Suspect in custody after reports of active shooter at Fort Lee Army base

A shooting incident at the Fort Lee Army base in Virginia has been "resolved" and the shooter taken into custody, a senior U.S. Army official told Fox News.

The official said a single female shooter -- described as "disgruntled" -- has been detained by authorities at the base in central Virginia. She appears to have been injured during the shooting, the official said. No other injuries to personnel have been reported at this time.

The shooting occurred earlier Monday morning outside the headquarters for the Army's Combined Arms Support Command. The base was placed on lockdown and personnel there were told to enact active shooter protocols.

An "all clear" was issued by the Fort Lee installation operations center at approximately 9:50 a.m., according to the base's Facebook page.

"The law enforcement event is over," the post said. Another official told Fox News that "there is no danger to the public at this time."

The base is about 25 miles south of Richmond, Virginia, and about 130 miles from Washington.

According to the military's website, Fort Lee is the third-largest training site in the Army. Its daily population is about 34,000, with members from all branches, their families, civilians and contractors. The Army website also cites enormous growth and renovations at Fort Lee over the past decade as a result of realignment and closures of bases across the U.S.

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"FORT LEE, Va. (AP) — An enraged soldier with a gun barricaded herself in an office inside a major command's headquarters, throwing objects and then shooting herself in the head as law enforcement officials tried to negotiate with her, the Army said Monday.

The heavily-trafficked base went on lockdown while she was barricaded on the third floor of the four-story building that houses the Army's Combined Arms Support Command. About 1,100 people were inside, but no one else was hurt, officials at Fort Lee said.

"This situation could've been worse," said Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, who took over as commanding general of CASC on Friday.

The Army did not identify the soldier or give her condition. She was taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, which confirmed that it received a patient from Fort Lee but did not provide other details.

The soldier is a sergeant 1st class who has been in the Army for 14 years and at Fort Lee for three, Lyons said. Her gun was not a service weapon, he said."

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