Training gunfire leads to scare and lockdown at Joint Base in NJ Dan Alexander Published: September 30, 2025 Wrightstown Gate of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (The Lakewood Scoop)

🚨Lockdown ordered at the Joint Base MDL after reports of an active shooter

🚨Officials confirm no credible threat; precaution triggered false alarm

🚨Base is home to more than 46,000 members of the U.S. military

A lockdown prompted by reports of a possible active shooter at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been lifted.

All base personnel across the entire base, which spans Burlington and Ocean counties, were ordered to take cover just before 11 a.m. The Ocean County Sheriff's Office at 11:37 a.m. said there is no credible threat at the base and the lockdown was in effect as a "precauti

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