The Pentagon building lifts a lockdown following a shooting outside of an entrance.

The Pentagon complex was locked down for approximately 75 minutes on Tuesday following a shooting at the building’s Metro entrance.

It was not immediately clear how many shots were fired or if anyone was injured or killed.

Just before noon, officials said the scene had been secured, and a later message, posted on Twitter, announced that the building had reopened, but said the Metro entrance remained closed.

The Pentagon has lifted the lock down and has reopened. Corridor 2 and the Metro entrance remains closed. Corridor 3 is open for pedestrian traffic.

According to a public affairs employee in the Secretary of Defense’s office, a message was read over the Pentagon’s loudspeaker system at approximately 10:45 a.m. Eastern stating that there had been “a shooting incident at the Metro bus area” and instructing employees to “stay in the building until further notice.”

The announcement was followed by a similar alert sent to all computer terminals in the Pentagon approximately 15 minutes later.

Security at the building is provided by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Phone calls to the agency’s spokesperson were not immediately returned.

The Pentagon’s Metro entrance was previously attacked in March 2010, when John Patrick Bedell pulled out two 9-millimeter semiautomatic weapons and began shooting at the security checkpoint near the entrance to the Pentagon subway station, wounding two officers. Mr. Bedell was shot and killed by security officers.

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