NSA shooting: at least one person injured at agency headquarters

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/14/nsa-headquarters-shooting-maryland
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At least one person is injured after an early morning vehicle collision and shooting at the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade.

Authorities have said the situation is under control and that “there’s no ongoing security or safety threat”. NSA garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips said the injured person was transported to the hospital.

The shooting happened after a black SUV ran into a concrete barricade at the base, and police have arrested at least one male suspect, but it was not immediately clear if that man was the same person reported injured.

An image taken from a WRC-TV helicopter shows a 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.

[HipChick]

1. concrete barricade ran into suspect..

you ain't getting past that...

There have been several incidents like this at that location..

[malaise]

2. One more suicidal

'idjut'.

[Blue_Tires]

3. wrong-way/drunk driver again?

[HipChick]

4. Here's what happened..

Up to three suspects in an SUV were being chased by police, and “decided to drive into NSA’s main entrance to evade capture,” said the official, speaking anonymously because he was not allowed to speak publicly.

NSA security “deployed vehicle countermeasures” — throwing a row of spikes across the path of the charging vehicle, but that didn’t stop it, so NSA personnel opened fire.

Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed by phone to the AP that one person was injured in the shooting outside the base and was taken to hospital.

[MineralMan]

5. The security folks there at the NSA facility

don't mess around. They never did, even back in the late 1960s when I worked inside the old building there. If those people made a mistake and went in there to get away from authorities, it was a big mistake.

[malaise]

7. Yah think

[MineralMan]

8. They made an error in judgment.

They're lucky they're still alive, I think.

[malaise]

9. Darwin was kind

this time

[hexola]

6. Sure...make perfect sense

Looked like they drove into a lane that had a barrier at the end?

[TheDebbieDee]

10. Well, at least these guys weren't numb-nuts

looking to shut down a child sex ring in the basement!

[malaise]

11. Hehehehee n/t