Car tries to ram gate at US National Security Agency base

A firefight erupted when two people in a car tried to ram a National Security Agency gate at the Fort Meade military installation in the US, killing at least one person, according to preliminary reports.

Car tries to ram gate at US National Security Agency base

A firefight erupted when two people in a car tried to ram a National Security Agency gate at the Fort Meade military installation in the US, killing at least one person, according to preliminary reports.

An FBI spokeswoman said the incident was not believed to be linked to terrorism.

The two federal officials said at least one of the people in the car died after the firefight ensued.

The NSA is headquartered on the sprawling US Army installation near Baltimore.

FBI spokeswoman Amy J Thoreson said that the shooting scene is contained. The agency is working with the US Attorney's Office in Maryland to determine if federal charges are warranted, she said.

Ms Thoreson also said FBI agents are doing interviews with witnesses.

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 SUV marked "NSA Police".

Its front end was crumpled, and the hood was up. The other was a dark, unmarked SUV.

A building on the NSA campus was damaged by gunfire earlier this month.

Authorities captured a man on March 3 who they believe fired that night on the NSA site, as well as earlier at several nearby places and two moving vehicles.

The suspect in that case, Hong Young, told police he heard voices directing him to fire on one of the occupied vehicles.

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