A teenage intruder with a gun was apprehended, and a second remained at large Monday, after an overnight sweep of Joint Base Andrews determined there was no ...
Air Force Col. Tyler Schaff, the commander for JBA and its 316th Wing, said he was “proud of the quick actions” of his security officials in ensuring the base was safe. The incident occurred while Vice President Kamala Harris and some members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet were at the installation after returning from a visit to Selma, Ala., to commemorate the anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday incident, in which peaceful civil rights protesters were attacked by police. A homeless man with a lengthy arrest record was able to drive onto the post Feb. 4, 2021, after he was permitted entry by a “distracted gate guard,” an Air Force Inspector General probe found last year. After an hourslong sweep of the installation, including in its housing areas, Security Forces determined the individual was no longer on Joint Base Andrews, according to the statement. A 17-year-old male was quickly captured by Security Forces airmen, who found he was in possession of a firearm “after his apprehension,” the JBA spokesperson said. They fled the vehicle on foot, ignoring commands of Air Force security personnel, officials said.
Security personnel at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday night arrested one person with a weapon, while another remains at large, according to a news ...
The pool traveling with Biden was safely off the base as of nearly 10 p.m. ET. The pool that traveled with Harris was also off the base as of 11:55 p.m. ET. The TV pool that was traveling with Biden landed separately at Joint Base Andrews and saw people searching a wooded area with flashlights and several police cars traveling at high speed. Both the vice president and second gentleman Doug Emhoff were in Marine Two around 8:51 p.m. ET, according to a pool report, and had left the base per a pool report around 9 p.m. ET. Harris' office told the pool that her staff and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, who were all traveling with Harris, were safely off the base, according to a pool report at nearly 10 p.m.
“We are also thankful for our partnerships with local authorities, who responded rapidly on base to assist the 316th Security Forces Group throughout the night, ...
The Defenders handled the intense situation with discipline and calm professionalism,” Col. Tyler Schaff, 316th Wing and Joint Base Andrews installation commander, said in a news release. “Everyone is taking this very seriously,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters last month. The 17-year-old remains in custody.
As security forces grappled with the armed person at the gate, Harris had just arrived on the base at 8:47 p.m. on Air Force Two.
The Defenders handled the intense situation with discipline and calm professionalism," Col. Tyler Schaff, 316th Wing and Joint Base Andrews installation commander, said in a press release. A sweep of Joint Base Andrews concluded Monday morning with authorities reporting that the other person in the vehicle had fled the installation, the press release said. Joint Base Andrews is where the president’s and vice president’s airplanes are based. As security forces grappled with the armed person at the gate, Harris had just arrived on the base at 8:47 p.m. on Air Force Two, according to pool reports. Around 9 p.m., a vehicle with two people inside drove through the security checkpoint and was stopped when the 316th Security Forces Group deployed the barriers at the gate, according to a statement from Joint Base Andrews. Shortly after, a 17-year-old was apprehended and was in possession of a gun, the press release said.
The intruders made their moves at the military base around the same time that Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials were at the facility.
Two intruders, at least one of them armed, entered Joint Base Andrews on Sunday night, apparently after the return there of Vice President Kamala Harris, ...