dw active shooter situati on so to be now. here now is absolutely unbelievab. we've got s sound from that news conference. >> right now here at 5:00 we we want to give you a listen to. take a listen. ghave breakin news from annalis. an active shooter reported at the capital gazette. here is whawe know right okay. now. five people have died and no sound but we can just let you know at this time. they're going to be giving us several other injured in that shooting all happening right nowt ongate road. updates throughout the day but there's a lot going onre out >> we want to get you up to hes you can see. sp id you're just joining we've been speaking wit folks tryi to get their accounts us. this was an active shooter of what they saw. situation at thein capital meone telling us theyot did gazette annapolis. hear gs outside of their there is no threat right now this was an active shooter home. very terrifying for folks out situation. here, but again, five people >> they have a suspect in custody that they are confirmed dead at this time. interrogating. many others injured. we have been following this for two and a half hours now. they are continuing to work details are slowly trickling thnd scene investigate but >> police briefed the media a we'll keep you posted. little bit ago. this is what we know so far. we'll stay out here and bring the shooting reported at you more as they continue with t 2:34 p.m. inside of a build everything. o you guys in the studio. >> all right, thank you that houses theal capit melissa. we are also learning lot of information as wellia through gaaltte. again we areling this the social medhrough tweets, here now, you know, i wasugh capital gazette shooting because many people within the taking a look at an intern neeppaarper ha hoganve aonlso from the capital gazetteho two hours a tweeted active right now.

shooter 888 best gate please also president trump has been helps. you know, it's chilling to see briefed on the shooting who those and there's been tweeted just moments ago, too. additional reaction on social >> all right. >> tomzgerald is in the fox5's melissa howell has been with us for the last hour news room with a rundown of or so. what we're learning from this and really the reaction and melissa. >>eporter: that's right everything else on social media. thatin media briefjust hey, fitz. wrapped up.re heavy polisence out >> reporter: good eveng. here. this is what we know right we have b monitoring all of now. the cdef tol us just moments the activity that has been o one person is b going on both on the ground questioned, the suspect is in there and online as well and custody at this time. there's a lot to tell you we do knowhe building, the about as far as the reaction building is secure. and the n that we've gotten. we're going to start with you today, with the o presif the united states, president yes, we are out here at the donald trump as you know scene as you can see. we actually just wrapped up a news conference with officials traveling today moments ago just within the last few who gave us asfo much minutes sending out this tweet ination as they could again letting us know fiveti "prior to parting wisconsin fatali others gravely i was briefed on the shooting injured. they have a lot ofayitnesses annapolis, marylazette in they that they are working with at this point. my thoughts and prayers are suspect in custody, beingw, with the vtims and their questioned. we were told that the families. thank you to all ofhe first building ise.urec responders who arely current there are no shooters, no on that scene "now we want to other conce the bring it back here to our area. investigation continues inside these are some ofat the tweets the building. the chiefells us again one have been going out throughout the day that we have been monitoring here in peouon in custody. can hear as melissa is the fox5 news room. on theav scene we're hg if we can bng that up.

issues with the audio but s of particular note one mentioned what we had learned from that briefing just a few individual we've been moments ago following very closely because he's journalist that isright ins now, there is a family reunification athe testfield phil davis. ph is one of the journalists annapolis mall. at thethapital gazette and lindsey wts -- is lindsey is how it started off ready to go with that? no, with him earlier today. okay.we're going to check with lindy in just a lit bit davis tweeting "gunman shot through the glass door of the on that. we'll keep an eye on all of offine andd fire on this for you for the time being. i melis on the scene right multiple employees. can't say much more. now, five peoplefi coned and i don't want to declare dead in that shooting that happenedt 2:34 this anyone dead but it is bad. of course this was earlier onwe afternoon. >> all right. of course there's a lot ofti 'll move along. on on social media about i'm currently waiting to be today's tragedy as well that we have been following. interviewed by police so i a fitzgerald in thenews room witt safe and im no longer at the and tom, the reaction -- we'll officers. davis continued there. he said a s single shooterhot multiple people at my off eck in with tom in a few moments. you get a sense that a lot o some of whom are dead. will continue. people are criming in on davis later came back onpl twitter getting a lot.f those twitter aftere had asked him responded to that tweet, statements go ahead. there is nothing more >> the anne arrundel countyt government jus reiterating some of the information w terrifying than hearing have now. five confirmed dead, several multipge people ing shot your you are under people gravely wounded. and you hear the gunman suspect in custody. after that shooting there. scene.till an active crime you can see all the -- what? reload. finally other people weighing

in ts morning on twitter. i'm sorry.ng >> we're goi to go to this is josh mcenroe, sply writing heartoken at this lindsey watts at the family unification area there at the mall. news today. he is somebody who is also lindse>> reporter: hey, jim, we ele here at westfi annapolis mall. monitoring this as well. this is the area that's we'll continue here aos serving as the reunification along. of cou govere gnoassnor' stanna, plea for peowho were in the building where the shooting happened. they can come here, they can here,up with their family and a the city of annapolis when this occurred. the way the crow flies, it's only about a 10, 15 minute so the mall is jt ride from the governor's house across the street. to the situation where this is i've been trying tofi crmon to h and as you saw moments ago, this live on the scene this, ngpo ilice and on afternoon. jim and sarah, as you can scene are being very tight lipped and they are not giving us any information. sderstand, basically thi been a fire hose of a reaction but you can get ace rponse. both on social media and we have the annapolis fire throughout the intnet today department and ambulance here. not onl this area, d.c.,ir then w have anne arrundel police cars lining the here, we maryland,giniaea ring to were passed by a prince this. we can tell you we haven george's county ambulance, so neighboring jurisdictions are coming from around maryland to monitoring tweets and reaction to this fm literally around the world tonight. all ofhat focused on the help with this. city of annapolis and the

also saw state troopers as we situation that is currently were pulling in here. so, again, this is the going on inside these offices reunification area and we can of the capital gazette. jim and sarah. see -- i don't know if you can esee the peopl who are >> tom fitzgerald tha you very much. standing in front of what i >> we want to take you back to beeve is the lord and taylor the briefing of a little bit arhend corner from us but ago,hat police had to say we can seeeo group of pe about the situation.ti there. we just haven't been able to >> the investiga has just get close enough to talk to anybody. ait started. so as ryan has a said, we going to be quite awhil tl lwalk out from the area over teae, she was in determining what occurred, why understandably. it occurred and how it she was not interested in occurred. but as the governor mentioned, >> lindsey watts live at the we were here quickly. g came into the bui very reunification area which is in quickly. we received the call as an a loading dock area near the active shooter. we do have fatalities and we do have serious injuries.o lordnd taylor. >> we want to go back to we als have many, many melissa howell we spoke with moment ago. it was a little bit difficult witnesses that are being to hear you before. let's try this again. interviewed and we have a >> reporter: aolutely. an area over by lord and there's a going on out here as you can imagine but we taylor that the witnesses can conference.d up a news take look. you can just seeic thee >> so that is acting -- the presence out here. police as well as officials, the governor, the mayor spoke acting chief bill kremph earlier. now, this isve what

learned so far. they cannot confirm much sking thattatement. governor hogan was there, too, informatn but they did let us know five fatalities, before.he spoke a little bit. we're waiting forie another fing on this coming up in tiweo kheve granjly i that theya just a littleet bit. >> l take you back oce lot of witnesses that they are working with. live skyfox over tne still to give you an idea of they can't tell us where the shooting occurred inside the justhe massive response here building but again, we do know it was theus building that from authorities around the es the capital gazette. it is secured at this te. region from prince george's they are still on that scene, county county to federal agencies, fbi, atf on the that investi ition officials tells going to take some time. c theef told us one person scene there as they still is being questioned at this tryingo figure out what happened inside that building time tha was inside the and whyhy- and w building, the suspect. we still don't know why.we get e situation -- >> yea >> - forget to talk about why. s int because that comes koec i. officials have confirmed five fatalities. there are multiure injs, some gravely injured. nd so the was speculation as e thteer situations about gunman, how we're told one gunman, the

gove spoke. the presint was also briefed as we mentioned. so we'll o keepur eyes on all t now as we continue. we're going to keep an eye on really all of this as it unfolds.we're we mentioned governor han. congressman anthony brown on the way to the scene well. >> we have reporters out there on the scene as well. melissa howell is at the area where police are, youw -- where they're pos.ri b melissa, give us an idea. i knowen they hav had another briefing yet but give an idea o what they had to say and kind of the scene there right now, what it's like. >> absolutely. now, we just -- right now there's an amazing police presence out here, absolutelyus incredibt the a s.w.a.t. team. there's other officials as well, the fbis out here, atf is out here. they're still trying to piece that there are afing they did lot of unanswered questions at this time. we do know the building where

the sholaing took p, it is secure. there areti invesng, trying to figure out exactly what happened play bytlay but they c tell us where in the building the shooting actually happened. now, the chief o police with anne arrundel county said the inveigation has just started. so, there's an amount of work to beone. witnesses at this time being interviewed, folks being reitedith family at lord and taylor here near the mall but five fatalities, several hers gravely injured, many excngeec ahat they aresp nd all unrave.eliced. we're going to be getting another briefing from police >> melissa howell at the scene on the other side of the westfield annapolis mall. lindsey watts in the family reunification area. >> rep jim we got more information. the reunification area is inside this vacant store.

it used to be a lo and taylor and now it's just an empty buildin so, everybody who is here waiting to reunite with family and witriends, they are inside this building. i was just talking to a police officer. ehe saysrybody who has beener broughe has been questioned by police. they are free to go at any time and he said at this point there really aren't too nny people who are ihis building, but it's beingutilizet across the street from the shooting scene and just to give you sense of where we are, best gate road, you're looking at it right here, it' just behind us, a little bit hard to see because of the hedges but a huge police presence lining this entire block and the scene of the shooting, building where the capital gazette is housed, that is about a block away, maybe a quarter of quarter of less from here. you can't see this buildin l but you can get aeast a little bit of a sen of the huge response. i spoke with the fbi as we

were coming up he. they immediately had agents on scene from their baltimore and annapolis field offices, the at is here. as we were driving we saw prince george's count police and first responders heading up to help with this.t so, jus obviously aassive poli response. there isce a s here at the mall justlocked off, so the family reunification area can be private and we aren't going over that way.to be that's the latest for now and we'll continue to keep you formation. we learn morein back to you. >> lindsey, i know it's kind of difficult to get close and y i know said they're trying to keep the family reunification center private. were you able -- i don't gnow at what pointot there, but were you able toseet a e of how many peopleed up there o seen reuniy that's bee >> reporter: only one lady. one lady who walked out and she was very emotional. she was with two other women. she was not interested in

speaking. so far that's the p onlyerson i've seen leaving this area. again, pole said at this point there is not a huge crowd inhere. i'llo haveask him to get a sense of how many peopleer w here at the height of the time that people were being escorted over here toede reunitith family but obviously several hours have passed now since this shooting, but, you know, this area is still being utilized. i would have to imagine they're going to be keeping it opened for an hour, maybe several hours just so this people to come and, you know, get pic up and to leave is scene. >> all right. so we'reoing to keep checking in withou on that lindsey but again, this is where the lord and taylor used d and taylor used to be because we heard -- at first they were saying lord and taylor then they were sayingng l dock. now that we see it you get the sense that's where it is. want to goan back to liet fowler from anne arrundel fire.in we've been check in with you sir.

we appreciate all of the information you've been sharing with us. >> okay.om you. so, we're still down here on scene at 888est gate road in annapolis. again we received the call ator 2:34 this afterno report of shots fired. police confirm that there was aniv shooter. at this timehere have been five confirmed fatalities and two persons that were -ad h minornjuries that were transported to a local facility for tatment. they're still asking that people stay ouof the area of best gate road. there's still a lot of police activity and it's a police investigation. friends,at areng famy co-workers, there's a reunificatn center at the lord and taylor's at the annapolis mall and media staging area at best >> lieutenant fowler, i know, you know, we're

still trying to get additional information here. canno you -- i don'w how close you are there on scene y or what're able to can you describe to us, you know, have things kind of started to quiet down, or are we still in the thro of a very chaotic scene. >> it's still a active scene its a police matter at this point. the fire department ir wrapping up involvement in it. thanne arrundel county police will b lead in the investigation. >> all right, lieutenant fowlerrom the anne arrundel county fire department, we appreciate you speaking with us today. >> yes, ma'am. >>null right. we are cing to look live at skyfox right now at the scene. he was just mentioning the fire department is starting to wrap things up but obviously the police investigation is far from being wrapped up. >> need to figure out >> clearly. exactly the motive behind this. onepe sus in custody, one shooting suspect in custody.

five people killed at this scene. several people injured. some gravely ten to -- some taken to shock trauma ine, baltimorohns hopkins, some taken to anne arrundel medical center being treated theres well. >> all right. moving on as as we talk about the paper and everything involved, this all unfolded at one of the regio region's oldest and most respected newspapers. tom fitzgerald is in the news room with background on the capital and the paper itself. >> reporter: jim and sarah good evening. we wanted to reorient people to what the capital gazette and its role in the i community. this not an old paper in annapolis in maryland. it is one of the very oldest newspapers in the unitstates. we can take that photo, i can tell you a little bit about this. the original paper that was founded tracing back to the early binning of the annapolis gazette goes all they wa back to 1727.

it'sne of theldest newspapers in the united states of arica. it was merged with another paperalled the evening gazette. that des its origins back to the early 1800s. these are news organizations that basically span the entire history u ofnited states. as you know, the maryland statehouse is one of the oldest in this nation andas since it established,hi t news organization has covered eachnd every single day of it and the surrounding area of not only annapolis, not only anne arrundel county, but as you know, there are other entities there that is of national imptance includi the united states naval academy which is located not very far from this scene that we have been watching here today. now, the gazetteas had a long history of different addresses. it wasn't always on best gate. for a teriod ofime it was on state cirroe not far f the white house. it had moved for ari goood of time over to cveital dri from there they finally made

thr way t where they are now, where this scene is unfolding today. if we canri pictures back up for people to get a look at exactly what has been going upon. thankou. what we know in the recent ye apa very uncertain where the baltimorerc gazette pused not only the capital gazette the other sister publications that it was combined there were some concerns at the time there could possibly be some layoffs. in fact, in y the fourears since it has now become part of the baltimore sun family, we can tellouio this publn has thrived. now, according to their own today to get sense of howver large the news staff isight now, they have about 50 people on this staff.nl not o journalists but editorial folks, there's sales staff, there is a digital web team a well here. it is not clear at this point how many of these 50 people were actually working today

inside 888 bath gate when this shooting incident took place. hower, many of them, as we've detailed here in just the last hour, haveee b doing their roles as journalists in the midst of all of this tragedy and all of this horro unfolding along with them. in fact, throughout this toda the gazette itself has continued to send out tweets dating people as they can on the situation that is going on in their very ownews room. jim and sar, i can tell you through political coverage, you can't work in the city of annapolis or work inhe statehouse in annapolis without coming across or encountering a journalist from the capital gazette. >> yeah. >> reporter: they are simply quite flonkly the lifeod of that city and that county. they cover theoings, the cummings, the school events right up to b the very business of what goes on with the general assembly in thatn te always lasts between january and march and

doesn't just exist in those>> months. o. >> reporter: this is the place people turn to firstin th the morning every day. >> all community newspapers really are. they're the lif blood of the local municipalities. fitz we appreciate that. in a bit.ck back in with you >> we have some new information that we'retting. nfir ming tthhroughe erfficials thon the scene that the suspect in the capital shooting, the newspaper shooting, is a white male believed to have used a shotgun and is not cooperating with investigators. again, that i the additional details coming out about the shooting suspect in this case believed to have used a shotgun and notti coong with investigators at this point. that perhaps explains why they're still ting to figure out is there another shoer, is there additional, you know, something inside that could be harmful t people inside this building. so, hopefully at some poin he will cooperate with investigators but we'll see. >> let's go back to the live line.

mikederick is a news professional moved back to specifically.npolis mike, we check with you at about 3:30 this afternoon the height of everything where we saw everybody spilling onto thetreets. you were not too far away from where this all unfolded. i'm curious what it looks like right now compared to w we first spoke. >> reporter: still a active scene, still a lot of law enforcement, ain huge presence. k that everybody knows who lives and works in this area knows by now wha going on, so there is not a lot of major presence, so t speak when it comes to, you know, as far as residents who live nearby. you haven't seen a lot of residents try to see what's going on. folks who either work here -- they're at a point where they're trying leave.so, riga f media from i can see and i'm

basically hanging out at the media staging area at point where basically the crews and other media crews who are out here at this point, what they're up to as far as trying to get, you kn, a bit -- basically trying to get the news out that you all have been doing re for several hours. had the briefing a little while ago and melissa howell o far away.guy who livedto not and you've mentioned this before, but i think it bears mentioning because, we, it's coverage area and everybody knows where annpolis is but not everybody has liv in annapolis. this is not the type -- you know, i hate saying this, it sounds so cliche, any time there's aeass tragedy this but it goes without s ying, this i you don't go through life expecting this every day anyesere but cially in annapolis. >> reporter: that's absolutely a hundred percent true. i igree with you the sense of, you know, we're saying this more and more

unfortunately as far as what happened in florida earlier this year, what happened in houston earlier this year and now what's happened here. and, you know, we can get into endless debates of what the asons are o are not of why these things keep occurring but at the end of the day, i wa m going abouty day like everybody else here in annapolis and certainly had no reason to think anything to this magnitude could have happened in any way, shape or e form. you dxpect this to happen in a city like annapolis. this is one of the top places rein our metroa to live. people work very hard to be able to live in a community like this and then toe sho hckas frightening. it is one of those things just don't expect. >> all. right mike friedrich there on the d we -- we appreciate it as we continue to take a liv look from skyfox rig here. you know, the scene, as we spoke with anne arrundel county fire just moments'r ago, they starting to wrap upthat pae

investigation, of course, is well under way and we still have a lot of questions. what was the reason behind? you know, we have oneti shoo suspect in custody. we'r learning, again, that from the associated press an official telling them that it was a person with a shotgun. >> uh-huh. >> they're desibing him as a white male with a shotgun and is not cooperating withat investigat this point. so, of course we don't know then the motive probably a to why this went down. and so they're still trying to figure out, too, still going to be in that building, you know -- t bt's going to cordoned off f quite some time as they try to figure out exactlwhat happened. >> so as we mentioned befor and from the communications that we've had with the firston ders anne arrundel fire, lieutenant charles fowler who we appreciate the informaon he's been abl to provide us so far and everybody else,- th there's not an immediate -- there's no longer

an immediate threat. you know, this came in as an active shooter and that insin waits people in the immediate vicinity take cover, stay inside the house, take shelter. that is not the situation anymore. they are still telling people stay ay from the areaca use there's a lot of law enforcement professionals down there doing their thing, doing the investigationay by the, so it's 5:29 right now. we're expecting another ubr ngiefi 5:30. so, the second we know when that's going to w happen,re going to break in and we're going that to you with hefully some new information and i imagine that they're going to come through with another briefing at 5:30 after giving one nottool be more infemmation. and rber last time around, yo know, it took some pressing to get an official number but, you know, we keep talking in the clinical terms, the law enforcement terms but it goes back to what fitzshowed, just the number of people -- wow look at this right now. >> hm. >> look at this. i mean, weta see cerly many

people in uniform walki through parking lot there. you're seein all jurisdictions involved. not jalt. the fbi, capitol pole were sentut there as wel, you know, we're keeping an eye on that in terms of when that briefing is going t start. >> okay. we want to talk right nh the opinion reporter at theaz capital gte. who is this again? >> john. >> thank you so much for joining us on what i obviously a very difficult day for you and your co-workers john understand you were at home at the time when this happened. >>ctually i was a mile away at a medical appointment. came out of the medical appointment at 3:30 and i saw massive law enforcement and was able to determine that there was aner active shoott the capital. >> so, tell m had you been at the newspaper before your appointment? >> no, not today but i go in as you go in the building, n there's security at the -- as you come in the door its a very large office building

with dentists doctors,ow god s what in there plus the capital on the left side of thealuilding has s thousand feet of office space. it's open office space. a the -- you go into theer capitae is a glass door sered by a receptionist behind the door.h- huh. >> that's the only way you can get in so they had that much security. >> john, can youive u an idea how many people work in theital? >> i've heard on press reports 50. that sounds accurat >> okay. so, give me an idea. youaduys just h from what we understand some sort of active shooter training recently. or this been a concern there been any kind of threat that you know of to t>> newspaper. don't know of any threat. i do know mayor gavin buckley annapolis was supervi and in charge of participating in an active shooter training at saint mary's highlo school oneck down from the city hall in annapolis. that happened a week ago. that wasas reported -- that w

reported on the front pagof the capital gazette. mayor buckley in his briefing today said that he was glad they had just gone through itus beca the response was accurate and responsive. >> okay. so, not the paper itself, you're talking about the mayor said, you know, some of the city officials had gone through that. .go ahead >> john, i was just curious in terms of -- you go in there from time to time and i think one thing a lot of peopledo t understand is a lot of people talk about the media, the media, the media. you know -- >> sure. capital are reallyithesee community instions where -- y >> exactly. ouame ivtgson report your neighbors' news. uno about the media, you don't think of local community papers like -- like thecapital. >> exactly. the capital keeps up -- keeps upith local news. we've just went through the primary election cle.

they endorse, they keep up with wedding funerals. it's strict a community paper. that's what it activities for and it's owned by the sun so it combines reporting -- feed from the sun along with local news. >> john, you w know,e always talk about -- and you would news, you know, people always e say, i didxpect it to happen here, i didn't expect to happen here. you know, is this something you guys talked about in the news room, you know, wha just our active shooter training hereterday and here we are reporting ons it. is thi something you guys talk about? >> i haven't been in there for awhile to talk t my editor who i hope is still living and gail fishman my editor r the pin page, has -- it has to have been -- security -- itve has t been an overall oncern othertse they would no have the glass door. >>oneah. >> 'causee without thatk anyone could wal in and just walk into e capital ando anything. >> is that fairly new. >> in their previous bu vding, which they hacated about two years ago, they did not

have that kind of security. so, it's bee a concern. i can't comment on whether or not they were concerned abo an active shooting incident or not. >> and john i jus want tola y your fierce because daniel ohl a the capitol had >> thank god she's okay. >> she sent out a tweet with a couple names. is he she had dhilavis anthony celine san feliz are okay. >> danielle ohl is a fantasticer report >> there was another reporter in the hospital. iust heard you mentioned rick's name. i just wanted to mention that i to you. john want to hang with you just for a moment or more. governor hogan is about to speak and as soon as governor hogan starts speaking we're going to break away for that. >> we want to continue to talk with you. >> thank you. i'm glad to help you in any way i can and thank you for your coverage. >> sure, sure. give us an idea, you know, when is the last time you

taed with someone over there, i mean, it's clear you en't go into the o on a regular basis but. >> i send them e-mails every so often. i was preparing -- i wasum preparing a colthat would be published which probably won't about the elections, about all the g fun anames we have in elections with very candidates and back and forth b line is we'll get through it and whoever gets elected will do a od job, but e-mails primarily, yeah. a lot of e-mails. john vandy camp opinion reporter at the gazette. >> thank you very much. >> we're thinking about you and your colleagues there as this hits very close to home. we are continuing to look here se as it lookike we're getting ready to start a press briefing perhaps. governor larry hogan is walking up towards reporters uw, walkingp to that podbrm we assume and fing us on what we knowht now is that five people were killed in this shooting at the capital. they call it the capital,

of thehe nam >> capital gazette it'sen the ty that publishes that and some other>> publications. right. >> so, if you hear people say the capital understand we're talking about theth newspaper, ing else. five people dead, some gravely injured. we've been following tweets and thatort. let's go ahe and break n here. it looks like they're getting ready to start. >> i believe this is brian frazier whopoke before so let's listen in. >> guys, again, name is lieutenant ryan frazier. f-r-a-s-h-u-r-e- a b to give you update from some of the information we've learned. some of the questions you had earlier. weel some answers for and unfortunately we still have some that we can't awer but we hav an update for you so with that, i'll turn it over to anne arrunl county executive steven shu. >> i'm county executive ste shu. as we reported earlier today

there's been a terrible tragedy here in anne arrundel county. there was an active shooter incident. five people are dead, several more or woued and in thecare ofl center. the shooter is in our custody and being interrogated as we speak. i want to acknowledge the emendous work of our public fety professionals today particular the anne arrundel county police department, the napolis city policepa rtment, and the anne arrundel county sheriff's office.they were on the scene in about 60 seconds. but beyond that, they went immediately into tha building without a moment's hesitation and demonstrated incrediblend courage we are so deeply appreciative of their great work.it could have been a lot worse. governor hogan. all for being here. obviously our heamss go out to the v and their families and i just want to reiterate county executive shu all three county agencies, the city police force, county police s theheriff's

department, we have i think 10 different other agencies backing them up, s alltate police agencies are here as well, federal partners and, you know, is a tragic situation b there were some very brave people that camen and kept it from being even worse and the response timewas . so, that's all i have to say>>. chief kremph. >> good afternoon. i promised you g an update. the building secured. what that means is our s.w.a.t. team and our quick sponders have been through the building. it iser secure as far ae are noe persons in the building that are a threator tom anyone else we did recover what we thought may have been an explosi devic that has been taken care of. we have members of the bomb

squad on scene. we don'tnticipate having any more explosive devices. niat is happe now that you see behind me is that our criminal investigation division, the actual investigators are n taking over the scene. we have released it to our members ofnahe cl investigation division so they can start the process of identifying what occurred and how it occurred and why it occurred.s so, at thi time we had 170 individuals in the building that wered escorte out safely. reunification area over at the annapolis mall. we brought jen corbin inr from crisis intervention team who is going say a few words in a moment to talk with the witnesses, some of the victims and the police officers who responded. at this time we're going to continue to -- the investigation and we'll have an updateou for later on this evening and i believe ryano s going tve you a time for that: jen.

>> can you give us some i'morry.e. >> hi, i'm jen corbin with anne arrundel county crisis response. wenave at several different sites working with bothice officers following the incident. we will be working continuously throughout theot nighh on a phonee lin and throughout to assist. we are mental health working with both the witnesses andfo the officr the next day or so, so that's what we'll be available for throughout. >> thank you, jen. i have onereore item. this a the area of the mall, the area of best gate roads going to be closed for an indefinite amount o time. i can't tell you when it's going to reopen at this point. so, if you receive calls please let them know what occurred a why we have it shut down. the investigation is going to continuento the evening

hours and at that time when we willore information, i have an another update for >> can you or the states attorney, the suspect is he answering questions. >> i can confirm we havehe suspect in custody. the only information i have from questions asked earlier is we don't have an identification on him. we do know he's anhi adultte male. the gun is described as a long gun. i don't have the s acifics. we know it long gun and as we continue to get information we'll make sure that we continue to put that t. >> a motive. >> we have no information on motive. we're still dng interviews. >> how did they catch him. >> he was taken into custody by officerfi there was no gun exchanged between officers and the suspect. since we were able to get here very quickly -- just something for you guys to know, have a und training on how to respond to active shooters andatade heajhae success. so s-law enforcement agencies

around the entire united states train the sameay for these active shooters. sinc we've had critical incidents like this. sot it's -- i don't to say it's very easy but it's very easy for officers to get jurisdictions link up, know theer movements, the tnology that's needed too in andte effe suspect iner an active s situation and take care of that target inside there during an activ shooter. say that again. >> did he shoot through windows o r doors. eporter: i can't answer that right now. that's something that's going to be determined by our investigators as they gndo through process that crime scene so it's going to be a very long night. we anticipate having another update at 8 o'clock and any infoation that's new i'll give out then. and make sure that you guys have all that information ands any updat we go along, anything we can put out. >> how many confirmed in the hospit. >> reporter: we confirm that five he been -- are deceased and we're still working on injuries for you guys to get a good number. so, we'reut working on that

it's estimated around three. >> can you tell us howopany pe were in the news room when it happened. reporter: i don't knowhow manym but i know we hav approximately 170 that we were able to safel evacuate out of that building and transport safely over to meet with familynd friends over at the annapos mall. 8 o'clock will be our next update. i don't have any other answers for you. any u otherates we'll get thank you very much. >> did it happen inside or >> all right you'veg. listening toin a briefthere by law enforcement on the shooting there that happened at the building tt houses the capital newspaper. s five people kileveral others injured. you just heard himay there an estimate i three. we had heard multiple. you know, put they're trying to get as much information as we c. right now he's saying three an estimate but five people killed. they're going to give us anothe update they say at 8:00 p.m. with hopefully additional details. stl suspect is in custody

and thetire interroga him as wean speak. t to point out 8 o'clock when that briefing happens we'll carry it over on fox5ad plus. i want t something very, very quickly 'cause this just came across. this is from jimmy debutters who is a newts editor with the capital gazette. tweet he just sent out here. devastated and heartbroken numb. please stop asking forie inws. there are no 40 hour weeks. no big pay days, just a passion for telling stories from community. we're there in times of tragedy. stories of peoplse whoe the make our community better. please understand we all do thisve to ser our community. >> yeah and it goes to show you, you know, we are ought humans wheer we are, you know, reporters, or you know, the people that we also try to cover in theses, situationou know, we try to get the formation out but at the end of the day, you know, we can all put ourselves in that

person's shoes 'cause when you're going through this, w the last thingant to do is talk to somebody, you know. >> lindsey watts is stand buying. me's at the she's where people, the family reunification area has been. lindsey. >> reporter: jim we're just down the str wt from the builhere the shooting happened and you can s the line of first responders. we're seeing quite a few officers just about a blockyr two from where we are here: the reunification area was an old lord and taylor buildin which is now a empty space. i was speaking withoromebody whal keheat t there. she said immediately folthe sho perhaps a were in that reunificn area. she said it cleared out people and from whai emptyr in the buildig at this time. however, police andtsiho to b

works here at wherebout this shooting just across the street from your workplace. >> well, actually i was just driving by and f thing i saw was aunch of cop cars rushing by,w.ou and i saw a bunch of cops actually hop out of their cars and just t runowards the building. so, you know, i went to work and as i went to work, everyone was talking about, you know, there was a shooting just happened and that's see.could -- i could really >> reporter: w o there any response any action taken there at your workplala. >> at the wce, you know, they shut down, you know, theck lo all the doors and everything, you know, all the guest were, you know, were kept inside and, you know, we were -- we were jus just in shock and we were at the bar, you know, there's a tching the news as it wasually happening on cnn so that's what reallyrm confi that there actually was ag shooting on just a few feet away from our workplace. >> reporter: was there fear that the gunman could comeer were you w >> there was a little fear.

it was moreth shock. ing like this never before.d in our hometown , it was more of a seck than than fear but there was a little bit of fear. so, we did -- we did talk about, you know, what would happen if he did come, you know,ou to duck dow know, hide somewhere but thank godt it didn' happen today. >> reporter: you're born and i raised hern annapolis. >> yup. i was raised here in annapolis my whole entoue life. >> reporte have just beenth out here wiembers of the media sort of watching what's going on. it's been a few's hours. what going through your mind at this point? >> my mind, you know, right now, i'm more in shock right now. honestly i'm more interested how theto media rea this, you know. me being from a hometown, you news, you know, the time the but you know whenout hit y hometown, you know, it's funny . >> reporter: something totally different. >> yeah, something totally different so whu you see this know, it's cool to see, you know, how the media reacts to it, what people a saying, you know, what social

media always says about it. but, you know,eing the first person, you know, to see this, younow,. >> reporter: to experienceu it were here. >> yeah, to experience it. >> reporter: as thi was all unfolding and i can only imagine what this was like being so w close. youe a block or two awayee just across thet and then people from this building were brought into an right next to your workplace, so, you know, can only imagine it's been f long dayor you. >> yes. >> reporter: jessie, thank you for taking the time. thanks for appreciate it.. >> have a good day. >> reporter: thank you. you heard inhat press conference that best gate oking at right here, it'sou're going to be closedor an indefinite period of time. we don't know when this road is going to beni reope. but this investigation obviouslys going to be spanninghe lasting into t evening tonight. back toig you guys. thalitsey watts tnk y ver reaction and we continue to see reaction from people nearby. a little bit earlier on when she just got on t scene melissa howell spoke with a neig who heard everything from his living room.

melissa is still live out the mall outside of there andli mea, go for it. >> reporter: that's right, so we just wra aed upther news conference. what we're now learning at least three people in the hospital, five peoplein dead. grjuries. witnesses being questioned at this time. we've learned that the suspect is a white male. he did use long gun. that's what weomiceew minutes ago. now, we actually have a reporter h reporter here. josephep tell usni what zation you're from and your connection to the capital gazette. repo yrtes,er f ior the arundel patriot which is online news for anne a and i don'tre have anct relationship with the gazette. i know ofit calap reporters thar with the capital gazette and the cap-al gazette -ow do i say it, it's annapolis' newspa ar. you know, it'sut politics, it's about event you k news organization that a lot of people know directly the y reporters, know, it just makes me afraid that that

could have been me. >> reporter: now, being out here, i know that this is emotional for you. tell me>> about -- it is. >> reporter: why, why you've been out here getting so this isl knowi happen >> i'm trying to stay strong obviously. i've been reporting only for rely three months and --and. >> reporter: you know reporters. reporters with e capital gazette. i've only been repor for threeve months cong different beats on the capital gazette so i haven't had direct contact with anybody from the capital gazette butly i've cer talked to, you know -- heard of several reporters and i know that one of the reporters i got a message from facebook messenger somebody message me and said that that particular reporter of that i heardf never met her in person is in the hospital right now with an injury. i got news from other reporters as well and from other people that ther there are other reporters that are okay. it's really hard because i was working myay job and i took off really quick to beble to come here and -- and cover the news so that way people in my community can be informed of what's going on. >> reporter: you're here, you cover this area very often.

>> yeah, i cover this area. >> reporter: a lot of folks t here especially folks that live in the nghborhood. thank y jessie for speaking wir: us. >> reporte it's a hard me for a lot of people o here. someone we spoke with earlier heard those gunshots. now what we know right now shut down indefinitely. to be that's what police are telling us.they are saying folks just stay afrway invomestiga ttion s going to be continu for quite some time. officials say theyave mental health clinicians who will be working withol pic continue the investigation, more a 170 people were evacuated from the building. we're physicals learning that theyid recover an explosive device but say iles been hand investigators now taking over the sce out here. now, the the governor just saying this is a tragic situation but they're glad some brave people were able to step in and keep even more tragediesperom hapng, mash casualties from happening. the county executive sai the right now.teding now, again, we do kno was

a white d male, he use a long gun, at least thr people in hospital as you just heard from joseph, one of the reporters that he has -- he has hrd of also in the talities and we also sawbut five some trolleys going into the mall area a little while ago. we believe they may have been going in to help folks who have been on lockdown in the a streaf buses waw oea. in. you can see officials over areaered.ey've got the entire we can see those thelleys, you can seem right in front of us. we're seeing some folks. one loading yet but we're going to kp an e and see how many people they bring out approximately but again, 170 people evacuated from the capital gazette. back to you guys. >> all right, melissael how live on the scene. as you zoom in there you can see the buses and w b tg f tkseo llthere from the scene. >> at this point y who rightow n join us here onon c fox5, wourse

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