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BREAKING: Reports of an Active Shooter at USA Today Building in Virginia
Sara Carter ^

Posted on 08/07/2019 9:52:38 AM PDT by TigerClaws

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, there is “a man with weapon” at the USA Today office in McLean, VA. They are advising the public to “avoid the area.” Please check here for continued updates.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: fairfaxcounty; shooter; virginia
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1 posted on 08/07/2019 9:52:38 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

This one will be an obvious one to charge Trump supporters with.

This anti-American rag has been a scourge for decades.


2 posted on 08/07/2019 9:53:50 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: TigerClaws

Going to be a daily thing until Trump is deposed.

This is Antifa leftist totalitarian fascists.

Bet on it.

Leftists in Deep State are working hard.


3 posted on 08/07/2019 9:54:31 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: TigerClaws

LOL — “Man with weapon” is NOT equal to “Active shooter”.


4 posted on 08/07/2019 9:54:32 AM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: TigerClaws

I really hope/pray for everyone there.

Now with that said, let me just share my very first thought. This is perfect for those who will want to associate those of us who have a strong distrust of media bias with radicals and terrorists. These events a very convenient for certain political agendas. Un-freakin-believable.


5 posted on 08/07/2019 9:55:47 AM PDT by z3n
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To: TigerClaws
US NEWSReport of ‘armed man’ at USA Today headquarters near Washington, D.C.

Police and other emergency services are responding to the USA Today headquarters near Washington, D.C. for reports of a man with a weapon, local officials and witnesses say. The building is being evacuated but there is no indication of an active shooter.

The incident began at about 12 p.m. on Wednesday when officers were called to the Gannett Building at 7950 Jones Branch Drive in Tysons. The initial call was for a man with a weapon, but at one point police were also called for an “active shooter.”

As of 12:45 p.m., there is no evidence of a shooting and there are no reports of any injuries, but police are still investigating and they’re working to secure the scene.

“Please avoid the area,” Fairfax County Police said. Tysons, near McLean, is a community about 10 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.

As a result of the incident, the building was put on lockdown and some employees were told to evacuate. A large number of emergency services, including a SWAT team and other heavily-armed offices, were called to the scene as a precaution.

6 posted on 08/07/2019 9:55:59 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: DoughtyOne

Could be a disgruntled employee, lots of layoffs as the traditional media withers on the vine.


7 posted on 08/07/2019 9:56:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: House Atreides

Per WUSA: FBI confirms incident is NOT a shooting.

Okaaaay. Was the perp waving a copy of the Constitution...?


8 posted on 08/07/2019 9:56:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: TigerClaws

CRIMINALIZING the mere sight of a gun now in progress.


9 posted on 08/07/2019 9:57:01 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: DallasBiff

Could be...USA Today was bought recently IIRC.


10 posted on 08/07/2019 9:58:18 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: House Atreides

I was told, just last weekend by the local sheriff’s deputy, that my Gerber pocket knife is considered a “weapon”.
3-inch blade.
Go figger.


11 posted on 08/07/2019 9:58:39 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS!!!!!)
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To: House Atreides

LOL, I was wondering what the weapon was and concluded that it was most probably a walking cane.


12 posted on 08/07/2019 9:58:52 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: TigerClaws

Has the civil war started yet?


13 posted on 08/07/2019 9:59:06 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam---At war with Western Civilization for 1400 years.)
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To: TigerClaws

Sounds like a perp waving a big knife....


14 posted on 08/07/2019 9:59:31 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: TigerClaws

See also:

Police respond to reports of active shooter at USA Today/Gannett building in McLean, Virginia

https://abc13.com/police-respond-to-reports-of-active-shooter-at-gannett-building/5449967/


15 posted on 08/07/2019 9:59:52 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: mewzilla

how about a hoax call?


16 posted on 08/07/2019 10:00:05 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (This Deplorable is not fooled by the Marxist-Stalinist totalitarians infesting the Dem Party.)
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To: TigerClaws

C’mon. There is no way all or most of this is not orchestrated - too many in too short a period of time.

I know ‘they’ know who’s behind all this.

All ‘they’ need to do is pretend those responsible actually owe lots of taxes - they will be dealt with swiftly.


17 posted on 08/07/2019 10:01:02 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
That's not a knife. 👮🔪
18 posted on 08/07/2019 10:01:07 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: DallasBiff

That’s true too.

And then you also have the disgruntled “ex partner” shooters too.


19 posted on 08/07/2019 10:01:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: TigerClaws

At USA Today “armed” = a person with rational thinking.


20 posted on 08/07/2019 10:01:14 AM PDT by Justa
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