Updated: At least 5 killed in shooting in a newsroom in Maryland US

Euronews: At least five people were killed when a gunman fired at a local newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, police said in a press conference.

NBC News, citing senior law enforcement officials, said the suspect was taken into custody for the shooting at the Capital Gazette.

Phil Davis, a reporter at the paper, tweeted that a single shooter “shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead.”

“There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you’re under your desk and then hear the gunman reload,” he wrote.

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BBC: Police said there were multiple fatalities at the scene, and that a suspect was now in custody.

The shooting occurred at the Capital Gazette newspaper building on Thursday afternoon.

One reporter has said a gunman shot through a glass door at “multiple employees” but police told the BBC they could not confirm details.

Some US media are quoting law enforcement officers as saying that there were multiple fatalities and injuries.

But county police Lt Ryan Frashure said during a televised news conference that there are injuries, but could not give any further details.

A reporter with the Capital Gazette newspaper said multiple people have been shot at its office in Annapolis, Maryland. Anne Arundel police said they are responding to an active shooter at an Annapolis building.

The ATF and FBI said they are also responding to a shooting at that location.