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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2016, 10:20 AM Sep 2016

News reports said a suspicious vehicle passed through a security gate.

By Michael Woyton (Patch Staff) - September 19, 2016 10:14 am ET

http://patch.com/new-york/midhudsonvalley/west-point-lockdown-monday-morning?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=police%20%26%20fire&utm_campaign=alert

WEST POINT, NY — The U.S. Military Academy is on lockdown Monday morning.

News 12 reported that the institution took the action after a suspicious vehicle went through a security gate.

The lockdown comes on the heels of explosive devices were detonated in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan and Seaside Park, NJ, over the weekend.

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West Point on Lockdown Monday Morning (Original Post) In_The_Wind Sep 2016 OP

West Point Lockdown Lifted (10:38 ET) In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #1

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1. West Point Lockdown Lifted (10:38 ET)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 10:45 AM

Sep 2016

The academy was briefly shutdown while a suspicious was searched for.

By Michael Woyton (Patch Staff) - September 19, 2016 10:38 am ET