This morning very early there were moments of panic outside the offices of the US National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland, where authorities detained a suspect after a black truck hit a barrier and unleashed a shooting
Cheryl Phillips, spokeswoman for Fort Meade, confirmed that a person was very injured on the beach outside the base and that she was taken to the hospital.
"The NSA Police and local agencies are analyzing an incident that currently occurred in NSA vehicles, the situation is under control and there is no threat to safety," the agency said in a statement.
Also, the location of the place with Washington, the president, Donald Trump, was a protocol of the shooting at Fort Meade and the White House, and his thoughts and prayers were affected, Lindsay Walters.
An image taken from a helicopter of the WRC-TV chain showed policemen and firemen in the vehicular access area of the installation. The television station said that bullet holes could be seen in the windshield of the vehicle and that several airbags in the truck were inflated. There was blood on the floor.
For its part, the FBI indicated that the local agency in the city of Baltimore was preparing to take the investigations into the case, but added that it was "premature" to determine if it was an attack on the facility.
The agents "are still knowing the facts," the US Federal Police reported.
The NSA is a secret intelligence agency specializing in electronic surveillance actions that became known worldwide in 2013 when one of its intelligence analysts, Edward Snowden, revealed details of how he carried out espionage actions around the world and even on US citizens. .
In March 2015, a similar incident had already been recorded at the entrance of the NSA, when the officers on duty shot a van, causing the death of the driver and serious injuries to a passenger.