MARYLAND – At least four journalists and a staffer of Maryland’s capital newspaper, The Capital Gazzette, were killed after a man opened fire in the office.
Taking swift action, police arrested the suspect identified as a white man who is in his late 30s. There is a massive police presence on Bestgate Road in Annapolis, an office park across the street from the Annapolis Mal
Police responded to the incident at the offices of local newspaper the Capital Gazette on Thursday afternoon at about 3pm local time. Dozens of law enforcement vehicles were seen rushing to the newsroom in eastern Maryland.
Earlier, Anne Arundel Sheriff Ron Bateman told Fox News that there were multiple causalities, but that officers were still investigating the scene.
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Officer Marc Limansky with the Anne Arundel County police department confirmed multiple shots had been fired inside of the newsroom, but could not immediately say whether fatalities had occurred.
A relocation checkpoint has been established for those separated during the incident at the nearby Lord & Taylor’s in the Annapolis Mall.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore said they were responding to the incident.
