Crime & Safety

Air National Guard Base On Lockdown; Possible Shots Heard

National Guard officials are reportedly treating it as an active shooter scenario, although no shooter has been confirmed.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - National Guard officials say Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire has been placed on lockdown after possible shots were heard on the base.

WMUR-TV reports the base in Portsmouth was on lockdown Tuesday afternoon.

It reports National Guard officials are treating it as an active shooter scenario, although no shooter has been confirmed.

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Phone and email messages to the New Hampshire National Guard were not immediately returned.

Further information was not immediately available.

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