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Police department. we have details here. bear with us. we can't answer a lot of questions. this is still an active and ongoing investigation. we're trying to make sure that everybody is safe, reunite people with their families. once the building is secure, we have a crime scene. so we anticipate this being a long investigation. very detailed by our detectives. i'd like to introduce our anne arundle county executive, steven shue to answer any questions. we still have a lot of work to do. mr. shue? >> i'm county executive steve shue of anne arundle county. we had a terrible shooting here this af...

Families. i want to thank the law enforcement professionals that responded. our emergency response team did an incredible job. the fact that they responded in 60 seconds, i want to give serious praise to anne arundle county and the city of annapolis. we were here to back them up. we have federal agencies. it's a tragic situation. we don't have all the information yet. we can't give all the information yet because it's an active crime scene and investigation. we have had several fatalities and several people in the hospital. we'll leave to it the professionals to conduct the investigation. >> [...

We're seeing it play out before our eyes here this afternoon. some new information that i've just gotten from the governor of maryland. governor larry hogan just said -- retweeting anne arundle police saying devastated to learn of this tragedy in annapolis. governor hogan said i'm in contact with the county executive and the police kept is on the scene assisting the anne arundle police department. please stay away from the area. the governor said praying for those on scene and our community. the governor of the state of maryland, larry hogan reacting to what appears to be another active gun vi...

Wttg has even interrupted that program to bring you this horrifying the news there. this is annapolis maryland, the chopper is overhead. we've gotten word from the sheriff anne arundle county. all the facilities of the multiple newspapers are there. won't soon forget the reporting of a reporter for that particular newspaper group whose just told us what was going on inside the newsroom. nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your death and you hear the gunman preload. trace gallagher, anything further? >> it's interesting, shep.

Capitol gazette. we don't know how many were in the building at the time. that appears to be the number. >> shepard: trace, i've seen more than that. we wonder if there's other people in the building with other offices. john, our editorial head here says there's dental offices and others there. that would explain why the newspaper itself and the company -- cardiac care facility and dental offices. the long and short of it is, here we are on another summer afternoon in america and it's happened again. a shooting at the newspaper offices in annapolis. multiple people confirmed dead by the sherif...