All
clear at Maryland military hospital after gunshot report
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[July 07, 2015]
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities gave
the all clear at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in
suburban Washington, the biggest military hospital complex in the world,
after a report of a gunshot triggered a lockdown on Monday, the U.S.
Navy said.
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Police found no sign of a gunshot or injuries at the sprawling
243-acre (98-hectare) campus in Bethesda, Maryland, the Navy said on
its Twitter feed. A call to police reporting the sound of a gunshot
triggered the lockdown of the Bethesda, Maryland, site and a massive
security response.
Officers cleared the 20-story building where the gunshot was
reported and found nothing, the Montgomery County Police Department
said on Twitter.
Police said non-emergency patient care at Walter Reed was suspended
for the day.
The Walter Reed report came after an unfounded call of a gunshot at
the Washington Navy Yard sparked a heavy police response on
Thursday.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson and Ian Simpson; Editing by Will
Dunham)
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