5 People Dead In Shooting At Maryland’s Capital Gazette Newsroom

Maryland police officers blocking an intersection in Annapolis after employees were shot Thursday at the Capital Gazette office. Photo Credit: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press

Five people have been shot dead and twenty injured during a mass shooting at Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom.

Police responded at the scene within 60 seconds of the call of an active shooter at the newsroom in the 800 block of Bestgate Road, Annapolis, at around 2.40pm. Acting police chief William Kamph confirmed five people had been killed and many more had "serious injuries" in the attack.

The suspect, who has not been named, has been taken into custody. Police say he was the sole shooter and that the building, which was evacuated during the attack, has now been secured. No motive has yet been given for the shooting.

Phil Davis, a court and crime reporter for the Gazette, said that a lone gunman had shot through the glass door of the offices and then opened fire on the newspaper employees.





Disclaimer: Stories culled and pictures posted on this blog will be given due credit and is not the fault of drifternews.blogspot.com if website culled from misrepresents source of story.