'Midshipman injured after mistaking law enforcement for shooter during lockdown at Naval Academy'
(CNN) "A midshipman was injured after mistaking law enforcement for an active shooter after misinformation spread online, according to a US Navy official."
"The Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was locked down Thursday after threats were issued, and concerns of an active shooter posted anonymously on a chat platform. But there was no active shooter on campus, according to communications from the school’s commandant seen by CNN."
"According to those communications, the midshipman was injured due to misinformation that a shooter was posing as law enforcement and clubbed base security in the head with his parade rifle and was then shot in the arm. Both are receiving treatment."
"The commandant warned against disinformation in his message and said everyone else was safe, but said it was part of multiple false reports nationwide of active shooters which the FBI is investigating."
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