--- description: A shootout ensued after a vehicle attempted to ram the gates near NSA headquarters in Fort Meade title: One Dead in Shootout Near NSA Headquarters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2ef2b0b858b5331/698785bde53abafd764d851c/fort-meade.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 1 Dead in Shooting Outside NSA Headquarters by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:56 AM CUTPublished: Mar 30, 2015 3:06 PM CUT  An aerial view of a shooting scene at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland is pictured in this still image take from video, March 30, 2015. An aerial view of a shooting scene at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland is pictured in this still image take from video, March 30, 2015.NBC 4 Washington—Reuters by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 4:56 AM CUTPublished: Mar 30, 2015 3:06 PM CUT One person is dead and two people have been hospitalized after a violent incident at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, authorities said. A vehicle attempted to ram the gates near the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland at around 9:30am, the local [Fox News](http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28647007/police-shooting-after-vehicle-tried-to-ram-gate-at-fort-meade "undefined") affiliate reports. A shootout ensued. Officials believe the two people in the car who rammed the gate were men dressed as women, [CBS News reports](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-meade-incident-2-injured-at-gate-of-army-installation/ "undefined"). Two people were flown to Baltimore’s Shock Trauma with serious injuries, and authorities said another was dead at the scene. The FBI [told the Associated Press](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9d5fc75517ca4c4f938173daeb1f246e/fbi-says-shooting-nsa-gate-fort-meade-not-believed-be "undefined") on Monday that the shooting was not believed to be related to terrorism, but further details are yet to emerge. In addition to the NSA headquarters, Fort Meade is a base for 95 units of the armed forces, including 11,000 Army employees. \[[_Fox News_](http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28647007/police-shooting-after-vehicle-tried-to-ram-gate-at-fort-meade "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763355/nsa-shooting-fort-meade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763355/nsa-shooting-fort-meade/"},"headline":"1 Dead in Shooting Outside NSA Headquarters","datePublished":"2015-03-30T15:06:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T04:56:01.000Z","description":"A shootout ensued after a vehicle attempted to ram the gates near NSA headquarters in Fort Meade","url":"https://time.com/3763355/nsa-shooting-fort-meade/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2ef2b0b858b5331/698785bde53abafd764d851c/fort-meade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2ef2b0b858b5331/698785bde53abafd764d851c/fort-meade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"An aerial view of a shooting scene at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland is pictured in this still image take from video, March 30, 2015.","caption":"An aerial view of a shooting scene at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland is pictured in this still image take from video, March 30, 2015.","creditText":"NBC 4 Washington—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763355/nsa-shooting-fort-meade/","name":"1 Dead in Shooting Outside NSA Headquarters"}}]}] ```