Reports: NSA building damaged by gunshots

NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. — (Image credit: Handout/Getty Images)

Police are investigating reports of gunfire near the National Security Agency's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, on Tuesday evening, NBC Washington reports. A spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police said that the NSA is looking into damage to one of its buildings that appears to have been caused by the gunshots. An NSA spokesperson said no one was injured.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.