Active shooter reported at Fort Lee in Virginia

This is a developing story. WTOP has a reporter headed to Fort Lee.

FORT LEE, Va. (AP) — An active shooter has been reported at the Fort Lee Army base in central Virginia.

Officials say the base has been put on lockdown and personnel there have been told to enact active shooter protocols.

The four- story building involved is the headquarters building for the base and houses the Combined Arms Support Command.

No other details were immediately available.

The base is about 25 miles south of Richmond, Virginia, and about 130 miles from Washington.

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