Maryland Newsroom Shooting That Left 5 Dead Was ‘Targeted Attack’

Police officers talk to a man as they respond to an active shooter at Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis on Thursday.

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Updated at 8:20 a.m. ET on Friday

Five people were killed and at least two others were wounded in a shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md., officials announced at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

Acting Anne Arundel County Police Chief William Krampf confirmed an adult male is in custody and was being interrogated by law enforcement.