www.navytimes.com: Base security in spotlight again after deadly shooting | “The NCIS investigation has confirmed that Savage had no reason or authorization to be on Naval Station Norfolk,” the NCIS press release said. “The chain of events that allowed Savage entry to the installation and the ship are under investigation.”
Base security in spotlight again after deadly shooting 'Heroic' sailor praised as investigation begins Mar. 30, 2014 - 11:29AM | 3 Comments A A Security officers wore black bands on their badges during a news conference in front of the destroyer Mahan at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on March 26, two days after a shooting left a master-at-arms and his attacker dead. (Steve Earley / The Virginian-Pilot via AP) By David Larter Staff writer FILED UNDER News Crime ZOOM Mayo (AP / via Navy) ZOOM Savage (AP / via Navy) A civilian trucker with no authorization to be on base shot and killed a sailor aboard the destroyer Mahan on the night of March 24 while it was moored on Pier 1 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., in what is the latest troubling breach of Navy base security. Jeffery Tyrone Savage, 35, an ex-convict who’d served time for vol