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| Military police are respond to active shooter situation at Marine Corps Base in California | |
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| A shelter in place order was issued at a Marine Corps base in California following shots fired being reported. The suspect is now in custody and headed to a medical facility for treatment for a self-inflicted gunshot wound | |
| Captain Nicole Plymale, Public Affairs Officer for Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, confirmed the situation to Fox News and said the suspect was cordoned off away from the public after shots were reported. The military installation in southern California is the largest Marine Corps base in the country. Citizens were given alerts on their phones about the shooter, some of which were posted to Twitter. | |
| Phone alerts warned anyone in the area to barricade themselves, and others to stay away from the base. | Phone alerts warned anyone in the area to barricade themselves, and others to stay away from the base. |
| Palm Springs reporter Angela Chen and other local media tweeted that it was no longer an active shooter situation shortly after initial reports, and the assistance of the local sheriff's department was not requested. The Marines refused to confirm a suspect was in custody until later in the morning on Tuesday, when they confirmed the individual "is currently being treated and will be transported to a medical facility" and that they had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other injuries were reported. The shelter in place order was also lifted. | |
| The base, considered a premiere military training facility that spans more than 900 square miles, is located approximately 150 miles outside of Los Angeles in the Mojave desert. | The base, considered a premiere military training facility that spans more than 900 square miles, is located approximately 150 miles outside of Los Angeles in the Mojave desert. |
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