Maryland shooting: at least five dead in 'targeted attack' on Capital Gazette newspaper – live updates

Police in Annapolis confirm fatalities and say others have been injured. Follow live updates hereFive people shot and killed in attack on newspaper office 2.42am BST Columnist and assistant editor Rob Hiaasen has been named by the Baltimore Sun as one of the five people killed in a shooting at the Sun’s sister publication, the Capital Gazette. The veteran newspaper reporter had been a features writer for the Baltimore Sun for 17 years before he joined the Capital in 2010. In addition to his editing duties, he wrote a Sunday column on topics ranging from bat houses to snow snorkeling. Props to @capgaznews assistant editor Rob Hiaasen. When my cell phone rang I thought he would be adding to my assignments, but he was actually asking what kind of election night pizza I wanted. Awesome move in my book. Thanks. 1.53am BST Lieutenant Ryan Frashure of the Anne Arundel county police just told CNN that reports about the suspect’s fingerprints having been mutilated are false. “It is simply not true that he obliterated his fingerprints,” Frashure told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Continue reading…
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