MD: VP Harris Safe After Active Shooter at Joint Base Andrews

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Kamala Harris Safe as Joint Base Andrews Says Intruder's Whereabouts Unknown - Newsweek

Vice President Kamala Harris was safely flown out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland as it was put on lockdown on Sunday night when two people, one of them armed, bypassed a security checkpoint, authorities said.

The two people "drove through the security checkpoint and failed to adhere to commands of security personnel" at the main gate at around 9 p.m., the military base said in a statement posed on Facebook on Sunday.

The authorities at the base, which the president and vice president use to travel to and from Washington, D.C., "immediately deployed the barriers and stopped the vehicle," but the pair fled, the statement said.

One of them was apprehended, but the other was still at large late on Sunday night.

"We can confirm that the individual who was apprehended had a weapon, but no shots have been fired," the statement added. "There is not an active shooter situation at Joint Base Andrews, however, the intruder's whereabouts are currently unknown."