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.