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1 dead after driver tries to ram through gate at NSA headquarters Fox News
I'm actually surprised something like this hasn't been attempted before. I don't condone such actions, but the NSA hasn't exactly warmed themselves to the public in recent years.
Two men dressed as women tried to ram through the gate of the National Security Agency headquarters in Fort Meade with an SUV Monday morning, resulting in a shooting that left one person dead, according to authorities and sources familiar with the investigation.
After the gate was rammed around 9:30 local time, a guard reportedly got into an argument with the men and gunfire erupted.
NSA Spokesman Jonathan Freed said in a statement that an agency officer gave the driver "routine instructions for safely exiting the secure campus," but the driver disobeyed them, so barriers were deployed.
Freed said the driver then accelerated toward an NSA Police vehicle blocking the road, crashing into the police vehicle. A U.S. government official familiar with the incident told Fox News that NSA security personnel shot at the vehicle when it tried to flee.
One person inside the unauthorized vehicle died at the scene of causes that were not immediately determined.
I'm actually surprised something like this hasn't been attempted before. I don't condone such actions, but the NSA hasn't exactly warmed themselves to the public in recent years.