Person with fake gun sends Walter Reed hospital campus into short lockdown

Montgomery County police on Thursday said a person with a fake gun prompted a brief lockdown over active-shooter fears at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Authorities said there is no threat to the community after officers took the suspect into custody shortly before 10:30 a.m. on the 8900 block of Rockville Pike in Bethesda, Maryland.

Police didn’t immediately share the suspect’s identity or how the phony gun was handled on the Bethesda campus…

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