{"id":2438060,"date":"2025-05-22T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-shot-in-security-incident-at-cia-headquarters\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:34:36","slug":"woman-shot-in-security-incident-at-cia-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-shot-in-security-incident-at-cia-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Shot in &#8216;Security Incident&#8217; at CIA Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-shot-in-security-incident-at-cia-headquarters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A woman was shot and wounded in an incident at the CIA Headquarters in Virginia early Thursday morning. The event, described as a &#8220;security incident,&#8221; occurred around 4 a.m. when the woman, identified as 27-year-old Monia Spadaro, attempted to drive through the main gate, leading a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-inaugural-like-baghdad-green-zone-red-zone-military-checkpoints-to-enter-and-leave-downtown-d-c-bridges-into-city-to-be-closed\/\" title=\"Biden Inaugural Like Baghdad: Green Zone, Red Zone, Military Checkpoints to Enter and Leave Downtown D.C., Bridges Into City to Be Closed\">security officer<\/a> to shoot her.The CIA has closed the main gate until further notice while additional details are awaited. Fairfax County police were called to assist with traffic control following the non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-dems-kill-crime-bill-amid-baltimore-murder-spike\/\" title=\"Maryland Dems Kill Crime Bill Amid Baltimore Murder Spike\">-fatal shooting<\/a>,and investigations are underway to determine if intoxication was a factor as Spadaro has a prior DUI conviction. Authorities indicated that there is no connection between this incident and a separate shooting involving Israeli embassy staff the previous night.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A woman was shot and wounded early Thursday in what is being described as a &ldquo;security incident&rdquo; at the CIA&rsquo;s Virginia headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at about 4 a.m., according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/22\/politics\/cia-security-shot-woman-headquarters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was a security incident that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-officials-say-investigation-into-deadly-nitrogen-leak-at-poultry-plant-could-take-years\/\" title=\"Ga. ... say investigation into deadly nitrogen leak at poultry plant could take years\">law enforcement responded<\/a> to outside CIA Headquarters,&rdquo; a CIA representative said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/amp\/news\/woman-shot-cia-headquarters-gate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The main gate is currently closed until further notice. Additional details will be made available as appropriate,&rdquo; the representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Police Department officers &ldquo;responded to the 900 block of Dolley Madison Blvd in McLean to assist CIA Police with traffic control following a non-fatal shooting on CIA property,&rdquo; a representative said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cia-locks-front-gates-hq-man-shot-2075732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A shooting occurred this morning outside of the CIA Headquarters in McLean, Virginia after a still-unidentified woman attempted to drive through the front gate, leading her to be shot at least once in the upper body by a security guard. The woman was transported to a nearby&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gmfxgaKDwj\">pic.twitter.com\/gmfxgaKDwj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1925543296308302211?\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/security-incident-cia-headquarters-virginia-rcna208468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, which cited &ldquo;two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >senior law enforcement officials briefed<\/a> on the incident,&rdquo; the driver crashed into the gate.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was identified as Monia Spadaro, 27.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/car-drives-straight-white-house-perimeter-gate-resulting-deadly-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">driver<\/a> was being treated for gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>NBC reported that police are investigating whether the driver of the vehicle was intoxicated at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Spadaro has a 2021 DUI conviction on her record, NBC reported, citing Arlington General District Court.<\/p>\n<p>NBC reported that officials do not see any connection between the incident at the CIA and the shooting of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-man-attempts-break-israeli-embassy-london-charged-terrorist-acts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli embassy<\/a> staff in Washington on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The front gate at Headquarters is closed until further notice. Please use alternate routes for Thursday, May 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CIA (@CIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIA\/status\/1925518661713891793?\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In March, an incident took place outside the main gate, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/man-making-threats-cia-hq-bomb-squad-called-2047211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A standoff took place after an armed man made threats at the gate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-sexually-abusing-dozens-women-amid-claims-agency-mishandles-sexual-abuse-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CIA&rsquo;s headquarters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The man eventually surrendered to police.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/cia-headquarters-threats-police-presence-bomb-squad-team-fairfax-county-police-mclean-safety-public-government-trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJLA-TV<\/a>, no shots were ever fired in that incident and no one was injured.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The event occurred around 4 a.m., as reported by CNN. A CIA spokesperson stated, &#8220;There was a security incident that law enforcement responded to outside CIA Headquarters,&#8221; according to CBS. They added that the main gate is currently closed until further notice, with more details to be provided as necessary. Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department assisted CIA Police with traffic control following a non-fatal shooting on agency property, as noted in a statement from Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, an unidentified woman attempted to drive through the front gate of the CIA Headquarters in McLean, Virginia, resulting in her being shot multiple times by a security guard. She was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of her injuries. NBC reported that two senior law enforcement officials indicated the driver crashed into the gate and identified her as Monia Spadaro, 27 years old. Authorities are investigating whether she was intoxicated during the incident; she has a DUI conviction from 2021 on record.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have stated there is no connection between this shooting and an earlier attack on two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington on Wednesday night. The front gate remains closed until further notice; alternate routes are advised for May 22nd.<\/p>\n<p>In March, another incident occurred at this location when an armed man threatened security at the main gate but surrendered without any shots fired or injuries reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2438061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cia-hq.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38462,4049,3983],"class_list":["post-2438060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-security-incident","tag-shot","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cia-hq.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438064,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438060\/revisions\/2438064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}