<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of the <i>Bismarck Tribune</i> (Bismarck, North Dakota) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bismarcktribune.com/ap/national/sound-of-gunshots-reported-at-san-diego-navy-medical-center/article_2b537fca-021e-5d9d-ad7f-19d9095ccada.html#utm_source=%5Bdomain%5D&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fbreaking%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline">http://bismarcktribune.com/ap/national/sound-of-gunshots-reported-at-san-diego-navy-medical-center/article_2b537fca-021e-5d9d-ad7f-19d9095ccada.html#utm_source=%5Bdomain%5D&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fbreaking%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Georgia, serif; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Sound of gunshots reported at San Diego Navy medical center</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SAN DIEGO — Military authorities responded Tuesday to a report of gunshots at a building on the campus Naval Medical Center San Diego.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The hospital posted on its Facebook page: "An active shooter has just been reported in building #26 at Naval Medical Center San Diego. All occupants are advised to run, hide or fight."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Spokesman Mike Alvarez said, however, that "I cannot confirm an active shooter."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sounds were heard around 8 a.m. in Building 26, which houses offices and barracks for wounded sailors and Marines as well as a gym, said spokesman Mike Alvarez.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All non-emergency personnel were asked to stay away from the area.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said at least three gunshots were reported heard.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We're not taking any chances and are executing procedures we've been trained for in this kind of situation," Alvarez said.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">San Diego police Officer Travis Easter said police received a notification call from military police at 8:03 a.m. of shots fired but assistance was not requested.</span></p><div id="video-ad-asset-container" style="max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 1s; -webkit-transition: max-height 1s;"><div class="video-responsive video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-disabled vjs-user-inactive" id="video-ad-asset" style="position: relative; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-user-select: none; padding-bottom: 56.25% !important; padding-top: 30px !important;"><video id="video-ad-asset_html5_api" class="vjs-tech" style="display: block; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 620px; height: 378.75px;"></video><div></div><div class="vjs-text-track-display" style="text-align: center; position: absolute; bottom: 4em; left: 1em; right: 1em;"></div><div id="ima-ad-container" style="top: 0px; position: absolute; width: 620px; height: 379px;"><div style="position: absolute;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe src="http://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.118.1_en.html#goog_1006984118" style="position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 300px; height: 150px; border-width: 0px; opacity: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></iframe></span></div></div><div class="vjs-touch-overlay" style="position: absolute; z-index: 5; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer;"></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Traffic backed up around the facility during the morning rush hour.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 272-bed, multispecialty hospital and ambulatory complex is located on about 78 acres in the southeast corner of Balboa Park, about 2.5 miles from downtown, according to its website. Center staff is comprised of more than 6,500 military, civilian, contractor and volunteer personnel.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NMCSD personnel deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Djibouti and aboard the USNS Mercy, the website said. The facility is affiliated with 19 civilian nursing schools, training more than 400 students per year in clinical rotations</span></p></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></div></body></html>