Shooting at NSA headquarters leaves one dead By Dana Hedgpeth, Sari Horwitz and Ellen Nakashima March 30 at 11:57 AM
One person was killed and at least one other was injured Monday when shots were fired after two people in a vehicle tried to ram a gate at Fort Meade, a military installation in Anne Arundel County that houses the National Security Agency, according to officials with knowledge of the investigation.
Authorities did not release any details of exactly what happened, but law enforcement officials said police officers with the National Security Agency shot at the two people in the vehicle. One of them was killed, the officials said.
Two U.S. officials said the men in the vehicle were dressed as women, but they both cautioned that the information is preliminary.
Just before 11 a.m., NSA officials said they had no further information.
In a statement, issued around 11:30 a.m., the FBI Baltimore office said it was investigating a shooting at a gate at Fort Meade.
More: Man in drag killed after plowing into gates at NSA headquarters By Chris Perez March 30, 2015 | 10:20am
Two men dressed in women’s clothes tried to ram a stolen SUV through the gates of the National Security Agency’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Md., on Monday, forcing guards into a shootout that left one of the men dead and the other severely wounded, authorities said.
An NSA officer shot the unidentified pair after they crashed the vehicle into the entrance and then opened fire around 9:30 a.m., according to FOX 5.
Federal officials said both men were wearing women’s clothes and were in an SUV they had stolen.
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