The “active shooter situation” in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is over, police tweeted around 1:15 p.m. ET Thursday.
Shootings were reported at a Navy Reserve center and a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, late Thursday morning.
One officer is “down” in connection with the shootings, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke told reporters. He was not specific about the officer’s condition.
The U.S. Navy tweeted Thursday that a shooting happened at a Navy Reserve center on Amnicola Highway in Chattanooga,
But a witness said she saw a shooting at a different location — a building that houses military recruiting offices.
Gina Mule, a server at a restaurant, said she saw a man who’d been in a silver convertible Mustang, firing a “high-powered rifle” at the recruiting offices.
She said she first heard “Pow, pow, pow!” around 10:50 a.m. She then went to a window, through which she said she saw the man firing shots.
“I don’t know how many shots he fired, but it was a lot,” she said.
A second witness told CNN that she, too, saw a shooting at the recruiting center.
“We’re all shook up,” said Erica Wright, who said she works at a hair salon two doors down from the center.
The U.S. Navy said that besides the Navy Reserve center, it was also investigating reports of a shooting at another Navy building in the city. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that second Navy building was the recruiting center that the witnesses spoke about.
“Horrific incident in our community,” Berke, the mayor, tweeted. “We will release details as they are confirmed. Prayers to all those affected.”
Photos posted on Twitter by media outlets showed police blocking a road and a large number of patrol cars.
Chattanooga State Community College asked people on its main campus to stay inside because of a “confirmed shooting,” the school said on Twitter.
Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga is “on precautionary lockdown” due to the shooting reports, hospital system spokeswoman Lisa McCluskey said.
“We have not received any shooting victims,” McCluskey said. “We are still accepting new patients.” The lockdown, she said, “is just a precautionary measure.”
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is asking the Federal Aviation Administration for temporary flight restrictions around Chattanooga at the request of Hamilton County officials due to a shooting in the area, said TEMA Executive Officer Dean Flener.
