Twentynine Palms (US), Jul 7 (AP) A person who was surrounded by military police responding to reports early Tuesday of an active shooter on a California Marine Corps base sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to a medical facility, military officials said.

Shots were reported around 6:30 am at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, 125 miles (201 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, Captain Nicole Plymale said.

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Military police cordoned off the area and were communicating with the person when the individual sustained the gunshot wound about two hours later, Plymale said. No one else was injured.

A shelter-in-place order was lifted by mid-morning and the gates to the base reopened.

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About 8,500 people live on the sprawling base that covers 600,000 acres. It was not immediately clear if the person was a Marine, and the military did not identify the person nor the gender. The military is investigating the incident. (AP)

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