Multiple people have been shot at The Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. The Baltimore Sun, which owns the Annapolis newspaper, says a reporter told them of the shooting Thursday afternoon. (June 28) AP

A gunman opened fire in the newsroom of the Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, killing “multiple people,” according to the Anne Arundel county sheriff.

Sheriff Ron Bateman told Fox News there are multiple fatalities.

From inside the newsroom, Paul Davis tweeted: “A single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead.”

He said a gunman “shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.”

“Can’t say much more and don’t want to declare anyone dead, but it’s bad,” he tweeted.