Law enforcement agencies of the city of Annapolis (Maryland) reported that in the office edition of the Capital Gazette the shooting occurred. According to unconfirmed reports affected more than 10 people who received gunshot wounds. There is information about the fact that 5 people died.
Details of the incident are unknown, but the police said that the situation is in the active stage, and at the moment is the evacuation of people from buildings and the surrounding area.
Newspaper Capital Gazette newspaper belongs to The Baltimore Sun. Their reporter first reported about the emergency situation in the office, located at 888 Bestgate Road. This news immediately responded to local police and the staff of the Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (АTF). Witnesses say the shooting started directly in front of the office and the offender was shooting without going into the room. According to available information, 5 of them were killed, about 10 wounded.
Lieutenant Ryan Frashure, representative of the local police, said that law enforcement agencies are doing everything possible for the emergency evacuation of people. Armed officers combing the area in search of the assailant and see if there are any in the building of explosives. We also know that the police have secured the building of the newspaper The Baltimore Sun.
There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you’re under your desk and then hear the gunman reload
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
UPD: According to the witness of the tragedy, the attacker opened fire through the glass door of the office. He also said that at this point, the room was a large number of people and many of them got hit by a bullet. Reported by Phil Davis, a reporter for the Capital Gazette.
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«Nothing can be worse than sitting under a table to hear how to shoot people, and then the offender reloading» — the journalist wrote on Twitter.
The police reported that the assailant was arrested. Officers not yet called the name of the shooter and did not specify what weapons he used. However, there is evidence that it was a rifle.
According to representatives of local law enforcement, the crime scene was found an explosive device. It failed to disarm. We also know that the attacker did not shoot at the police.
