U.S. Navy personnel and Seal Beach police staged an active shooter scenario Tuesday at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach as the local component of a security exercise across all naval bases in the continental United States. Navy security forces and Defense Department firefighters responded to a scenario involving a barricaded suspect with hostages at the command headquarters. Jason Sherman, commanding officer for Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. The Seal Beach naval base hasn’t endured a fatal shooting in at least 21 years, but a Dec. 16 barricade at a Navy residence prompted a response by Navy security forces and Seal Beach police. AdvertisementArleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance was docked at the Seal Beach ammunition pier for ordinance transfer operations Tuesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2020 01:18 UTC