UPDATE: All Clear Given After Active Shooter Reported At Joint Base MDL

UPDATE: Base officials have given the all clear. There is no threat. 

Original story continues below

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The official Facebook account of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst issued a post warning of an active shooter reported at a building on the base on Thursday afternoon.

“LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN,” the post reads. “ACTIVE SHOOTER REPORTED ON JBMDL BLDG 5231. ALL PERSONNEL ARE TO LOCKDOWN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL PERSONNEL OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE COVER.”