Sailor found dead in Virginia at Navy facility barracks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Navy says a sailor has been found dead in a barracks in Virginia after failing to report for work.
The Navy says the sailor was found Tuesday at Naval Support Activity Portsmouth Annex. The Navy says in a news release that emergency personnel responded to a report of gunshots in the morning.
The Navy says the grounds to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth were locked down for about 15 minutes, but have been reopened for normal operations.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the unidentified sailor's cause of death.