Several dead in newsroom shooting in US city of Annapolis: reports

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AFP Washington
Last Updated : Jun 29 2018 | 1:10 AM IST

Several people were reported killed today at a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper published in Annapolis, the capital of the US state 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.

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First Published: Jun 29 2018 | 1:10 AM IST

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