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<cite class="byline vcard top-line" style="font-style: normal; font-size: inherit;">Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News <abbr style="border: 0px;">3 minutes ago</abbr></cite>
The Washington Navy Yard was placed on lockdown after multiple shots were fired inside a building on the base in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Navy confirmed.
At least four people were injured in the shooting, including one police Washington, D.C., Metro police officer, police said.
The Navy said three shots were fired at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building on the base at approximately 8:20 a.m., and naval police were treating it as an active shooter situation.
A "shelter in place" order has been issued for Navy Yard personnel, the Navy said in a news release.
Approximately 3,000 people work in the building where the shots were heard, though it's unclear how many people were inside at the time of the shooting.
A heavy SWAT and police presence could be seen around the Navy Yard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.
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<cite class="byline vcard top-line" style="font-style: normal; font-size: inherit;">Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News <abbr style="border: 0px;">3 minutes ago</abbr></cite>The Washington Navy Yard was placed on lockdown after multiple shots were fired inside a building on the base in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Navy confirmed.
At least four people were injured in the shooting, including one police Washington, D.C., Metro police officer, police said.
The Navy said three shots were fired at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building on the base at approximately 8:20 a.m., and naval police were treating it as an active shooter situation.
A "shelter in place" order has been issued for Navy Yard personnel, the Navy said in a news release.
Approximately 3,000 people work in the building where the shots were heard, though it's unclear how many people were inside at the time of the shooting.
A heavy SWAT and police presence could be seen around the Navy Yard, and a helicopter was circling overhead.
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The organization is comprised of command staff, headquarters directorates, affiliated Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and numerous field activities. Together, we engineer, build, buy and maintain ships, submarines and combat systems that meet the Fleet's current and future operational requirements. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the Navy's five system commands. With a fiscal year budget of nearly $30 billion, NAVSEA accounts for one quarter of the Navy's entire budget.
With a force of 60,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems.
With a force of 60,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems.
