Three shot near U.S. National Security
Agency, one in custody: media
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[February 14, 2018]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three people
were shot and wounded near the U.S. National Security Agency's
headquarters in Maryland, and one person was in custody, local media
reported on Wednesday.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent agents to investigate the
incident, its Baltimore office said on Twitter.
CBS News broadcast images of a black sport utility vehicle parked near
the entrance of the NSA with what appeared to be bullet holes in the
front windshield. The vehicle was at the end of a dead-end lane marked
by concrete NSA-stamped barricade blocks on one side and a chain-link
fence on the other, near a toll-booth-style entrance gate, the CBS video
showed.
Local fire and police departments said on Twitter they were responding
to a possible shooting incident outside the agency's campus in Fort
Meade.
A spokesman at Fort Meade, about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of
Washington, said he could not confirm that a shooting has occurred or
that a vehicle was at the gate. He did confirm that one person had been
injured and transported, although he did not say where the person had
been transported to. He also confirmed that Highway 32 around Fort Meade
has been closed
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A White House spokeswoman said President Donald Trump had been
briefed on the incident.
In March 2015, two people tried to drive their sports utility
vehicle through the NSA's heavily guarded gate. Officers shot at the
vehicle when they refused to stop, killing one of the occupants. The
people in the vehicle may have taken a wrong turn after partying and
taking drugs, according to news reports.
(Reporting by Makini Brice, Lisa Lambert and Susan Heavey; Writing
by Scott Malone; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Bill Trott)
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