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Friday, April 20, 2007
HOUSTON, Texas — There have been reports of a shooting at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, according to local news reports.
There were unconfirmed reports of shots fired, a NASA spokeswoman told FOX News.
NASA is advising employees to stay put.
Local FOX affiliate KRIV reports that it is not known if a gunman has been caught or if anyone was injured in the shooting. Building 44, which is an engineering building that also houses offices and labs, is currently on lockdown.
The NASA spokeswoman said a call came in from Building 44 around 1:40 p.m. local time, saying there was a person with a weapon seen. Houston police and space center authorities were then dispatched.
NASA spokesman James Hartsfield said the building was one of the smaller structures on the space center campus, where Mission Control is based. He declined to speculate on how an armed person might have slipped past NASA security.
Nearby schools, as well as the four surrounding buildings near Building 44, were also on lockdown. Traffic has been restricted in the area.
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