Station HYPO

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Law enforcement is responding to an active shooter Thursday morning at Corry Station in Escambia County, according to NAS Pensacola.

It happened around 10 a.m. at the station on Chiefs Way off of Navy Boulevard.

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons told WEAR News at 11:15 a.m. that deputies received a call for three gunshots. However, at this time after sweeping the building, there are no signs of an active shooter. No one has been found injured. An investigation is ongoing.

The massive law enforcement presence on scene includes Escambia County deputies, Pensacola Police, EMS, helicopters, FDLE and more.

“Our Security team is responding swiftly and expertly with our local law enforcement partners,” said Capt. Chandra Newman with NAS Pensacola. “Our concern is always the safety and welfare of our service members and their families. Our security forces will continue to work with responding law enforcement to process the crime scene.”

Corry Station and NAS Pensacola is on lockdown — and roads in the area are closed — as law enforcement works the scene.

WEAR News is working to learn more.

Bainbridge Island Rededication:

We are looking at 23 May for the Plaque dedication at Station S on Bainbridge Island. We wanted it to be as close to Memorial Day as possible so we can tie that into the importance of the work done there during WWII.

Jay Robert Stoner Private First Class, United States Army
March 6, 1932- July 11, 1953

Purple Heart (posthumous)
Bronze Star Medal with ‘V’ Device (posthumous)
Korean Service Medal with 1 bronze service star United Nations Service Medal

SGT Lucas T. Pyeatt
U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1986 – February 5, 2011

Everyone knows about the First Pearl Harbor Attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. But few are aware of the second Raid that the Japanese launched on Pearl Harbor. This raid was codenamed Operation K. It was a Japanese naval operation in WWII intended as a reconnaissance mission of the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor.