Navy civilian employee faked active shooter threat to ‘trauma bond’ with co-workers

A Navy civilian employee admitted to falsely reporting a shooting threat at a military base in an effort to allegedly “trauma bond” with her co-workers.

Malika Brittingham wrote in a text message to a co-worker on Tuesday that she heard five to six gunshots at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. Her co-worker then called 911 and relayed what she told her.

The base then went into lockdown, and law enforcement arrived. The lockdown prompted panic from many on the base and disrupted operations for about an hour before the all-clear came.

Brittingham later recanted the story after no shooter was found and the all-clear was given at the base, prosecutors said. Brittingham said she and her colleagues could “trauma bond” over the shared experience, the

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