At least one person was injured Monday after a person fired shots at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.
The post was placed on lockdown status after the shooting, but few other details were available. Scanner traffic indicates that one person is in custody.
One person on the post said the lockdown began around 3 p.m., but had no other information about the incident.
Joint Base San Antonio issued a brief press release at 3:37 p.m. A spokesman, Oscar Balladares, could not be reached.
The release said that about 2:50 p.m., “individual fired shots” on the post, home to around 32,000 military and civilian workers, as well as military training students.
The post is home to a major hospital, the San Antonio Military Medical Center, joint enlisted medical training as well as housing and rehabilitation facilities for wounded troops.
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