Shots Fired Inside US Navy Base In Washington

A gunman has reportedly barricaded himself inside a room after shots were fired inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard.

According to the Washington Post a police officer was shot nearby.

The US Navy says there are reports of multiple fatalities and injuries in the attack, inside its Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters.

"There is one confirmed injury. Emergency personnel are on scene and a 'shelter in place' order has been issued for Navy Yard personnel," the navy said in a statement.

A photograph taken at the scene shows one man lying on the ground and being treated by members of the public.

Around 3,000 people work in the building. Those inside have been told to stay in place.

Police from multiple local and federal agencies along with SWAT crews are attending the emergency.

Fox News reporter Peter Doocy said: "It is frantic right now … people are running full steam … all over the place.

"I am looking at what appears to be an all-black armoured vehicle.

"(There are) sirens, ambulances, police cars. Men in full fatigues, with long guns, running down the street.

"Everybody you can think of is here."

Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the Navy's five system commands and accounts for a quarter of the Navy's entire budget.

It builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems.

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