Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas locked down in response to an active shooter incident

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas went into lockdown Thursday morning in response to an active shooter that has since been neutralized.

The base sent out a message on Facebook announcing that “NAS Corpus Christi is now in lockdown status.”

Shortly after that message went out on Facebook, the US Navy wrote on Twitter that it is “aware of reports of a possible active shooter at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.”

An email update from the Navy about 20 minutes later revealed that Naval Security Forces at NAS Corpus Christi responded to an active shooter at