Reports reaching us
from the US Navy indicate that at least one person has been shot by unidentified
gunman at the Washington Navy Yard, a naval installation in the US capital.
The Navy also confirmed
police had entered the building in pursuant of the gunman, after at least three
shots were fired at 08:20 local time (13:20 GMT). The gunman has been described as a tall black man with a bald head dressed all black.
There are so far no
reports of deaths but at least one person has been injured, the Navy said. Among the injured are two law enforcement officers.
All personnel at the
base have been ordered to "shelter in place", the Navy said. Dozens
of emergency vehicles have converged on the site.
The US Navy said shots
were reported to have been fired at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters
at the yard in south-east Washington DC.
The Washington Navy
Yard is the US Navy's oldest shore installation, first opened in the early 19th
Century, according to the Navy. It is estimated that 3,000 people work at the
command, which engineers, purchases, builds and maintains ships and submarines
for the Navy.
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