A terrifying scene unfolded in the Annapolis, Maryland building that houses the newspaper, the Capital Gazette. Five people are dead, several others injured. The shooter is said to be in custody.
Armed police dogs arrive at scene of shooting incident at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. Five people are confirmed dead, and the shooter in custody. https://t.co/8LEPhu4s9G pic.twitter.com/PI2aSJezkO
— ABC News (@ABC) June 28, 2018
The Capital Gazette’s crime reporter sent out the following tweets.
A single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead.
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
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.
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
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
I'm currently waiting to be interviewed by police, so I'm safe and no longer at the office.
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
The Baltimore Sun, a sister publication reports:
“In a subsequent interview, Davis said it ‘was like a war zone’ inside the newspaper’s offices — a situation that would be ‘hard to describe for a while.’
‘I’m a police reporter. I write about this stuff — not necessarily to this extent, but shootings and death — all the time,’ he said. ‘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.’
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,’ he said.”
