A woman was shot outside of CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia, early Thursday after she crashed into a gate, authorities say. She was shot by security guards, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The shooting is “non-fatal,” police said, and an investigation by the CIA and FBI is underway.
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WATCH HEREFairfax County officers responded to the 900 block of Dolley Madison Boulevard at about 4 a.m. to help CIA police with traffic control, county police said.
The woman who crashed into the gate was preliminarily identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC News.
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SIGN UP Spadaro was treated for gunshot wounds. No information on her condition was immediately released. Law enforcement agencies were investigating whether she may have been intoxicated at the time of the crash.
There is no known connection between the CIA headquarters shooting and the previous night's deadly shooting of two Israeli government employees in D.C.
CIA headquarters was the site of an hourslong standoff in March. In 2021, an FBI agent shot and killed a man outside who claimed to have a bomb, the FBI said.
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