{"id":121309,"date":"2021-05-04T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121309"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T04:08:14","slug":"us-shooting-armed-man-shot-after-standoff-outside-cia-headquarters-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121309","title":{"rendered":"US shooting: Armed man shot after standoff outside CIA headquarters, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/05\/04\/USAT\/376fd3ae-c1d0-45c9-9cc1-e776bacb6f55-AFP_AFP_9999J3.jpg?crop=4699,3138,x301,y168&amp;width=660&amp;height=441&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Police cars are pictured outside the CIA headquarters' gate on Monday in Langley, Virginia, after a reported incident involving an armed man with authorities.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Federal agents opened fire on an armed man outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, during an hourslong standoff on Monday, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcement officials reported that\u00a0an intruder had attempted to drive into the CIA facility without access at about 6 p.m. ET, and was stopped by armed guards. The CIA&#8217;s negotiation with the intruder\u00a0lasted for\u00a0hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The individual was later shot by agents with the FBI after a standoff,\u00a0the\u00a0bureau\u00a0confirmed in a statement\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIWFO\/status\/1389374146874941451\" target=\"_blank\">posted to Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI said it is&nbsp;reviewing the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;The review process is thorough and objective, and is conducted as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect emerged from his vehicle holding a weapon when officers shot him, according to the FBI. The unidentified suspect was taken to a local hospital and his condition wasn\u2019t immediately known, the FBI said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn coordination with our local law enforcement partners, we are addressing a security situation just outside the secure perimeter of CIA Headquarters by our main gate. Our compound remains secured, and our Security Protective Officers working the incident are the only Agency personnel directly involved,&#8221; a CIA spokeswoman said in an\u00a0earlier statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CIA&#8217;s security protocols have\u00a0heightened after a Pakistani man\u00a0fatally shot\u00a0two CIA employees and wounded three others\u00a0outside the spy agency\u2019s headquarters in 1993. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, May 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Federal agents opened fire on an armed man outside CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, during an hourslong standoff on Monday, authorities said. Law enforcement officials reported that\u00a0an intruder had attempted to drive into the CIA facility without access at about 6 p.m. ET, and was stopped by armed guards. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121309"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}