article_snippet: the incident sparked terrorism fears at the heavily secured area on Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on Monday morning.
article_snippet: The NSA checkpoint where the shooting occurred is directly off the busy Highway 295 between Washington, DC and Baltimore.
article_snippet: This diagram shows where the shooting took place - just outside a gate at Fort Meade in Maryland where the NSA is headquartered .
article_snippet: A man in the area said that Hall and Fleming and Hall were screaming loudly as Hall and Fleming rushed toward a gate at Fort Meade in Maryland where the NSA is headquartered.
article_snippet: Fort Meade is home to several highly sensitive government agencies, including the NSA - the spy agency responsible for controversial mass surveillance programs .
article_snippet: The US military Cyber Command, which is responsible for military cyber-warfare and defense, is also on the base.
article_snippet: The complex hosts more than 11,000 military personnel and 29,000 civilian employees.