Midshipman shot during police response to Naval Academy threat

A midshipman was shot at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland Thursday evening as law enforcement responded to reports of threats made to the military school, a source told NBC News.

There is no active shooter, the source said.

The midshipman was sheltering in place on the Annapolis campus when they mistook a member of law enforcement as a threat and hit them with a training weapon, said the source, who was on campus at the time of the lockdown. Police responded by shooting the midshipman.

The midshipman was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover, the source said. Video from Chopper4 shows one person on a gurney being placed on a Maryland State Police helicopter.

The academy worked with local law enforcement to respond to the reports of threats, Lt. Naweed Lemar, the spokesperson