At least three people were hospitalized this morning after an unauthorized car approached the gates of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland, leading to a car crash and gunfire, according to FBI officials.

Several details of the incident are still murky, but aerial footage showed a black SUV with airbags deployed, apparently after crashing into concrete barriers. According to FBI investigators, three people in the car pulled into the NSA complex. An NSA police officer, a civilian “onlooker,” and one person in the car were hospitalized in an incident that followed, although none appeared to be injured by gunfire. All three people riding in the car have been detained.

At a press conference, an FBI official said investigators had reached the “preliminary” conclusion that the vehicle was fired at by law enforcement, but could not rule out whether other weapons were involved. The FBI stressed that there was no indication the incident was related to terrorism.

The NSA said in a tweet that “the situation is under control and there’s no ongoing security or safety threat.” The agency has not responded to a request for more information.

NSA Police and local law enforcement are addressing an incident that took place this morning at one of NSA's secure vehicle entry gates. The situation is under control and there is no ongoing security or safety threat. — NSA/CSS (@NSAGov) February 14, 2018

The FBI’s Baltimore office said in a tweet that the incident was “contained.”

The incident is not the first shooting at the NSA complex. In 2015, one person was left dead, and two were injured, in another incident at the the agency’s Fort Meade gates.</s>Police are investigating reports of a possible shooting near the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.</s>One person was reportedly wounded, and a suspect was taken into custody after a shooting incident at an entrance to the United States National Security Agency’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, BBC reported. Reports had earlier said that three people were injured.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Baltimore said it has dispatched its personnel to the site and that the incident has been “contained”. Larry Whitley, a Spokesperson for the Fort Meade police department, said the person injured in the incident had been taken to a hospital, The Washington Post reported.

A black sports utility vehicle pulled up at the entrance to the NSA facility on Wednesday morning and soon after gunfire rang out. CBS News put out images that showed the vehicle, which seemed to have crashed into concrete barricade blocks, with what appeared to be bullet holes in the front windscreen.

The White House said that President Donald Trump had been briefed about the incident, The Washington Post reported. “Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has been affected,” the Trump administration said in a statement. ‘We will continue to provide updates as they become available.”</s>A sign for the National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor's entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency. | AFP

WASHINGTON: Shots were fired early Wednesday at the ultra-secret National Security Agency, the US electronic spying agency outside Washington, leaving one person injured, officials said.

Aerial footage of the scene from NBC News showed a black SUV with numerous bullet holes in its windshield crashed into concrete barriers at the main entrance to the NSA's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.

The images showed what appeared to be police surrounding a man on the ground in handcuffs.

"The situation is under control and there is no ongoing security or safety threat," the NSA said.

"We can confirm there has been one person injured and we don't know how the injuries occurred," an NSA spokesman told AFP.

The local ABC television affiliate put the number of injured at three and said a suspect was arrested.

The Baltimore office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the investigation, said the incident "has been contained."

A law enforcement source told AFP that it was too soon to know whether the incident was an attack on the facility or otherwise.

They are "still trying to ascertain the facts," the source said.

"The president has been briefed on the shooting at Ft Meade," the White House said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has been affected."

The NSA is the premier US signals intelligence agency, eavesdropping on electronic communications and hacking computers of US adversaries and suspects worldwide, and also protects US communications and information systems from cyber attack.

The agency was thrust into the spotlight in 2013 when former contractor Edward Snowden leaked details of its global surveillance programs, including its collection of data on Americans.

Its compound, known as the "Puzzle Palace" -- located about 32 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Washington -- is highly secure.

In March 2015, guards at the NSA gate opened fire on an SUV which did not heed orders to stop, killing the driver and wounding a passenger.

The two involved, it turned out, were men dressed as women who made a wrong turn into a restricted lane and may have refused to stop because, it later turned out, there were drugs in their vehicle.

The leading US spy agencies installed heavy security at their facilities after an assault rifle-wielding man opened fire on cars waiting to enter the Central Intelligence Agency's headquarters compound in McLean, Virginia in January 1993. Two CIA employees were killed and three wounded.

The man, Aimal Kasi, escaped to his native Pakistan and it took US investigators four years to find him. He was eventually arrested and sent back to the United States, where he was convicted of murder and executed in 2002.

In 2016, a man drove his car into a fence gate at the CIA headquarters, claiming he was an agency recruit. He was arrested but was found to be mentally unstable, and only received 30 days in jail and a fine.</s>Three people were shot and wounded near the US National Security Agency's headquarters in Maryland, and one person was in custody, local media reported on Wednesday.



Local fire and police departments tweeted earlier that they were responding to a possible shooting incident outside the agency's campus in Fort Meade.



The highway near Fort Meade was closed in both directions due to the police investigation, according to the Twitter account of the Fort Meade public affairs office, which was unavailable to comment.</s>Shooting Reported Near NSA in Fort Meade, Police Say

(WUSA9) – A possible shooting has been reported near the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, according to Anne Arundel County police.

Anne Arundel County police said they are not investigating. NSA will be handling the incident, Maryland State police stated.</s>FORT MEADE, Md. – Authorities are responding to a shooting in Fort Meade, Maryland, where the National Security Agency is headquartered, the White House said Wednesday.

“The President has been briefed on the shooting at Ft. Meade. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone that has been affected. We will continue to provide updates as they become available,” White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement.

The agency said the incident took place at a vehicle gate. Aerial footage shows a black SUV that appears to have crashed into concrete barriers.

“The situation is under control and there is no ongoing security or safety threat,” the agency said in a statement.

The FBI is responding to the incident, a spokesman for the bureau’s Baltimore office said.

No further details were immediately available.</s>FORT MEADE, Md. (CBSNewYork/AP) — One person was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade.

Images from local news outlets showed authorities surrounding two handcuffed people after a black SUV ran into a barrier outside the Maryland base. Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed that one person was wounded in the shooting and was taken to a 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 offered 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 the facility. WRC said bullet holes could be seen in the vehicle’s front window, and air bags were deployed. Blood-stained material could be seen on the ground.

After the shooting, authorities closed a major highway in both directions, causing major backups throughout the area during rush hour.

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 people were shot at by NSA 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.</s>(CNN) — Authorities are responding to a shooting in Fort Meade, Maryland, where the National Security Agency is headquartered, the White House said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump has been briefed on the matter, White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement.

The agency said in a statement that the incident took place at a vehicle gate. Aerial footage shows a black SUV that appears to have crashed into concrete barriers.

“The situation is under control and there is no ongoing security or safety threat,” the agency said in a statement.

No further details were immediately available.</s>Washington: Three people were shot and wounded near the US National Security Agency’s headquarters in Maryland, and one person was in custody, local media reported on Wednesday.

Local fire and police departments tweeted earlier that they were responding to a possible shooting incident outside the agency’s campus in Fort Meade.

The highway near Fort Meade was closed in both directions due to the police investigation, according to the Twitter account of the Fort Meade public affairs office, which was unavailable to comment.

A black SUV appeared to have crashed into a concrete barrier surrounding the site, and bullet holes were visible in the vehicle’s front windows.

The NSA said the situation was under control. US President Donald Trump has been briefed on the incident.
A car crash at the headquarters of the United States National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland, injures three people. Police officers shoot at the driver, who they say was attempting to attack the building.