HA! HA! Have fun explaing that "stolen" vehicle.
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Two cross-dressing men who were shot at by National Security
Agency police when they disobeyed orders at a heavily guarded
gate had just stolen a car from a man who picked them up for a
motel “party”, police said Tuesday.
One suspect was killed and the other was injured, along with an
NSA police officer, as the driver of the stolen SUV apparently
tried to get away from the guards.
The SUV’s owner, a 60-year-old man from Baltimore who has not
been publicly identified, told investigators that he had picked
up the two strangers in Baltimore. They arrived around 7.30am
Monday to “party” at the nearby Terrace Motel in Elkridge,
Howard County police said.
Police spokeswoman Mary Phelan told the Associated Press on
Tuesday that she “can’t confirm there was any sexual activity
involved”, and declined to elaborate on whether drugs or alcohol
were part of their “party”.
About an hour after checking in to a room, the SUV owner told
police he went to the bathroom, and when he came out, the others
were gone, along with his car keys. He called police to report
the stolen car, and minutes later, just before 9am, the men took
a highway exit that leads directly to a restricted area at the
NSA entrance at Fort Meade.
The FBI said Monday that agents do not believe terrorism was
their motive. No one has explained yet why the men ended up
outside the NSA. However, the new timeline suggests they may
have simply taken a wrong turn while fleeing the motel, about 12
minutes away.
It’s not uncommon for drivers to take the wrong exit and end up
at the tightly secured gates of Fort Meade, which also is home
to the Defense Information Systems Agency and the US Cyber
Command. About 11,000 military personnel and about 29,000
civilian employees with security clearances work on the property.
Most drivers carefully follow the orders of heavily armed
federal officers and turn around without getting into more
trouble. In this case, authorities say the men ignored
instructions on how to leave, and ended up stuck behind
barriers. Police ordered them to stop, and then things escalated
quickly.
“The driver failed to obey an NSA Police officer’s routine
instructions for safely exiting the secure campus,” Jonathan
Freed, an NSA spokesman, said in a statement. The vehicle failed
to stop, then “accelerated toward an NSA Police vehicle blocking
the road. NSA Police fired at the vehicle when it refused to
stop. The unauthorized vehicle crashed into the NSA Police
vehicle”.
The FBI declined to comment on the conditions of the surviving
suspect and officer, except to say they were being treated at a
local hospital. They also haven’t said how the man driving the
stolen car died.
It’s not the first time someone has disobeyed orders at an NSA
gate. In July, a man failed to obey an NSA officer’s command to
stop as he approached a checkpoint. That man drove away,
injuring an NSA officer and nearly striking a barricade. He was
later arrested and is awaiting trial on federal charges.
Jon Reinach, owner of Fort Meade Auto Center, is used to giving
directions to people trying to figure out how to properly enter
security. Truck drivers also sometimes drop off their assistants
at his shop because they don’t have proper identification. And
when people get stuck at the wrong entrance, “usually they’ll
pull over to a waiting area and they usually do check out”.
The FBI is investigating and working with the US attorney’s
office in Maryland to determine if federal charges are warranted.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/31/nsa-headquarters-
shooting-men-stole-car-party