Brandi Bottalico

5 years after Capital Gazette shooting, survivors and families begin to heal, but scars remain: ‘Moving with the pain’ trib.al/GQMBjDC

Officers are on scene of a barricade at GW Memorial Pkwy & Belle Haven Rd in Belle Haven for a man experiencing a mental health crisis. The man barricaded himself inside a car. GW Pkwy closed in both directions while officers attempt to peacefully resolve the situation. #FCPD

UPDATE: person has been extricated from car. Being transported to hospital with potential life-threatening injuries. #FCFRD #traffic twitter.com/ffxfirerescue/…

Chick-fil-A to open Annandale and Kingstowne locations this spring ffxnow.com/2022/02/25/chi…

Good morning, Fairfax County — FFXnow is officially live ffxnow.com/2022/02/22/goo…

I'm starting something new today, Meanwhile, in Annapolis. I'll be writing essays on the Meta Bulletin platform for independent voices. Here's my first go. Hope you like it. bit.ly/3214VLe

An Annapolis mayoral candidate forum will begin shortly at Kneseth Israel Congregation. I’ll have some tweets for @capgaznews if the wifi cooperates.

At 8:45 a.m. two SROs observed a fight on second floor of Annapolis High. One student had a knife and was disarmed by a SRO. Two students were sent to hospital. Seven students were arrested, says @AACOPD PIO Jackie Davis

“Justice was served today,” @AnneArundelSAO says outside courthouse after sentencing. In a mass shooting case that gripped the community, even jurors in the gunman’s sanity trial came to court Tuesday to watch the sentence

Judge Michael Wachs imposed the maximum possible sentence for the Capital Gazette gunman: six terms of life in prison, five without parole, plus 220 years — all to be served consecutively. @capgaznews @baltimoresun

Andrea Chamblee: The real victim impact is that he’s gone when he deserved to be here. trib.al/JWWmpZd

An Anne Arundel County judge sentenced the man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom and killed five people to five life sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday. trib.al/hrpTNOu

The Capital Gazette gunman will be sentenced today. Story by @alex_mann10 and update to follow capitalgazette.com/news/crime/ac-…

Election night pizza is perfect

@pwgphoto @b3dubose @capgaznews Come get pizza!

@b3dubose @BrandiBot @capgaznews And I know where your at, an undisclosed location, lol.

Today is Annapolis' primary election. For those who haven't mailed a ballot, through 8 p.m., you can drop it off in one of 8 dropboxes or you can vote in person in one of the wards with contested elections - Ward 3, 4 and 8. Your ballot can still be mailed if postmarked by today.

APPLY!!!! So thankful that @MDDCPress placed me with @capgaznews this past summer. If you have any questions about the application or program, let me know:-)

Jeff Bill appreciation day: a personal hero for many reasons! 1) fantastic photographer 2) always has the photo team's back 3) saved my ass on deadline more than once (including literally last night) 4) humble, modest, incredibly caring 5) can avoid glass glare like no other:

National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Strong stands in front of Sun and Earth, a market that’s storefront was destroyed. Strong is tracking the tornados path starting in Edgewater. Tornado likely had winds above 100 mph. The storm grade is undetermined

Come work with us! The Capital has an opening for Anne Arundel County government reporter, who would get to cover the upcoming 2022 election. careers-tribpub.icims.com/jobs/4485/comm…