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1 dead, 2 injured after crash outside NSA headquarters

30 March 2015 22:31 (UTC +04:00)

Shots were fired as the car attempted to breach the agency’s perimeter gate, killing one of the men in the car and injuring a second, CNN reported.

A crashed black SUV and a police vehicle can clearly be seen in aerial footage of the incident broadcast on local media. What appeared to be a body covered by a tarp is visible next to the alleged assailant’s black SUV.

The incident was the second this month. Hong Young, a 35 year-old former state prison officer, was arrested earlier in March on suspicion of being behind a series of five Maryland shootings, including one at Fort Meade that resulted in bullets striking the NSA's headquarters. No one was killed during the shootings.

In addition to housing the NSA, the base is an active military installation with 11,000 military personnel and 29,000 civilian employees, according to the Army.

It is roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Washington, D.C., and about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Baltimore, Maryland.