The Pentagon is now on lockdown after a report of shots fired near a platform by the Washington, D.C. facility’s Metro station.
NOW – Pentagon on lockdown over reported shooting outside.pic.twitter.com/uPc4gpF7KW
— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) August 3, 2021
Shots Fired
Intercoms within the Pentagon began sounding a warning soon after the shooting, telling individuals inside the building to remain indoors “due to police activity outside.”
No details about the incident have been released by the Pentagon, though an Associated Press reporter who was near the building did report hearing multiple gunshots. Another Associated Press reporter in the area also reported hearing police yelling “Shooter!”
“The Pentagon currently is on lock down due to an incident at the Pentagon Transit Center. We are asking the public to please avoid the area. More information will be forthcoming,” the official Twitter account for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency wrote.
The Pentagon currently is on lock down due to an incident at the Pentagon Transit Center. We are asking the public to please avoid the area. More information will be forthcoming.
— Pentagon Force Protection Agency (Official) (@PFPAOfficial) August 3, 2021
“The scene of the incident is secure. It is still an active crime scene. We request that everyone stay away from the Metro rail entrance and bus platform area. Transportation at the Pentagon is diverted to Pentagon City,” the agency wrote in a subsequent tweet.
The scene of the incident is secure. It is still an active crime scene. We request that everyone stay away from the Metro rail entrance and bus platform area. Transportation at the Pentagon is diverted to Pentagon City.
— Pentagon Force Protection Agency (Official) (@PFPAOfficial) August 3, 2021
Media Relations Manager at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Sherri Ly informed NBC News that Metrobuses are being diverted from the transit hub, and trains are bypassing the Pentagon Station “due to an active police investigation on the Pentagon Reservation.”
According to two people familiar with the shooting who spoke on the condition of anonymity, there is at least one person down, though their condition is not known.
“Units responding to a reported active violence incident in the area of the pentagon metro,” reported Arlington Fire & EMS in a post on Twitter.
Units responding to a reported active violence incident in the area of the pentagon metro. pic.twitter.com/uxVgRmnUpT
— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) August 3, 2021
Arlington Fire & EMS also posted an update soon after its original tweet, writing: “Scene is still active, ACFD did encounter multiple patients. NFI on patient status will be provided.”
#Update – Scene is still active, ACFD did encounter multiple patients. NFI on patient status will be provided.
— Arlington Fire & EMS (@ArlingtonVaFD) August 3, 2021
