for the folks that were evacuated out of 197, the humphries building, they went over to our conference center. and based upon the events of a couple of years ago, we have counselors and our chaplains with them now providing the support that they need or desire. i d like to thank the mayor and the police chief and all the first responders for your quick response this morning. we ve learned a lot over the last couple of years. we ve exercised hard. we ll review this again to see what went right and what we can continue to improve upon in the future. chief? first, a call was placed from inside of building nav-sea command this morning at 7:29. that call once received for possible sound of gunshots was
humphries building, they either went outside of the navy yard or went to the conference center and based upon the events of a couple years ago, we have counselors and our chaplains are with them now providing the support that they may need for desire. again, in closing, i d like to thank the mayor and the police chief and all the first responders for your quick response this morning. we ve learned a lot over the last couple years. we ve exercised hard. we re going to review this again to see what went right and what we can continue to improve upon to improve our procedures in the future. thank you very much. chief? just to give you a quick run down from what we know right now. first, a call was placed from inside of the building nav sea command around 7:29. it went to the internal call center inside of the navy yard. that call once received for a possible sound of gunshots was then immediately taken by the naval district of washington police and broadcast over
metropolitan police department s citywide channel as a request to assist with a potential active shooter. nav sea command at the washington navy yard. metropolitan police department along with united states park police, metro transit police, ncis, united states marshals, atf, and others, capitol police, all responded to that request for law enforcement assistance. many of the things we talked about in our after action of the washington navy yard respond a c couple years ago went very, very smoothly. officers were able to access the gates and get in. we were having radio communications both in my command center and in the field immediately from naval circuit of washington police officers inside of the building within 20 minutes of the first call. i was sitting in unified command with admiral halardies, police
immediately taken by the naval district of washington, d.c. and the request for the metropolitan police department and other law enforcement officers to assist with a potential active shooter. our units along with metropolitan metropolitan police department along with the united states park police metro transit police ncis united states marshals atf and others capitol police all responded to that request for law enforcement assistance. many of the things we talked about in our after action of the washington navy yard response a couple of years ago went very, very smoothly. officers were immediately able to access the gates and get in. we were having radio communications both in my command center and in the field immediately from the naval district of washington police officers inside of nav-sea command s building.