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| Shooting at NSA headquarters in Maryland: one dead, one badly injured | |
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| Law enforcement officials were on Monday scrambling to establish the basic facts of a violent incident near the gates of the National Security Agency in which one person was shot dead and another was badly injured. | Law enforcement officials were on Monday scrambling to establish the basic facts of a violent incident near the gates of the National Security Agency in which one person was shot dead and another was badly injured. |
| Hulks of battered trucks were visible in photography taken near an access point to Fort Meade near Baltimore, a large army base that among other institutions hosts the headquarters of the US surveillance giant. | Hulks of battered trucks were visible in photography taken near an access point to Fort Meade near Baltimore, a large army base that among other institutions hosts the headquarters of the US surveillance giant. |
| According to Jonathan Freed, the NSA’s communications chief, before 9am on Monday morning a vehicle containing two unidentified individuals attempted to force “an unauthorized entry” through a Fort Meade gate, in spite of security officers’ orders to stop. | According to Jonathan Freed, the NSA’s communications chief, before 9am on Monday morning a vehicle containing two unidentified individuals attempted to force “an unauthorized entry” through a Fort Meade gate, in spite of security officers’ orders to stop. |
| When the vehicle “accelerated toward an NSA police vehicle blocking the road”, Freed said in a statement, NSA police opened fire and the two vehicles collided. | When the vehicle “accelerated toward an NSA police vehicle blocking the road”, Freed said in a statement, NSA police opened fire and the two vehicles collided. |
| Mary Doyle, a spokeswoman for Fort Meade, said the identities and even genders of the people in the SUV were unclear. But one was shot dead and the other, badly injured, was taken to the hospital. | Mary Doyle, a spokeswoman for Fort Meade, said the identities and even genders of the people in the SUV were unclear. But one was shot dead and the other, badly injured, was taken to the hospital. |
| Freed said in his statement that an NSA police officer was injured and taken to a local hospital. | Freed said in his statement that an NSA police officer was injured and taken to a local hospital. |
| Doyle said it was unclear if the NSA was the target of the morning incursion attempt, but the security gate in question led to the NSA’s campus, hived off from the rest of the sprawling army base. | Doyle said it was unclear if the NSA was the target of the morning incursion attempt, but the security gate in question led to the NSA’s campus, hived off from the rest of the sprawling army base. |
| “The assumption being, if you drive through one of those gates, that’s where you’re going,” Doyle told the Guardian. | “The assumption being, if you drive through one of those gates, that’s where you’re going,” Doyle told the Guardian. |
| A different law enforcement source, who requested anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said nearly nothing had yet been confirmed about the latest apparent violence at Fort Meade, to include the target of the attack. | A different law enforcement source, who requested anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said nearly nothing had yet been confirmed about the latest apparent violence at Fort Meade, to include the target of the attack. |
| “It’s too early to say,” the source said. | “It’s too early to say,” the source said. |
| Freed’s statement called all information offered thus far “preliminary”. | Freed’s statement called all information offered thus far “preliminary”. |
| No motive had yet been established, but both sources said there was no reason to believe that the incident had any ties to terrorism. | No motive had yet been established, but both sources said there was no reason to believe that the incident had any ties to terrorism. |
| It was also unclear if the two people in the SUV opened fire on officers, something the law enforcement source said could have happened but could also be attributed to the confusion and inaccuracy in early reports. | It was also unclear if the two people in the SUV opened fire on officers, something the law enforcement source said could have happened but could also be attributed to the confusion and inaccuracy in early reports. |
| A local Washington DC TV station showed a uniformed officer, apparently conscious, being carried on a stretcher into an ambulance. | A local Washington DC TV station showed a uniformed officer, apparently conscious, being carried on a stretcher into an ambulance. |