6:55
- ABC News
- June 29, 2018
Maryland newsroom shooting was targeted attack
The gunman looked for his victims as he walked through the building.
6:55
Davis described the experience as being \"like a war zone.\"
“I’m a police reporter. I write about this stuff,\" Davis later told The Baltimore Sun, which owns the Gazette, after he escaped the building. “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.”
Capital Gazette photojournalist Joshua McKerrow tweeted that he and his colleagues are continuing to cover the story, along with Baltimore Sun reporters.
\"There will be a Capital Friday,\" he said.
Continuing to cover story with Capital journalists Chase Cook and Pat Ferguson. Thanks to our @baltimoresun colleagues who are here too. There will be a Capital Friday.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) June 28, 2018
After the shooting, about 170 people were safely evacuated from the building and no one else there is a threat, officials said.
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Authorities recovered \"what we thought may have been an explosive device,\" said Anne Arundel County Acting Police Chief William Kramph said. The device was actually canisters filled with smoke grenades that the gunman used when he entered the building, Kramph said.
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A man who works across from the Capital Gazette offices said he heard \"an incredibly loud bang.\"
\"I saw a guy holding a gun,\" he told ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington, D.C. \"The door of the Capital Gazette had been blown to pieces.\"
The U.S. Naval Academy tweeted, \"The Capital Gazette is our local newspaper and is often the first to tell our story. We are grieving with their staff and loved ones after the tragic events that occurred today.\"
The Capital Gazette is our local newspaper and is often the first to tell our story. We are grieving with their staff and loved ones after the tragic events that occurred today. @capgaznews
— U.S. Naval Academy (@NavalAcademy) June 28, 2018
\"Absolutely devastated to learn of this tragedy in Annapolis,\" Gov. Larry Hogan wrote on Twitter. \"Please, heed all warnings and stay away from the area. Praying for those at the scene and for our community.\"
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Absolutely devastated to learn of this tragedy in Annapolis. I am in contact with County Executive Steve Schuh, and @MDSP is on the scene assisting @AACOPD. Please, heed all warnings and stay away from the area. Praying for those at the scene and for our community. https://t.co/bI6PdUjHfh
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) June 28, 2018
President Trump, who was briefed on the shooting as the incident was unfolding, later tweeted, \"My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene.\"
Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018
Out of an abundance of caution, the New York Police Department is moving personnel to headquarters of major media outlets in New York, including ABC News.
\"The NYPD has deployed counterterrorism teams to media organizations in and around New York City. These deployments are not based on specific threat information, but rather out of an abundance of caution until we learn more about the suspect and motives behind the Maryland shooting,\" said John Miller, deputy commissioner for counterterrorism and intelligence, in a statement. \"It has become a standard practice to shift resources strategically during active shooter or terrorist events.\"
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Tronc the parent company of the Capital Gazette, released a statement commending law enforcement officers who their quick response, adding that it is focused right now on providing support to employees and their families.
“We are deeply saddened today by the attack in our Capital-Gazette newsroom,\" the statement read. \"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We are focused now on providing our employees and their families with support during this tragic time. We commend the police and first responders for their quick response,” said Justin Dearborn, Chairman and CEO, tronc, Inc.\"
ABC News' Erin Dooley, Pierre Thomas, Josh Margolin and Aaron Katersky contributed to this report.
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