#BREAKING — We are aware and are investigating reports of a SHOOTING at USA Today building in Tyson’s, Virginia... Standby for more @WUSA9— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) August 7, 2019
At 12:45, Valerio tweeted out that he'd heard from the FBI and there was not a shooting.
— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) August 7, 2019
Which is good. But, how does that happen? I mean...I know how it happens. There were reports of a shooting, and those reports turned out to be a mistake. It's not like Valerio did anything wrong by tweeting about the reports. You kind of have to do that, if you're a reporter.
This other tweet is kind of confusing, though. The guy isn't a reporter, but he does have a verified checkmark. He says he got a text message from a family member regarding an active shooter at the USA Today building. I guess that family member was mistaken:
An article on USAToday.com later in the day had more on the incident:BREAKING: We’ve gotten a text from a family member of an active shooter at the USA Today building near Tyson’s.— Matt Brooks (@mbrooksrjc) August 7, 2019
Heavily armed police officers evacuated USA TODAY's headquarters in the Washington suburbs Wednesday after authorities said they received a report of a person with a weapon that ultimately proved to be unsubstantiated.
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Police received a call at 11:56 a.m., reporting that a man with gun was seen at the building, which holds the headquarters for USA TODAY, its parent company, Gannett Co., and offices for a variety of other businesses. The incident involved a company other than Gannett located in the building, Roessler said.After reading the article, I'm still not 100% sure happened. (It sounds like an ex-employee of one of the other companies in the building may have sent a threatening text message?) It doesn't seem like the type of situation where the authorities are going to explain in great detail precisely what happened.
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