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Shooting shuts CIA HQ gate, causes traffic headaches in McLean

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The CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, shuttered its front gate Thursday morning after an apparent security incident. A spokesperson from the CIA told WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green there was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA headquarters. In a statement, Fairfax County police called it a non-fatal shooting that occurred at 900 block of Dolley Madison Boulevard around 4 a.m. 

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“Not much detail available but what I am told through a source is that an individual was shot,” Green said. “Its not clear how that shooting transpired or who did the shooting.” The main gate is currently closed. Employees are told to seek alternate routes. That gate closure is causing traffic concerns. “Now we were told this morning, at 123, at Georgetown Pike, the traffic lights were flashing in all directions. There was someone there directing. So, there were delays 123 both ways and along Georgetown pike. But now hearing, of course, the main entrance, as JJ was saying to the CIA, is closed. So just watch out,” WTOP Traffic Reporter Reada Kessler said. This is a developing story and will be updated. Stay with WTOP for the latest. 

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