opened fire. i talked to a person who has worked in that building, there was another layer of security inside that building where the gunman entered. we don t know if that is where the shooting began or if he got by that security. it is still an active crime scene. as of an hour ago people were still is there in there. it s a crime scene as well. they are gathering evidence. that is one of the questions, how is on one of the most secure sights in washington, d.c. number one with the force protect level so low he was allowed for him the to drive in without searching the car at all. and number two, how do you walk into this building, people carrying weapons, obviously. they will look at the surveillance video and talking to the eyewitnesss involved and others in the building.
but there is just one person of interest they want to check off the list. several of our correspondents are being told he was working alone. let s begin the press conference. we ll follow the same order of presentation that we did earlier. i ll be followed by chief lanier, who will be followed by our fbi, washington director. and chief chambers and congresswoman norton. we don t have a great deal of new information to present to you. at this point. i think we mentioned earlier that we had ruled out one of the suspects as being no longer a suspect. we ve continued to pursue the possibility of there being another shooter. we don t have any evidence or
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gunshot injury but other related injuries to the incident. i believe we do have at least one contract i believe contract security working with the naval district of washington. we will confirm that as we go forward. but we have at least one. can you tell us about that and how he is doing? he is in spirits. his family is here. parents, brothers and sisters. he s been on the department 23 almost 24 years and came on right about the time i did. so we have worked together many, many years. he is a canine officer. he is in very good spirits. he has a pretty serious injury but his family is here with him. the mayor was up visiting with him as well. and he was certainly very complimentary with the partner agencies who helped to get him out of the building and helped
reconvenes and i go on the floor to lead moments of silence. we will not be silent about what happened here today. there are outstanding questions and most of the questions are outstanding. among them is how someone, whatever his badge managed to get a high-powered gun into one of the most secure facilities in the district of columbia. i m sure the navy will be doing its own investigation. tomorrow, i will be working with others to get an independent investigation of what occurred here. i m very, very proud and very grateful for the federal and the d.c. police who responded to