Two freed after shots fired at SUV on NSA campus

FORT MEADE, Md. — Twoofthe three people who were in a sport utility vehicle that was stopped and fireduponwhenittriedtoenterthe National Security Agency campus without authorization have been released, an FBI spokesman said Thursday.

NSA police turned over the other person to the Howard County Sheriff ’s Office, because he was wanted on allegations of being behind on child support payments, said Dave Fitz, the spokesman for the FBI’S Baltimore field office.

The man, Javonte Alhajie Brown, 24, was expected to be released sometime Thursday, said Deputy Christopher Adams, a spokesman for the sheriff ’s office.

Fitz said that the FBI investigation is ongoing to determine why the black SUV carrying the three people tried to enter a top-secret intelligence site at Fort Meade.

Investigators are considering the theory that the vehicle made a wrong turn and ended up at the NSA gate.

“The FBI continues to believe that yesterday’s encounter was an isolat- ed incident,” Fitz said in a statement. “Our investigation continues and we do not see a nexus to terrorism.”

FBI investigators left the scene Wednesday evening, Fitz said.

The unauthorized vehicle’s arrival at the NSA’S campus prompted shots to be fired at the vehicle Wednesday morning. The driver was hospitalized, though NSA and FBI officials say they don’t believe any injuries were caused by bullets.

The NSA campus in a suburban area edged by woods outside the nation’s capital sits by a highway with an exit specifically designated for NSA employees.