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| Capital Gazette shooting: at least five dead in attack on newspaper office – live updates | Capital Gazette shooting: at least five dead in attack on newspaper office – live updates |
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| Capital Gazette staffers posted a number of distressing eyewitness accounts to Twitter as the shooting unfolded. | |
| Active shooter 888 Bestgate please help us | |
| Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. Can't say much more and don't want to declare anyone dead, but it's bad. | |
| There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload | |
| Other Gazette reporters captured in the immediate aftermath of the shooting from outside the office. | |
| Massive police response to shooting in my newsroom in Annapolis. @capgaznews pic.twitter.com/M1Bjwa0mMh | |
| Police have yet to ascribe any motive to the shooter, despite being asked multiple times during a press conference outside the Capital Gazette’s headquarters minutes ago. | |
| CNN are quoting anonymous law enforcement sources saying the suspect is not assisting investigators and not answering questions during interview. The Guardian has not been able to verify these claims, but officers confirmed the suspect was still being interviewed at the time of the press conference. | |
| Thursday’s shooting is not the first time a local newsroom has found itself the target of a gun attack. | |
| In August 2015, a disturbed former employee for WDBJ7 TV news in Roanaoke, Virginia opened fire on journalist Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward during an on-air interview. About 40,000 viewers reportedly watched the journalists’ murder live – including their own shocked colleagues. Officials said the perpetrator, a former reporter for the station who had been fired, died after shooting himself. | |
| The woman being interviewed during the broadcast, a local economic development executive, was also shot, but survived. | |
| Chris Hurst, a former WBDJ7 journalist and Parker’s boyfriend at the time, later left journalism and successfully ran for state office on a gun violence prevention platform. | |
| President Trump, traveling in the state of Wisconsin, sent his “thoughts and prayers” to the victims and their families via Twitter. | |
| Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene. | |
| Phil Davis, a courts and crime reporter for the Capital Gazette was inside the building when the shooter opened fire. He’s given a detailed interview to the Baltimore Sun, the Gazette’s sister paper, describing a “war zone” inside his newsroom as the attack took place. | |
| I’m a police reporter. I write about this stuff — not necessarily to this extent, but shootings and death — all the time. But as much as I’m going to try to articulate how traumatizing it is to be hiding under your desk, you don’t know until you’re there and you feel helpless | |
| The report continues: | |
| Davis said he and others were still hiding under their desks when the shooter stopped firing. “I don’t know why. I don’t know why he stopped,” Davis said. | |
| Police then arrived and surrounded the shooter, Davis said. He declined to elaborate. | |
| As the press conference comes to an end, acting Anne Arundel county police department chief William Krampf confirms five people have been killed in the shooting and several others “gravely injured”. | |
| Maryland governor Larry Hogan said earlier: “Your heart goes out to all the people who lost their lives, all their families.” | Maryland governor Larry Hogan said earlier: “Your heart goes out to all the people who lost their lives, all their families.” |
| Hogan said police responded to the incident within 60 seconds of the shooting beginning. They would not comment on what type of weapon the shooter used in the attack. | Hogan said police responded to the incident within 60 seconds of the shooting beginning. They would not comment on what type of weapon the shooter used in the attack. |
| Police are not able to confirm whereabout in the building the shooting occurred, says Lt. Ryan Frashure of the Anne Arundel County police department. | Police are not able to confirm whereabout in the building the shooting occurred, says Lt. Ryan Frashure of the Anne Arundel County police department. |
| Frashure confirms there is only one suspect in the shooting and the building has now been cleared. | Frashure confirms there is only one suspect in the shooting and the building has now been cleared. |
| City and county officials have confirmed at a press conference that “several people” have been killed in the shooting and “several” others injured. | City and county officials have confirmed at a press conference that “several people” have been killed in the shooting and “several” others injured. |
| The officials confirm that the shooter is in custody. The suspect is currently being interviewed by detectives. | The officials confirm that the shooter is in custody. The suspect is currently being interviewed by detectives. |
| NYPD spokesman confirms that officers are being deployed to the headquarters of major media organizations in New York City, following the shooting in Maryland. | NYPD spokesman confirms that officers are being deployed to the headquarters of major media organizations in New York City, following the shooting in Maryland. |
| Police in Annapolis, Maryland are responding to a shooting at the headquarters of the Capital Gazette. | Police in Annapolis, Maryland are responding to a shooting at the headquarters of the Capital Gazette. |
| An eyewitness account, posted on Twitter by a Capital Gazette reporter, indicate a gunman opened fire on multiple people inside the building. | An eyewitness account, posted on Twitter by a Capital Gazette reporter, indicate a gunman opened fire on multiple people inside the building. |
| Reports indicate the shooter has been taken into custody. | Reports indicate the shooter has been taken into custody. |
| Two state highways were closed in Anne Arundel county Maryland because of police activity, according to the state’s highway administration. | Two state highways were closed in Anne Arundel county Maryland because of police activity, according to the state’s highway administration. |
| A spokeswoman for Donald Trump said the president had been briefed on the shooting, according to a pool report. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all that are affected,” said the spokeswoman, Lindsay Walters. | A spokeswoman for Donald Trump said the president had been briefed on the shooting, according to a pool report. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all that are affected,” said the spokeswoman, Lindsay Walters. |
| Our full story on this unfolding incident is here. | Our full story on this unfolding incident is here. |