Shooting at Capital Gazette Newspaper in Annapolis, Multiple People Shot (Update: Shooter in Custody)(Update: 5 Confirmed Casualties)

BREAKING … SHOOTING AT CAPITAL GAZETTE NEWSPAPER!

According to reports, there has been a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Reports from the Baltimore Sun is that a gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.

A shooting has occurred at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, a paper that is owned by The Baltimore Sun, according to reports from Gazette staff.

Anne Arundel County Police confirmed there was an “active shooter” at 888 Bestgate Road, where the newspaper’s offices are located. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it was responding to a “shooting incident” at the Gazette.

Phil Davis, a Gazette crime reporter who was there at the time of the shooting, said that multiple people had been shot. Police did not immediately respond to requests for further information.

“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,” Davis wrote on Twitter as he waited to be interviewed by police. “There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you’re under your desk and then hear the gunman reload.”

Police said the building was being evacuated as officers continue searching it.

UPDATE I: Tweets from Phil Davis, the crime reporter of the Capital Gazette Newspaper as the shooting was taking place.

Shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md.

UPDATE II: CBS Baltimore is reporting that 4 Deaths Reported After Shooting At Capital-Gazette Building In Annapolis.

According to police, first shots were reported at 2:40 p.m. after the shooter entered the Capital-Gazette building.

Police say the building has been evacuated, and officers are continuing to search the building.

UPDATE III: Suspect reported in custody. The suspect was reported to be a white male. A law enforcement official tells CNN that one person is in custody, believed to be a shooter at the Gazette building. The source said there are multiple wounded.

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UPDATE IV: President Trump, as well as the first lady, have been briefed on the shooting, White House officials confirmed. White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters said “our thoughts and prayers are with all that are affected.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted that he was “absolutely devastated to learn of this tragedy in Annapolis.”

UPDATE V: From 4:38 Police Presser:

• Several people have died, several others injured.
• Shooter is in custody and being interviewed by police
• Officers got on scene with 60 to 90 seconds of call.
• Gov. Larry Hogan praised first responders and police
• The investigation has just started, there will not be many details.
• Many witnesses being interviewed.
• The building is secure, we feel there are no other shooters in the building. However, its being considered a crime scene.
• 5 fatalities confirmed.

UPDATE VI: CBS News reporting that suspect refusing to identify himself.

One law enforcement source says the suspect is a white male in his 20s and didn’t have identification in him. The suspect is refusing to identify himself.

UPDATE VII: 5:30 Presser:

• 60 seconds to respond to crime scene.
• Building is tactically secure, no more persons in building a threat to anyone else.
• They found what they think was one explosive devise.
• 170 people evacuated from building.
• Gun used described as a long gun
• There was no gun fire exchanged between suspect and officers.
• Another update will be at 8pm ET.
• 3 people estimated injured in hospital.

UPDATE VIII: Bizarre, Annapolis shooting suspect damaged his finger tips to thwart identification.

The suspect accused of killing five people in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper had damaged the tips of his fingers in an apparent attempt to thwart efforts by police to identify him by his fingerprints, a law enforcement officials tells CBS News. Authorities said the suspect is a white male in his 20s who they have not yet identified.

The suspect was taken into custody at the scene and is not cooperating with investigators, police said. CBS News’ Jeff Pegues reports that the suspect was caught hiding under a desk.
The gunman did not have identification on his person. He’s described as having long hair. A law enforcement source says authorities are using other means of identifying him, including facial recognition technology to search databases of passports and driver’s licenses.