A Maryland State Police cruiser sits at a blocked southbound entrance on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway that accesses the National Security Agency
Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stop yesterday (Macau time) at the National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade and then smashed into a police vehicle blocking the road, officials said. One of the men died, and the other man and the officer were hurt.
A police officer and the other man in the vehicle also were hurt, the NSA said in a news release.
Investigators have not yet determined how the man in the vehicle died, and the conditions of the wounded man and officer were not immediately clear.
An FBI spokeswoman said earlier in the day that the incident was not believed to be linked to terrorism.
A senior defense official said the two men were dressed as women. That official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss an ongoing incident.
The car that rammed the police vehicle had been stolen Monday morning from a nearby hotel, said Mary Phelan, a police spokeswoman.
The NSA is headquartered on the sprawling Army installation near Baltimore.
The FBI is investigating and working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland to determine if federal charges are warranted, FBI spokeswoman Amy J. Thoreson said in an email.
Local television showed two damaged vehicles near a gate and emergency workers loading an injured uniformed man into an ambulance. Aerial news images showed that one of the damaged vehicles was a white sports utility vehicle marked “NSA Police.” Its front end was crumpled, and the hood was up. The other was a dark, unmarked SUV. AP
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