A spokesperson for the department confirmed officers have been dispatched to media organizations across the city. | Getty NYPD deploying officers to media organizations in New York City

The New York Police Department is deploying heavily armed police officers to news organizations across the city following a shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday.

A spokesperson for the department confirmed that officers have been dispatched to media organizations across the city. Manhattan is home to some of the world’s most prominent media companies, many of which are based Midtown.


Initial reports said there was an “active shooter” where the Gazette’s offices are located. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it was responding to a “shooting incident” at the Gazette with multiple people shot, the Baltimore Sun, which owns the Gazette, reported this afternoon.