--- description: The Washington Navy Yard was on lockdown Thursday morning after reports of shots being fired. title: Washington Navy Yard on Lockdown as REports of Shots Fired image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d30f900510e250c/6988597335ba6fb075c0e0b8/washington-navy-yard.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Report 'All Clear' at Washington Navy Yard  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:28 AM CUTPublished: Jul 2, 2015 12:27 PM CUT  The Navy Yard Complex, along the Anacostia River, lower right, seen in 2013. The Navy Yard Complex, along the Anacostia River, lower right, seen in 2013.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  by [Dan Stewart](/author/dan-stewart/)  ## Dan Stewart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:28 AM CUTPublished: Jul 2, 2015 12:27 PM CUT The Washington Navy Yard was on lockdown Thursday morning after reports of shots being fired, just two years after a gunman killed 12 people at the military base. But after a heavy police and FBI response, local authorities said there was no evidence of a shooting and restrictions on movement were lifted. Law enforcement officials said in a news conference that they received a call from an employee who thought she heard gunshots, and executed a “smooth, well-coordinated response.” > [](https://twitter.com/SenateSAA/status/616607900300148737) “This is an employee who did exactly what we ask them to do,” D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier said of the caller. “We have no concerns that this was a hoax whatsoever.” The affected area was smoothly evacuated, and law enforcement executed a protocol that they say resemble the response to the active shooter incident in September 2013, when Aaron Alexis, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, shot and killed 12 people before being shot dead by authorities. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3944467/washington-navy-yard-lockdown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3944467/washington-navy-yard-lockdown/"},"headline":"Police Report 'All Clear' at Washington Navy Yard","datePublished":"2015-07-02T12:27:31.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:28:20.000Z","description":"Employee thought she heard gunshots but was mistaken","url":"https://time.com/3944467/washington-navy-yard-lockdown/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d30f900510e250c/6988597335ba6fb075c0e0b8/washington-navy-yard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Stewart","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-stewart/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d30f900510e250c/6988597335ba6fb075c0e0b8/washington-navy-yard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Washington Navy Yard","caption":"Washington Navy Yard","creditText":"Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3944467/washington-navy-yard-lockdown/","name":"Police Report 'All Clear' at Washington Navy Yard"}}]}] ```