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One Dead, Another Critically Injured in Shooting at Gate of NSA HQ
UPDATED: March 30, 2015 1:32 p.m.
WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP)- A firefight erupted around 9 a.m. Monday after two men dressed as women tried to ram a gate at National Security Agency headquarters in Maryland with a car.
One of the men was killed and the other was injured, according to Mary L. Doyle, the chief of media relations for Fort Meade.
Fort Meade, the U.S. Army installation that houses NSA, is one of the most secure locations near the nation’s capital. The fortified campus also includes the Defense Information systems Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command.
The post is the largest single employer in Maryland, with offices for about 11,000 military personnel and 29,000 civilian employees.
“The incident has been contained and is under investigation,” said Colonel Brian Foley, Fort Meade garrison commander.
“The residents, service members and civilian employees on the installation are safe. We continue to remain vigilant at all of our access control points.”
An FBI spokeswoman said the incident was not believed to be linked to terrorism.
A senior defense official said the two men were dressed as women. That official also spoke on condition of anonymity.
A federal law enforcement official tells CBS News that cocaine and a weapon were found in or near the vehicle.
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The FBI is also investigating the shooting.
“We are investigating with NSA Police and other law enforcement agencies,” a spokesperson for FBI Baltimore says.
“Our Evidence Response Team is processing the crime scene, and FBI Agents are doing joint interviews with witnesses. We are working with the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland to determine if federal charges are warranted.”
Images from the scene show two damaged vehicles near a gate and emergency workers loading an injured uniformed man into an ambulance. One of the damaged vehicles was a white SUV marked “NSA Police.” Its front end was crumpled, and the hood was up. The other was a dark, unmarked SUV.
A building on the NSA campus was damaged by gunfire earlier this month. Authorities captured a man March 3 who they believe fired that night on the NSA site, as well as earlier at several nearby places and two moving vehicles. The suspect in that case, Hong Young, told police he heard voices directing him to fire on one of the occupied vehicles.
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