By Safvan Allahverdi
WASHINGTON (AA) – Multiple people have been shot following when a gunman opened fire at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
“A single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead,” tweeted Phil Davis, a reporter for the Gazette.
The shooting has prompted a massive police response. It was not immediately clear the conditions of the victims and police were still securing the newspaper building.
“Please help us,” an intern at the newspaper said in tweet shortly before police announced they had evacuated the building.
Anna Arundel County Police Officer Ryan Frashure confirmed the shooting in a tweet saying, “active shooter,” with an address.
Federal agents from Baltimore’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also in the scene.
* This is a developing story.
