Naval Employee Falsely Reported Active Shooter, Base Shutdown Resulted

A civilian U.S. Navy employee, Malika Brittingham, was charged with falsely reporting an active shooter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, claiming she did so to “trauma bond” with colleagues. After authorities confirmed there was no threat, Brittingham admitted to fabricating the incident, leading to a strong condemnation from U.S. Attorney Alina Habba against such fear-mongering activities.

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