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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/capital-gazette-annapolis-shooting.html
5 People Dead in Shooting at Maryland’s Capital Gazette Newsroom
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U.S. By Barbara Marcolini and Robin Lindsay 0:44 Police Respond to Shooting, Taking Suspect Into Custody
A suspect in the shooting, who had a long history of conflict with the newspaper, was in police custody.Published OnJune 28, 2018CreditImage by Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Sabrina Tavernise, Amy Harmon and Maya Salam
- June 28, 2018
The suspect, Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, was taken into custody at the scene and was charged on Friday morning with five counts of first-degree murder. He had a long history of conflict with the Capital Gazette, which produces a number of local newspapers along Maryland’s shore, suing journalists there for defamation and waging a social media campaign against them.
“This was a targeted attack on the Capital Gazette,” said William Krampf, acting chief of the Anne Arundel County Police Department. “This person was prepared to shoot people. His intent was to cause harm.”
A bail hearing for Mr. Ramos was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday in Annapolis, according to Maryland court records, which did not list a lawyer for him but said Mr. Ramos was eligible to be represented by a public defender.
The chilling attack was covered in real time by some of the journalists who found themselves under siege. A message saying “please help us” with the address of the office building was tweeted from the account of Anthony Messenger, a summer intern. A crime reporter, Phil Davis, described how the gunman “shot through the glass door to the office” before opening fire on employees.