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Naval Hospital San Diego Lifts Lockdown; Report of Person With Gun Unfounded

A shelter-in-place order was lifted soon after the person suspected to have a gun was arrested. No gun was found and no injuries were reported

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A shelter-in-place order was lifted at the Naval Medical Center San Diego Friday after security received a '"third-party" report about a person with a gun that later turned out to be unfounded, according to the hospital Friday.

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the hospital at around 10:45 a.m., at that time NBC 7 confirmed that there were officers going through buildings and some people were being evacuated.

At around 11 a.m., Naval Medical Center San Diego posted on their Facebook page saying they had issued a shelter-in-place order in response to a potential security concern. It was later known there was a report of an unidentified person with a gun. That person was quickly detained and no gun was found, the hospital said.

The shelter-in-place was lifted at around 12:33 p.m.

SkyRanger 7 did fly around the scene and found multiple patrol cars. San Diego police said there was no confirmation of shots fired or injuries. A spokesperson said the U.S. Navy would provide additional information.

No other information was available.

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