Navy official says 1 suspect in Washington Navy Yard shooting dead
One suspect is dead in the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, a senior Navy official told CNN’s Barbara Starr.
At least two shooters, including one in fatigues, killed at least four people and wounded eight others in a rampage at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, police said, spreading fear and chaos across the region as authorities tried to contain the incident.
Initial reports were marked by confusion, but by late morning, police said at least one of the shooters was “down.”
CNN is detailed updates regularly:
“Three patients — one man and two women — admitted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center had multiple gunshot wounds, resulting in “severe injuries,” chief medical officer Janis Orlowski said Monday. The injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, she said.”
Two suspected shooters “are down” at the Washington Navy Yard, according to Ed Zeigler, director of Public Affairs for Naval District Washington. Zeigler was not able to confirm whether the suspected gunmen had been taken into custody or killed.
“Multiple” people have been killed in the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Zeigler told CNN’s Dan Merica.
Gunfire was heard shortly before 11 a.m., two and a half hours after the first shots were fired, an an area where police believed that person was barricaded. Police were sweeping Building 197, the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters where the shooter was apparently holed up.
At least two police officers were shot. Police on the scene said one is a D.C. Metro Police officer who was shot twice in the leg and was evacuated on a helicopter that took off from a rooftop.
The other was a base officer. The D.C. officer, a male, was concious at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and his chances for survival were good, hospital officials said.
Two witnesses told CNN affiliate WJLA that they heard a fire alarm go off in the building where they worked, then saw a man with a rifle down the hallway as they exited the building.
“He aimed the gun and fired our way,” a man who identified himself as Todd Brundidge told WJLA, adding, “I couldn’t believe it.”
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