The Incident Review Board looked into the overall execution of the response to the incident, evaluating actions such as response time, coordination with outside agencies and command and control.
Few new details have emerged in the months since the active shooter scare at the base’s medical center. On Aug. 2, chaos erupted on base after a report of an active shooter at the hospital in Area A.
Wright-Patterson 911 Caller: ‘Help! Help!…active shooter.’
About a half mile from the hospital in the Kittyhawk area of Area A, base personnel were conducting a planned installation exercise that involved an active shooter scenario. The exercise had been published to all base personnel ahead of time. It involved brightly colored, clearly fake weapons and no real or simulated gunfire, base spokesman Daryl Mayer said.
The scenario was halted when someone reported what, at the time, was believed to be a real active shooter situation at the hospital around 12:40 p.m. Upon receiving that call, security forces responded to the hospital and began a systematic sweep of the 99,000-square-foot facility.
The incident temporarily closed all gates and drew responses from upwards of 100 local, state and federal law enforcement officers. During the sweep of the medical facility, a security officer who has not been identified discharged his weapon, reportedly to gain access to a locked door on the first floor.
WPAFB active shooter situation: Reactions from the scene
Officials have not confirmed how many shots were fired after initially saying just one. U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, called the use of a firearm to breach a door “highly unusual and highly questionable.”
No one was injured, but a woman who said she was inside the locked room posted photos on Facebook that show what appear to be bullet-sized holes in a wall next to a door. That woman said she and other employees felt “real terror.”
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