what happened at the naval academy yesterday

Yesterday at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, a lockdown was triggered by a false report of an active shooter. The threat originated from an anonymous post linked to a former midshipman who was not on campus but in another part of the country. During the lockdown, heightened tensions led to a confrontation where a midshipman mistakenly identified law enforcement officers as the threat and struck one officer with a parade rifle. In response, the officer fired, injuring the midshipman in the arm. Both the midshipman and the officer were treated and are reported to be in stable condition. The lockdown was lifted shortly after midnight once the situation was secured and no actual threat was found. The incident highlighted issues of misinformation and occurred amid a tense national atmosphere of recent school violence.