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One person is reported dead and two are injured after a vehicle tried to ram the gates of the NSA headquarters at Fort Meade in Maryland Monday morning.
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FORT MEADE, Md. — Police opened fire on an SUV that tried to crash a gate Monday near NSA headquarters after it rammed one of the agency’s police vehicles and refused to stop, NSA officials said.

One of the occupants of the vehicle died during a firefight that erupted afterward at Fort Meade, where about 11,000 military personnel and 29,000 civilian employees work 25 miles northeast of Washington — including thousands for the National Security Agency — the post’s garrison commander, Col. Brian Foley, said in a statement.

The other man was wounded, Foley said but did not disclose his condition.

Both men in the SUV were dressed as women, according to a senior Pentagon official who is not being identified because of not being authorized to speak about the incident.

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An NSA police officer also was wounded in the incident, the security agency said in a statement. Both of those injured are being treated at a nearby hospital; none of the names of those involved has been released.

“Just after 9 a.m. today, one person was killed and another injured when they attempted to drive a vehicle into the National Security Agency portion of the installation without authorization,” according to a statement from Fort Meade officials. “NSA security personnel prevented them from gaining access to the installation.”

The incident, which has been contained to the area around a gate near an off ramp from Interstate 295, is not believed to be related to terrorism, said the FBI, which is working with the NSA on the investigation.

Agents have been interviewing witnesses, FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson said. They also are working with the U.S. Attorney’s office in Maryland to determine whether federal charges are warranted.

Cocaine and a weapon were found near or inside the men’s vehicle, officials said.

Fort Meade is headquarters for the NSA and several other intelligence, information and cyber-security agencies under the Department of Defense. Nearly 6,000 family members of the military personnel assigned there live on the base, which covers almost 8 square miles, according to information on the base’s website.

Earlier this month, Hong “Freddie” Young, 35, of Beltsville, Md., was accused of shooting at buildings and cars in five separate incidents between Feb. 24 and March 3, including one in which an NSA building at Fort Meade was shot at. Young is being held without bond in an Anne Arundel County jail.

Contributing: The Associated Press