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NAVY BASE SHOOTING Sailor, civilian suspect killed aboard ship in Va.
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Date: March 25, 2014 10:06AM
NAVY BASE SHOOTING Sailor, civilian suspect killed aboard ship in Va.
Mar 25, 2014 10:34 AM EDT
A man fatally shot a U.S. Navy sailor before being shot and killed by responding security forces at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia late Monday, a base spokeswoman said.
The suspect was a civilian who had access to be at Naval Station Norfolk, according to spokeswoman Terri David. She said she couldn't say whether he had permission to be on the USS Mahan, where the male sailor was shot about 11:20 p.m. Monday. No other injuries were reported.
The Navy will release both men's names once their families are notified, Davis said.
Davis would not describe the circumstances of the shooting but said the scene is secure. The base -- the largest naval installation in the world -- was briefly put on lockdown after the shooting as a precaution, but that was later lifted.
Operations had returned to normal at the base Tuesday morning, with counselors available, the Navy said in a news release. But most enlisted sailors on the Mahan docked at the first of 13 main piers were not to report to duty Tuesday. Base traffic was typical Tuesday morning.
To get on the base, civilians must be escorted or have a pass. Each base entrance is guarded, and all 13 piers have additional security forces. As part of ongoing security efforts, handheld ID scanners were implemented this year at Navy bases in the region, including the Norfolk station.
The shooting, which was under investigation, comes just months after a September incident at the Washington Navy Yard, in which a gunman -- identified as a contractor and former Navy reservist -- killed 12 civilian workers before being shot to death.
The shooting also comes about a month after the Navy held anti-terrorism and force protection exercises around the world, including an active-shooter drill at Naval Station Norfolk.
The base covers more than 6,000 acres and is the home port for 64 ships, according to information the Navy provided in February. The base also is the home port for a Navy hospital ship. About 46,000 military members and 21,000 civilian government employees and contractors are assigned to the base and its ships, according to the Navy figures.
In February, Capt. Robert E. Clark Jr. became Naval Station Norfolk's commanding officer. He took over for Capt. David A. Culler Jr., who was set to retire in May. Clark had served as the installation's executive officer since 2012.
The Mahan, commissioned in 1998, has a crew of about 300 officers and sailors. In September, it returned to Norfolk after a deployment of more than eight months that included being positioned in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a potential strike against Syria.
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Mar 25, 2014 10:34 AM EDT
A man fatally shot a U.S. Navy sailor before being shot and killed by responding security forces at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia late Monday, a base spokeswoman said.
The suspect was a civilian who had access to be at Naval Station Norfolk, according to spokeswoman Terri David. She said she couldn't say whether he had permission to be on the USS Mahan, where the male sailor was shot about 11:20 p.m. Monday. No other injuries were reported.
The Navy will release both men's names once their families are notified, Davis said.
Davis would not describe the circumstances of the shooting but said the scene is secure. The base -- the largest naval installation in the world -- was briefly put on lockdown after the shooting as a precaution, but that was later lifted.
Operations had returned to normal at the base Tuesday morning, with counselors available, the Navy said in a news release. But most enlisted sailors on the Mahan docked at the first of 13 main piers were not to report to duty Tuesday. Base traffic was typical Tuesday morning.
To get on the base, civilians must be escorted or have a pass. Each base entrance is guarded, and all 13 piers have additional security forces. As part of ongoing security efforts, handheld ID scanners were implemented this year at Navy bases in the region, including the Norfolk station.
The shooting, which was under investigation, comes just months after a September incident at the Washington Navy Yard, in which a gunman -- identified as a contractor and former Navy reservist -- killed 12 civilian workers before being shot to death.
The shooting also comes about a month after the Navy held anti-terrorism and force protection exercises around the world, including an active-shooter drill at Naval Station Norfolk.
The base covers more than 6,000 acres and is the home port for 64 ships, according to information the Navy provided in February. The base also is the home port for a Navy hospital ship. About 46,000 military members and 21,000 civilian government employees and contractors are assigned to the base and its ships, according to the Navy figures.
In February, Capt. Robert E. Clark Jr. became Naval Station Norfolk's commanding officer. He took over for Capt. David A. Culler Jr., who was set to retire in May. Clark had served as the installation's executive officer since 2012.
The Mahan, commissioned in 1998, has a crew of about 300 officers and sailors. In September, it returned to Norfolk after a deployment of more than eight months that included being positioned in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a potential strike against Syria.
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