(CBS) The headquarters of Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, Md. is under lockdown after a gunman entered the building. Witnesses have reported that the man has fired multiple shots and may have explosives, though police have not confirmed those details.
Montgomery County, Md. police, SWAT teams, and explosives experts are on the scene and have set up a perimeter of roughly 200 yards around the building.
ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington, DC is reporting that the gunman is an Asian man and may be a former Discovery employee.
"A man entered the lobby and may have fired a weapon and declared, 'Nobody is going anywhere,'" Montgomery County police told WJLA.
Police are trying to establish contact with the suspect.
In addition to its flagship Discovery Channel on cable telvision, Discovery Communications owns several Discovery spinoffs, TLC, Animal Planet and non-TV science and education related businesses.
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