Woman crashes car into CIA headquarters and is shot

Langley - A woman tried to enter the headquarters of the US secret service "CIA" in Virginia in her car. Shortly afterwards, shots were fired.

A woman tried to break into the CIA headquarters with her car. But she didn't get far. (symbolic image)
A woman tried to break into the CIA headquarters with her car. But she didn't get far. (symbolic image)  © Carolyn Kaster/AP/dpa

The driver of the car refused to stop at a security gate at the CIA headquarters in Langley, as the TV station"CBS" reported.

The security personnel then opened fire and wounded the woman in the upper body. As things stand, she was not fatally injured by the bullets.

The CIA and FBI are currently investigating why the driver wanted to speed into the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters.

"The main gate of the headquarters is closed until further notice. Please use alternate routes," the CIA wrote in a post on X.

The CIA is the foreign intelligence agency of the United States . The agency was founded in 1947 and has had its highly secure headquarters in Langley, Virginia, since 1961.