The inside of an Annapolis newsroom remains a crime scene. But outside, a collection of cards, flowers, balloons and other gifts is growing to honor the five slain Capital Gazette employees.
A press notebook, cards and gifts are seen at a memorial outside of the Capital Gazette where five people were killed by a gunman.
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Flowers with a note “love prevails” are seen at a memorial outside of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis after five people were killed by a gunman
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A banner is seen by a memorial near where five people were killed at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis.
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Signs are seen at a memorial outside of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis where five people were killed by a gunman.
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
Flowers, balloons, cards and other gifts are seen outside of 888 Bestgate Road in Annapolis, Maryland, where five people were killed by a gunman at the Capital Gazette newspaper
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A note is seen at a memorial outside of the building where five people were killed at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis.
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Eric Hyde, local carpenter and artist spent time on Friday morning creating a wooden piece of art to place at a memorial for the victims of the Capital Gazette shooting that reads “Naptown Strong.”
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A shirt it seen outside of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, where five people were killed by a gunman.
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A bouquet of flowers and a card are seen at a memorial for the five victims of a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis.
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A woman is seen placing a note at a memorial in Annapolis for the victims of the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper.
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WASHINGTON — The inside of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis where five people were killed by a gunman remains a crime scene.
But outside, a memorial of cards, flowers, balloons and other gifts is growing in honor of those employees who lost their lives.
“We’re all just torn up about it,” said Lisa Peri through tears.
Peri, who works for nearby What’s Up Magazine, left a bouquet of flowers at the memorial Friday.
“None of us are shocked. We’re sad that it happened in our community, but we keep seeing this over and over again,” Peri said.
Police said Friday that Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, blasted into the Annapolis newsroom “to kill as many people as he could kill,” said Anne Arundel County Police Chief Timothy Altomare.
Eric Hyde, a local carpenter and artist, spent time on Friday morning creating a wooden piece of art to place at the memorial that says “Naptown Strong.”
He has lived in Annapolis more than 20 years and calls it his adopted home.
“It just breaks my heart. It breaks my heart. This one hit very close to home,” Hyde said.
Valerie Bonk started working at WTOP in 2016 and has lived in Howard County, Maryland, her entire life. She's thrilled to be a reporter for WTOP telling stories on air. She works as both a television and radio reporter in the Maryland and D.C. areas.
