Did you see flags lowered Tuesday? Governments briefly honor journalists slain in mass shooting

Gov. Roy Cooper ordered flags across the state lowered for five slain employees of a Maryland newspaper.

The White House granted a request from Annapolis mayor Gavin Buckley to lower U.S. flags on federal buildings to half-staff in memory of the mass shooting at the newspaper last week after the mayor said the White House initially denied his request, according to The Capital Gazette.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation ordering flags lowered nationwide until sunset on Tuesday.

In addition to U.S. flags, Cooper ordered all North Carolina flags at state facilities be lowered to half-staff until sunset on July 3 in honor of the victims of the shooting. The order went out at about 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, leaving about eight hours for the flags to be lowered.

Journalists Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Gerald Fischman and Wendi Winters and sales assistant Rebecca Smith were shot and killed at the newspaper on June 28.

This story was originally published July 3, 2018 at 2:52 PM.