Pentagon on lockdown after gunshots fired near Metro station

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is on lockdown after multiple gunshots are fired near a platform by the facility’s Metro station.

A Pentagon announcement says the facility is on lockdown due to “police activity.”

An Associated Press reporter near the building heard multiple gunshots

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