The Little Rock Air Force Base is on lockdown due to a suspicious person report.
Little Rock AFB on lockdown due to a suspicious individual. http://t.co/r9bQOJcAjQ
— 13WMAZ News (@13wmaznews) July 23, 2014
Traffic backed up to the front gate of the LRAFB due to lockdown July 23.(Photo: Alyssa Raymond/THV 11)
All gates are locked due to suspicious person.
KATV reported:
The Little Rock Air Force Base is on lockdown as of 11:45 a.m. this morning in the interest of protecting all base members and resources from a suspicious individual.
Emergency personnel are responding to the scene. For safety purposes, base gates are closed at this time.
Spoke to a woman who lives on base. She got a vm about the lockdown saying "this is not an exercise." #THV11
— Alyssa Raymond (@AlyssaRaymond) July 23, 2014
Nothing yet is posted at the LRAFB Facebook page.
UPDATE: The lockdown was lifted late this afternoon.