A gunman opened fire Monday at a Navy facility in Washington, authorities said. An initial report said at least four people had been killed and eight wounded.
Naval officials said that the gunman was on the loose.
SWAT officers swarmed the facility, the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command at the Washington Navy Yard.
A naval security guard was among those shot and was hit in both legs, U.S. military officials said. Washington city police told WRC, the NBC affiliate in Washington, that one of their officers was also among those shot. It was not clear how many of the five o