According to a Facebook post from the medical center's account:
**!ATTENTION!** An active shooter has just been been reported in building #26 at Naval Medical Center San Diego. All occupants are advised to run, hide or fight. All non-emergency response personnel are asked to stay away from the compound, located at 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134
Naval Medical Center spokesman: 1 month ago, conducted code-white drill, an active-shooter drill.
โ CW6 San Diego (@CW6SanDiego) January 26, 2016
Military police are still attempting to get the situation under control and are apparently focusing their attention on the basement of the facility in a room that appears to be a gym.
It is also worth noting that, according to a base spokesman, the facility conducted a "code-white drill" also known as an "active shooter drill."
At this time, the situation is still ongoing.
According to Paul Farrell of Heavy.com,
Non-emergency personnel have been advised to stay away from the building, reports ABC San Diego. Amanda Shotsky, a reporter with CW6 San Diego who was on scene, described no "sense of fear" but a "sense of urgency among police on scene." The base is the jurisdiction of military police who are co-ordinating with local and federal agencies. NBC San Diego reports that two California Highway Patrol officers were seen entering the medical center at around 8:30 a.m. local time. Officer John Perryman told the San Diego Union-Tribune's Phillip Molnar that there is a "minimumn of 100" cops at the hospital.
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