Pentagon shooting

Laura T. (United States of America)
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/19/dc.pentagon.shots.fired/?hpt=Sbin
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  1. incident
    a single distinct event
    Official: Shooting at Pentagon appears to be a 'random incident'
    By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    * NEW: An official sees no apparent link between Pentagon, Marine Museum shootings
    * Several shots were fired ear
  2. isolate
    place or set apart
    Official: Shooting at Pentagon appears to be a 'random incident'
    By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    * NEW: An official sees no apparent link between Pentagon, Marine Museum shootings
    * Several shots were fired early Tues
  3. renovate
    restore to a previous or better condition
    That part of the Pentagon was empty at the time of the shooting, as it is in the process of being renovated.
  4. ongoing
    currently happening
    Official: Shooting at Pentagon appears to be a 'random incident'
    By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    * NEW: An official sees no apparent link between Pentagon, Marine Museum shootings
    * Several shots were fired early Tues
  5. enforcement
    ensuring observance of or obedience to
    Several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Pentagon police, are looking at surveillance footage and doing ballistics tests of the bullets found thus far, among other measures.
  6. surveillance
    close observation of a person or group
    Several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Pentagon police, are looking at surveillance footage and doing ballistics tests of the bullets found thus far, among other measures.
  7. isolated
    remote and separate physically or socially
    Official: Shooting at Pentagon appears to be a 'random incident'
    By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
    STORY HIGHLIGHTS

    * NEW: An official sees no apparent link between Pentagon, Marine Museum shootings
    * Several shots were fired early Tuesday into an unoccupied part of the Pentagon
    * A top Pentagon security official is calling the shooting "an isolated incident, so far"
    * Two bullet fragments have been discovered, and the investigation is ongoing

    Washington (C...
Created on Tue Oct 19 15:52:32 EDT 2010 (updated Tue Oct 19 15:53:12 EDT 2010)

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