FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) — A “barricade situation” has drawn the FBI and other law enforcement officers to a U.S. military base outside the nation’s capital on Sunday, according to the official Fort Belvoir twitter account in northern Virginia.
The base tweeted shortly before 1 p.m. that her law enforcement officers, local police and the FBI had responded to “a barricade situation” Sunday morning.
“The situation is ongoing and we cannot comment further at this time,” the base tweeted.
It didn’t provide any other details, except that some ports to the installation were left open.
Fort Belvoir sits on approximately 8,800 acres of land along the Potomac River in Fairfax County and is located about 20 miles south of Washington.
The base is home to several Army headquarters, elements of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard and nine defense ministries, according to a Defense Department website that serves the military community. According to Fort Belvoir’s strategic plan for 2022, the facility will have 2,154 family homes and seven youth care facilities.
