An officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency heard what he believed were gunshots coming from the south parking area of the Pentagon just before 5 a.m., according to Agence France-Presse. The Pentagon's entrances were shut down, as well as part of I-395, for about 45 minutes while Pentagon and local law enforcement officers searched the area, according to reports.
Calvery said the bullets probably came from a high-powered rifle, and officials called the shooting a "random event."
It's unclear whether today's shooting is related to bullet holes discovered earlier this week at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., about 30 miles south of the Pentagon. Employees there discovered bullets from a rifle that had struck windows high up in the building, MSNBC reported.





