Authorities on Monday investigated a report of a single shot heard on the campus of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
No evidence of a firearm discharge was ultimately found, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.
The county police received the report around 10:48 a.m.:
MCP ASSISTING Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda with report of single shot heard on their campus.
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) July 6, 2015
Call received at approx. 10:48 a.m. for report of single shot heard on Walter Reed campus. Officers have not confirmed initial report.
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) July 6, 2015
The U.S. Navy originally said it could not confirm the report and its personnel in Bethesda were sheltering in place.
#BREAKING: #USNavy DOD, NIH and County security personnel responding to unconfirmed active shooter report at Walter Reed/Bethesda. (1/2)
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) July 6, 2015
(2/2) #BREAKING: Walter Reed/Bethesda personnel sheltering in place. Cannot confirm any incidents, injuries or causalities. MTF.
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) July 6, 2015
The Montgomery County Police Department and the Navy both confirmed later in the afternoon that there was no evidence of a gunshot.
This post has been updated.
Wonderful. More idiots with guns.
It was either the Good Guy with a gun or that joker with the paper sack
Suicide?
CNN’s slot programmer just got a free pass to go golfing for the rest of the afternoon. They’ll be on autopilot the remainder of the news schedule. Shots fired, stay tuned for details! And more details!! And here’s a couple more details!! And footage you’ve seen 5 times already, but watch it again!! Look, a street! A door! Whoa, a street and a door, in one shot!!! We’re cookin’ with gas now!!!
Our country is so awash in firearms, any random “bang” is assumed to be a gunshot. What a paradise.