--- description: Despite surviving a shooting and suffering the loss of five colleagues, Capital Gazette staff regrouped and reported on the tragedy title: See The Front Page Of The Capital Gazette After The Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72b0b6b8b8548556/6989343597cdfffca36b59f1/gettyimages-986532758.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Gunman Killed Five People at the Capital Gazette Newspaper. This Is Their Front Page After the Attack by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:59 PM CUTPublished: Jun 29, 2018 6:39 AM CUT  Police respond to a shooting on June 28, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland. Police respond to a shooting on June 28, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland.Alex Wroblewski—Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:59 PM CUTPublished: Jun 29, 2018 6:39 AM CUT Despite [surviving a shooting](http://time.com/5325611/capital-gazette-newspaper-shooting/ "undefined") and suffering the loss of five of their colleagues Thursday, reporters and editors at the _Capital Gazette_ regrouped and continued to report on the tragedy that befell them. A gunman armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades opened fire in the offices of the Annapolis, Maryland-based newspaper Thursday, [killing five employees](http://time.com/5326090/capital-gazette-maryland-shooting-victims/ "undefined") and wounding several others before being taken into custody. Journalists at the _Capital_ and parent paper the Baltimore _Sun_ [continued to report](http://time.com/5326038/capital-gazette-shooting-putting-out-paper/ "undefined") on the incident late Thursday, publishing [stories](http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bs-md-covering-shooting-20180628-story.html "undefined") on the attack, the suspect, and [obituaries](http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bal-capital-gazette-shooting-victims-20180628-storygallery.html "undefined") of their colleagues. They succeeded in putting out a paper Friday morning, with the front page headline reading ‘5 shot dead at The Capital’ underneath photos of the five victims. > [](https://twitter.com/capgaznews/status/1012549267368693760) Police said the incident was a “targeted attack,” and acting Anne Arundel County Police Chief William Krampf said the shooter “looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level.” Police have not released the suspect’s identity, but a law enforcement officer named him as [Jarrod W. Ramos](http://time.com/5326056/capital-gazette-shooter-jarrod-w-ramos/ "undefined"), according to the Associated Press. Ramos was charged with five counts of first-degree murder, according to AP. Grieving members of the _Capital Gazette_ team assembled in a parking lot at the Annapolis Mall a few blocks away from the office, according to AP. Others continued working from home. “We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow,” reporter Charlie Cook [wrote](https://twitter.com/chaseacook/status/1012465236195061766 "undefined") on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/capgaznews/status/1012549266492067840) “It’s what our instinct was — to go back to work,” said photographer Josh McKerrow, who was working on a laptop in the parking deck, according to AP. “It’s what our colleagues would have done.”  Capital Gazette reporter Chase Cook (R) and photographer Joshua McKerrow (L) work on the next days newspaper while awaiting news from their colleagues in Annapolis, Maryland, June 28, 2018. Ivan Couronne—AFP/Getty Images Reporter Pat Ferguson said the attack, which appeared to be one of the deadliest on journalists in U.S. history, was something that “might happen in Afghanistan,” he said. “Not in a newsroom a block away from the mall.” The _Capital_ also left the paper’s regular Opinion page blank Friday to honor the victims of the shooting. “Tomorrow, this _Capital_ page will return to its steady purpose of offering readers informed opinion about the world around them,” the _Capital_ wrote. “But today, we are speechless.” > [](https://twitter.com/capgaznews/status/1012625503986044928) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5326226/capital-gazette-newspaper-shooting-front-page/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5326226/capital-gazette-newspaper-shooting-front-page/"},"headline":"A Gunman Killed Five People at the Capital Gazette Newspaper. 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