‘Please help us’: shooting reported at Maryland newspaper
Updated 2:30 PM; Posted 2:16 PM
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By The Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Multiple people have been shot at The Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland.
The Baltimore Sun, which owns the Annapolis newspaper, says a reporter told them of the shooting Thursday afternoon.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it is responding to reports of the shooting.
An intern at the newspaper tweeted a plea for help.
Active shooter 888 Bestgate please help us
— Anthony Messenger (@amesscapgaz) June 28, 2018
Marc Limansky, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Police Department, says officers are searching the building in Annapolis where the shooting was reported. He says the situation is “active and ongoing.”
On TV reports, people could be seen leaving the building with their hands up, as police officers urged them to depart through a parking lot and officers converged on the building.
Baltimore police are sweeping the Baltimore Sun newsroom as a precaution in light of the reported shooting at the Capital Gazette.
BPD at @baltimoresun for precautionary sweep in light of Capital-Gazette incident pic.twitter.com/ZduDQAcoDS
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) June 28, 2018
So much for MerryLand’s tough gun laws. Perhaps they should pass some tough laws against murder too.