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Police responded to a shooting Wednesday outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, where authorities surrounded a handcuffed man after a black SUV ran into a barrier. Three people were reportedly shot.
Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed by phone that the shooting took place outside the base after a car rammed a concrete barrier at the gate. At least one person was taken to hospital.
“NSA police and local law enforcement are addressing an incident that took place this morning at one of NSA’s security vehicle entry gates. The situation is under control and there’s no ongoing security or safety threat,” an NSA statement said.
President Donald Trump has been “briefed on the shooting at Ft. Meade,” and the White House offers thoughts and prayers with those who have been affected, spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said.
The FBI said it was sending people to the scene.
An image taken from a WRC-TV helicopter shows the police and fire department response outside one of the facility’s secure vehicle entry gates. WRC said bullet holes could be seen in the vehicle’s front window, and several air bags were deployed. Blood-stained material could be seen on the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCsP3TKra0M
Despite prominent highway signs, drivers occasionally take the wrong exit and end up at the tightly secured gates. Most motorists then carefully follow the orders of heavily armed federal officers and turn around without getting into more trouble.
But in early 2015, two men dressed as women were shot at by police when they disobeyed orders outside the heavily secured campus. One driver died at the scene after NSA police opened fire on a stolen sports utility vehicle. Authorities later said they had stolen a car from a man who picked them up for a party at a motel.
REPORTED; Shooting near NSA, 3 ppl shot, inicdent reported near gate #1 As a result 32 is blocked east of 295 #MDtraffic #GMW pic.twitter.com/UvxqgaVfEm
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The Associated Press contributed to this article.