but there's quite age lar presence outside of th buildin that housed the capital gazet in 8 bestgatennapoliso the road here, bestgate were the capital gazette was housed. the other side is where the westfield annapolis mall is. the gunman a vendetta against the newspaper that stems all the way bk to 2011. he walked inside the building today and fire add shotgun through the glass doors of this newsroom, it sent staffers scrambli and hiding. we know tonight five pllple were ki and police eventually found the shooter hiding under a desk inside the offices. this has been a tragic day not only for the newspaper but for community and the family ofha journalists tare spread out becausend the region we've all been talking about thi . n tell you interestinghe enough,re are journalists here from aswa far a fromew york city,philadelphia, e, baltimor they're all here covering this tragic story, jim, sarah? >>> a maryland family was kicked out ofir own funeral. ats st. m catholic church in reporter: take a look a look at the obituary for her viewing and funeral held here tuesday morning, hundreds

more about the five people. 59 year-old rob hiaasen assistant editor around columnist the capital gazete worked different news za ortion physicals baltimore sun, palm beach st. 61 gerald fischman was cap gazette's editorial page he hadar. worked more than 26 years. communityers editor, reporter spent early part of career in new york city working in public relations an fashion before moving to marand and teaching journalism to high school students along the way. rebe smith 34 years old new hire. les assistant and coworkers say her job to make sure the office ran smthly. >> fifth victim, john mcnamara o editor reportef bowie blade. >> updates on website fox5dc.com as well as social media>> channels. president trump pla to move quickly toppoint nominee to replace antho kennedy. >> he told reporters air fce uding twoin womencl.owed down t demoats vowing to fight the nonee especially in he or she is hard line conservative. >> all right. let's check in with caitlin for the forecast. >> real quick check of the forecast guy as we take a live look outside. probably say it in one warm to you, you

capital for years producing at newspaper t so many in this area have delivered into the red capital gazet little newspaper box that is such a communityhb nehood old fashioned feel to it that's attached to your mailbox. nr that story why don't we begin withs 4 chris gordon. he talked to the widow and very close friend of the capital gazette's long time edito rob hiassen. >> reporter: capital gazette rob hiassen was a creative writer. he crafted stories. today his wifeia m spoke with us at their home. >> there's the pain, the shock, the horror with theve absolute nd pride in my husband that i feel the nee to share with others. >> reporter: rob hiassen was a realap new man. and a mentor. some of those he helped alo the way thought of him as a philosopher and a poet. rob's brother karl is a long-time columnist for miami herald and well known author. >> everybody that worked with w himl remember him as an incredibly gifted and generous journalist. >> reporter: hiassen's close friend kevin worked with rob for 15 yearst sitting n to him at the "baltimore sun." >> i can't believe that rob hiassen

everyone else has justice kennedy's retirement on the front page ofheir major newspapers and the capital gazet, most. it i online, the front page today of their paper was about a water rescue. it's something that really speaks to the town of annapolis and to the county of anne arundel and it does a beautiful job of covering the statehouse which is right there, the capital. this is a small hometown newspaper and when we hear the names as will come out as this unfolds of the five people who we killed today and the names of the people who were gravely injured, i amure governor hogan and the chief of police and so many people in this town are going to know those names. >> you'd mentioned earlier i think at 4:00 that newspapers of course across the country have whrunk. ths a small one to begin ath. 20had family member who worked for them about years ago. now everything is online and this newspaper andheir owner,mo "balti sun," have put up on their website that i think "the baltimore sun" was under lockdown at one point this afternoon, may still be. this has legs all the way up to new york city. the

the five people killed in the shooting were the most experienced at "the capital gazet gazette."nting 80 years at the paper. rob hiaasen was a gifted writer and author. his brother carl posting a message on facebook that read in part, we called him big rob because he was so tall. it was his heart and humor that made him larger than all of us. >> the column was a delight. >> reporter: wendi winters started reporting for the paper 20 years ago. the mother of four was a natural, an editor said she had a knack connecting to the community. gerald fischman was the quiet one. john mcnamara could do everything was sports was his passion. he could tell overs he wouldnco believe he was lucky enough to do what he loved. remember is a smith loved her job and the baltimore ravens. "the capital gazette" stands strong, one of the oefldest in e country. its roots go back to 1772, old enough to print the declaration of independence. >> a prerevolutionary newspaper, that continues to this day. it's an intimate connection with the city. >> reporter: or thursday, it made history, again, the latest v