move to assess it and eliminate the threat. that information is critical n. a democracy, ali, the police and the people we really are the same. jim, hang on one second. let me go to tom. tom, what have you got? the capital gazette newspaper just posted on their website a shooting has occurred at the capital gazette in an run del county a paper that is sowned by the baltimore sun. this is according to reports from the gazette staff. it looks as if it s being written by a reporter in the baltimore sun newsroom. phil davis a gazette reporter says multiple people have been shot. police did not immediately respond for comment. police also on the scene at the baltimore sun newsroom in baltimore. wow. again, it would appear to have been written by a reporter with the sun posting it on the gazette s news site. confirmation from gazette staff that multiple people have been shot and that this did occur at the capital gazette in an run del county. let me give you context. an run del cou
reporting four fatalities. this was some time ago. we don t know what developed. four fatalities, two others with major trauma, still clearing the building. we have not had an update from anyone else. we know from the baltimore office of the atf that they have dispatched crews. they may be much closer than baltimore is to annapolis, but there are crews from the atf on their way. this is the capital gazette. the gazette is one of the country s oldest newspapers actually. it has been in that building at 888 best gate road since 2014. this is not downtown annapolis. it s not far from the annapolis mall. annapolis is the capital of maryland. hence the name of the newspaper, the capital gazette. jim cavanaugh is with me. jim, you mentioned charlie hebdo. it s only interesting insofar as the fact that this is a newspaper, this is a media organization. that gives police perhaps something else to work on in terms of who is targeting it or whether there are any
aerks tf. to assist our partners the an an rundle, the county in custom annapolis is in. an rundle is the lead on this, please follow their accounts for all official updates. prince georges, a neighboring county is sending resources. an indication this is something that we have to think about. minutes ago, phil davis a gazette reporter tweeted this, minutes ago, nbc local wrc spoke with an officer from the police, he says officers continue to work to clear the scene. serious situation, reports of an active shooter at 888 bestgate road in annapolis. the call came in at 2:34 this afternoon. officers immediately responded and began searching the building. they are still searching the building at this time. they do not have any reports of
actually happened. jim cavanaugh said it, there are always attacks on the press and it feels like there are more. it is a unique time in our country s history. we had a figure just show up in the last 48 hours i believe that said they would be excited if vigilante squads would shoot down reporters essentially on site. this is a troubling thing here. we don t know if it is a personal motivation. what we ten to see with a workplace kind of shooting. maybe it is a personal grunl. but it is a target, a place we have seen increasingly coming under verbal assault. you have to wonder if that s physical assault based on that outlet. the gazette eat he tweeted a single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead. a single shooter shot multiple people at my office. some of whom are dead. this is phil davis arc capital gazette reporter.