Mass Shootings In Maryland: Newspaper, Workplace, Mall

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A gunman killed five people in Annapolis in the Capital Gazette building Wednesday afternoon, an attack that came after a dispute with the newspaper and social media threats. Several more people were injured, according to police, who said the shooter was in custody. The violence was the second mass shooting in Maryland in the past year, with a fatal school shooting also taking place in the state in 2018.

In October 2017, a Cecil County man opened fire on his co-workers in Edgewood, killing three and injuring three others. He then drove to Delaware, shooting and wounding a sixth person.

After Thursday's shooting in Annapolis, more than 170 people were evacuated from the newspaper building on Bestgate Road and escorted to the Annapolis Mall, Anne Arundel County Police spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure said. The shooter has not been identified.

• 5 Dead In Capital Gazette Newspaper Shooting, More Wounded
  

Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley vowed that the make-up of the city and the state won't be changed by the shooting.

"This is our family and today's victims were our friends," Buckley said. "Today's tragedy will not be the new normal for our city, county, state or country."

Here are some of the recent mass shootings in Maryland. A "mass shooting" is defined as three or more killed.

Edgewood, Maryland: Oct. 18, 2017

Radee Prince, 37, of Elkton

Three people were killed and three injured when Prince opened fire at Advanced Granite Solutions, a business in an industrial park where he worked in Harford County. Prince was arrested after an hours-long manhunt the ended in Delaware hours after he shot an acquaintance there. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Delaware and is awaiting trial in Maryland. The widow of one of the victims said her husband told her Prince was "always angry" and had an explosive temper at work. A former employer said Prince "cursed and yelled about employment benefits," according to the Associated Press. The employer filed for a peace order, stating that Prince was threatening.

Columbia, Maryland: Jan. 25, 2014

Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park

Two people who worked at Zumiez at The Mall in Columbia were gunned down before Aguilar turned the weapon on himself. Police said the shooter was a loner who researched violence online and did not seek help for mental health issues.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington Navy Yard: Sept. 16, 2013

Aaron Alexis, 34, of Washington, D.C.

A Navy IT contractor killed 12 people and wounded four others in the Navy Yard's Building 197. He was reportedly shot and killed by police, and his sister told CBS she believed he suffered from mental illness.

There have also been two school shootings in the past several years in Maryland, including one that was a little more than three months ago.

School Shootings

Great Mills High School; Great Mills, Maryland: March 20, 2018

Austin Wyatt Rollins, 17, of Lexington Park, Maryland

Rollins walked into the school he attended around 7:50 a.m. and several minutes later, fired at a girl and boy in the hallway before exchanging gunfire with the school resource officer. He was pronounced deceased, and the girl, who was identified as his ex-girlfriend, later died.

Perry Hall High School; Perry Hall, Maryland: Aug. 27, 2012

Robert Gladden, 15, of Kingsville, Maryland

Gladden, who was is now 20, shot and injured a special needs student in the Perry Hall High School cafeteria on the first day of school. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison for attempted first-degree murder.

SEE ALSO:

• Annapolis Shooting: 5 Dead, More Wounded At Capital Gazette Paper
• Suspected Edgewood Shooter In Custody; 3 Dead, 3 Injured
• 3 Dead in Shooting at Columbia Mall, Gunman Identified
• Slain Gunman Identified, 2 Teens Hurt In Great Mills High School Shooting
• Washington Navy Yard Shooting: 13 Dead; Shooter IDed As Aaron Alexis, Contractor
• Perry Hall Shooter Sentenced to 35 Years
• Navy Yard Shooting: 'Could and Should Have Been Prevented'

Pictured, at least five people were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire inside the offices of the Capital Gazette, a newspaper published in Annapolis. A reporter for the daily, Phil Davis, tweeted that a 'gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.''There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload," Davis said on June 28, 2018. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)