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Several dead in newsroom shooting in Maryland capital Annapolis

Published: 28 Jun 2018 - 10:26 pm | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 08:14 pm
File photo: FBI agents seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation where 20 people died on June 12, 2016 in Orlando. (Gerardo Mora /Getty Images/AFP)

File photo: FBI agents seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation where 20 people died on June 12, 2016 in Orlando. (Gerardo Mora /Getty Images/AFP)

AFP

Washington:  Several people were reported killed Thursday at a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland.

The local ABC7 news reported "multiple fatalities" quoting police in the historic city located an hour east of Washington.

"ATF Baltimore is responding to a shooting incident at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis," the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco said on Twitter.

County Sheriff Ron Bateman told Fox News a suspect had been taken into custody.