The two cross-dressing men who were shot outside the National Security Agency 's headquarters on Monday had stolen the SUV they were driving from a hotel they had been partying at , it is claimed . Kevin Fleming , 20 , and his friend were allegedly picked up in Baltimore , Maryland , by another man on Sunday night and driven to a hotel in Howard County , where they were said to have 'partied ' . But the following morning , the unidentified driver woke up alone and discovered both the men and his Ford Escape SUV had gone , sources told ABC . He reported his vehicle stolen to county police . Shortly after , Fleming and his friend allegedly drove the SUV onto the grounds of the NSA and refused police commands to halt . They were subsequently shot by a guard outside the facility . Scroll down for videos . An NSA officer opened fire , killing one of the suspects and wounding a second during a shootout . A white sheet appears to cover a body outside the the SUV . The 44-year-old officer is pictured here being loaded into an ambulance following the harrowing shootout at one of the nation 's most secure military installations . What appears to be a brown wig ( circled , lower right ) can be seen outside the stolen Ford SUV that the suspects were driving . The men were reportedly disguised as women . Fleming 's friend , who is yet to be identified , was killed in shooting , the NSA said in a statement . Fleming was flown to hospital with serious injuries , while a NSA police officer was also wounded . It is unclear how the men ended up at the government building . The incident sparked terrorism fears at the heavily secured area on Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County , Maryland , on Monday morning . On Monday afternoon , authorities said that at Fleming and his friend were suspected robbers who were fleeing the scene of a carjacking nearby when they took a wrong turn off a highway . The men then panicked and refused police commands to stop when they strayed on to the highly secretive government property , police said . They were apparently warned several times to halt . When the SUV accelerated , the guard opened fire - killing one passenger and gravely wounding Fleming . The vehicle slammed into a police SUV blocking the road , injuring the officer , as well . The Washington Post reported that the shooting - which resulted in the president being briefed - was linked to the robbery at the Jessup hotel in the morning , less than five miles from the NSA . The NSA checkpoint where the shooting occurred is directly off the busy Highway 295 between Washington , DC , and Baltimore . This diagram shows where the shooting took place - just outside a gate at Fort Meade in Maryland . After stealing the SUV from outside the unidentified hotel , the suspects fled down Highway 295 , the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and ended up on Fort Meade , it is reported . As they drove through the gate of the NSA , they accelerated and would not stop , according to the NSA . As they sped through the checkpoint , they slammed into a police SUV . The officer who opened fire was injured in the process . During a later police search of the stolen black Ford , drugs and at least one gun were found in the vehicle , authorities said . It is unknown why the suspects were dressed as women , nor whether their attire was a disguise related to the alleged carjacking or something to with the 'partying ' they had apparently done . The 44-year-old NSA police officer and the surviving suspect , 20 , were both transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore , WTTG-TV reports . Chaos : A black Ford Escape SUV tried to ram through a secure gate near the NSA headquarters on Fort Meade in Maryland about 9am on Monday . A US official told NBC News that the incident appears to be a criminal matter , rather than an act of terrorism . Aerial footage from WRC-TV showed the injured officer being loaded into an ambulance . Other pictures from the scene show what appears to be a crash between the black Ford Escape and a police SUV outside the gates to the military post . A body can be seen covered by a white sheet next to the black SUV . What appears to be a curly brown wig can be seen beside the SUV , as well . Fort Meade is home to several highly sensitive government agencies , including the NSA - the spy agency responsible for controversial mass surveillance programs - and the US military Cyber Command , which is responsible for military cyber-warfare and defense . The base is home to more than 11,000 military personnel and 29,000 civilian employees .
NSA police guard shot Kevin Fleming , 20 , and his friend , who tried to ram through secure entrance on Fort Meade Monday . Fleming was flown to hospital with serious injuries ; other man killed . Now , it has been claimed pair stole SUV from hotel they had partied at . They allegedly partied with the driver , but stole his vehicle as he slept . Aerial footage of scene shows that the SUV crashed into a police cruiser . Officer , 44 , was also injured in incident at National Security Agency 's secretive headquarters . It is unknown whether men 's attire was to do with the alleged 'partying ' US officials say incident is 'local criminal matter ' and not act of terrorism .