No Charges to Be Filed in Fatal NSA Shooting: Prosecutor

The investigation into the fatal shootout between police and two sex workers who strayed onto the grounds of the National Security Agency has ended and no charges will be filed.

Authorities say two Baltimore residents drove a stolen SUV to the gates of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade March 30, ignored police orders to stop and then drove at officers. One NSA officer was injured, and the SUV’s driver -- Ricky Shawatza Hall, 27, of Baltimore, who identified as a woman and went by the name Mya, was killed – and a passenger in Hall’s vehicle, was also injured.

An advocate for transgender women in Baltimore told the Baltimore Sun he wondered whether police used excessive force when they shot at Hall and her companion, Kevin Fleming, 20, of Baltimore. Hall may have panicked because she was driving a stolen vehicle, but didn’t intend to hurt officers, the advocate said.

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U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said video from the NSA gate showed that Hall ignored the commands of NSA police and was driving toward the officer who fired at the vehicle, reports the Sun.

The NSA police officers were within the law to shot at Hall and Fleming, Rosenstein said. He added there was no basis for filing federal charges against Fleming.

Initial reports said Hall and Fleming took a wrong exit and arrived at the NSA gate. They were told to turn around and refused and then rammed the gate.

A gun and drugs were found in the stolen Ford Escape the suspects were riding in, according to NBC News.

Officials told The Washington Post the two suspects spent a night at a Howard County motel. The SUV involved in the NSA incident was reported stolen from a motel on Route 1 in Jessup the next morning.