no shots fired.

The four cabinet members who traveled back with Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Miguel Cardona, Marcia Fudge and EPA Administrator Michael Regan, are all safely off base. They were returning from a trip to Selma, Alabama, for a "Bloody Sunday" anniversary event.

The motive for the breach remains unclear.

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Two intruders reportedly drove through a security checkpoint at Joint Base Andrews Sunday night, at least one of whom was armed, officials told area news outlets.
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