Police respond to shooting outside CIA headquarters
May 22, 2025, 7:54 AM
FILE - The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters, is seen from a commercial airliner as it files over the CIA campus in Langley, Va., July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A security incident outside CIA headquarters early Thursday led to a shooting, authorities said.
Officers with the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia responded to what they described as a 鈥渘onfatal鈥� shooting at the agency鈥檚 headquarters in McLean around 4 a.m. to assist CIA police with traffic control.
The officers remained in the area 鈥減roviding traffic support while the CIA conducts its investigation,鈥� the department said.
The CIA declined to respond when asked about injuries sustained by security or the suspect or whether authorities have identified a motive for the incident.
鈥淭here was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA Headquarters,鈥� the agency said in a statement. 鈥淎dditional details will be made available as appropriate.鈥�
The CIA’s headquarters is in McLean, Virginia, a Washington suburb about 10 miles from downtown.
