One person wounded after shooting at CIA headquarters
Security guards at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, shot an individual early Thursday morning. The agency called it a “security incident.”
Police said the shooting was nonfatal. Information about the shooting was not immediately released. Fairfax police responded to the incident around 4 a.m.
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The CIA is investigating the incident. The agency said the main gate to the headquarters is closed.
In March, the CIA headquarters was the site of an hourslong standoff.
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