The gates at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama was reopened on Tuesday after a possible active shooter prompted a lockdown. Related Image Expand / CollapseThe post in Huntsville issued the alert on Twitter for a "possible active shooter on the Arsenal" just before 10:30 a.m. Army spokesman Col. Rich Spiegel initially told Fox News he could not "confirm there is an actual active shooter," but that the base had been on lockdown for more than an hour. An email was sent out to employees at the Redstone Arsenal at 10:31 a.m. informing them the alert was "a real world event, which is not part of the exercise," according to AL.com. The Army Contracting Command tweeted the possible active shooter was not in its headquarters.

Source: Fox News June 27, 2017 15:41 UTC