What We Know About The Alleged Naval Medical Center Shooter In San Diego (Updated)

(UPDATE: The situation appears to be a false alarm, as authorities found no evidence of an active shooter in the reported incident, which was widely reported by the mainstream media. Investigators are continuing their extensive search of the Balboa Medical Center in San Diego.)

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As this video from CNN shows, a developing situation has been reported on the premises of the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. On Tuesday morning, the center’s Facebook page indicated an active shooter at Building 26 on the Balboa Naval Medical Center campus. Occupants were reportedly urged to “run, hide, or fight.” Police and other officials are monitoring the scene as the situation continue, and we are updating accordingly.

As one of the largest military health care providers in the country, the Balboa Medical Center serves both active duty personnel and family members, and the campus serves more than 1 million patients per year.

Early reports indicated three shots fired (per KSTU anchor Jeff McAdam on Twitter), although confirmation had not yet arrived with news crews landing on the scene.

The New York Daily News confirms these reports, saying (at least) three shots were fired at around 8 a.m. local time. Military personnel spoke with police, but did not initially request backup, though heavily armed law enforcement officers arrived to conduct room-to-room searches.

Witness reports appear muddled, as the breaking story indicated only one witness on the scene, yet multiple witnesses later spoke with Fox 5 in San Diego to report several shots from one shooter, who fired “into the air and not at any people, perhaps as a warning of some kind.”

Nearby schools were placed on lockdown (as was Point Loma Naval Base), and the center reports that all childcare facilities are secure.

NBC Nightly News says no injuries have been reported thus far, and there’s a “shelter in place” on the Balboa campus.

UPDATE: 1:30 p.m. EST: The campus is currently being cleared, and Fox 10 in Phoenix is providing a livestream video of events as they unfold. Officials have lifted lockdowns on nearby schools.