What is Northern Virginia military shootings?
[[File:Marine Corp Museum Exterior View.jpg|thumb|right|Two episodes shot at the glass spire of the Marine Museum.]] The '''Northern Virginia military shootings''' were several attacks by a man [[Shoot|shooting]] a [[rifle]] at empty military buildings. The shots were fired in October and November 2010. Experts looked at the [[bullet]]s left at the various places. They could see that all of the shots were from the same rifle.<ref name=wp114>{{cite news|title=Authorities link shooting at Coast Guard center to 4 others|authors=Maria Glod and Josh White|newspaper=Washington Post|page=B1|date=November 4, 2010}}</ref> ==Incidents== The first shooting was aimed at the [[National Museum of the Marine Corps]] in [[Triangle, Virginia]] on October 16, 2010. Some bullets from a high-[[wikt:velocity|velocity]] rifle went through the atrium skylight. The second shooting happened on October 19, 2010 shortly before 5 a.m. Someone shot at the south side of [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. The bullets broke windows on the third and fourth floors. Special glass stopped the bullets from entering the building. The offices behind those windows were empty because of repairs. The Pentagon Reservation was temporarily closed because the police searched the area for evidence. The building was reopened about 5:40 a.m. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is leading the investigation into the incident.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gunman sought in Pentagon shooting|authors=Christy Goodman and Maria Glod|date=October 20, 2010|newspaper=Washington Post|page=B1}}</ref> In the third shooting, the same rifle shot the Marine Corps Museum again on October 29.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1010/102910nj1.htm|title=Authorities report another shooting at Marine Corps museum|first=Sara|last=Sorcher|work=National Journal|date=October 29, 2010|accessdate=2010-11-04}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The same rifle was used to attack a Marine Corps recruiting center in [[Chantill