Annapolis newsroom shooting leaves 5 people dead; suspect in custody, officials say
The gunman who shot dead five people and injured two others in Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom had a long-running grudge against the newspaper after they exposed him for Facebook stalking a woman.
Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, was armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades when he launched the attack on the journalists in their newsroom in Annapolis on Thursday afternoon. -- Daily Mail
Police: Annapolis attack a 'targeted' shooting
Law enforcement calling a shooting at the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland a 'targeted' attack, that there were threats sent over social media. #Tucker
Appellate court upholds ruling in favor of Capital-Gazette
Maryland's second-highest court last week upheld a ruling in favor of Capital-Gazette Communications, a former reporter and a former publisher accused of defamation.
Jarrod Ramos of Laurel made the defamation claim in Prince George's County Circuit Court in 2012 after a 2011 column by then-Capital staff writer Eric Hartley about Ramos' guilty plea to criminal harassment. -- More...
'Bitter gunman, 38, who shot five dead in the Capital Gazette newsroom, after he sued the paper and harassed staff over 2011 article that exposed him for Facebook stalking a woman
• Five people are dead after a gunman opened fire Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom on Thursday
• Police responded within 60 seconds to reports of an active shooter at the newsroom at about 2.40pm
• The suspect, identified as Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, was taken into custody following the shooting
• Police say newspaper had received threats on social media prior to the deadly shooting
• Ramos had unsuccessfully sued the newspaper and one of its former reporters in 2013 for defamation
• Police sources said the gunman purposely damaged his fingertips so investigators couldn't fingerprint him
• Authorities said they recovered a shotgun and what they thought to be an explosive device from the scene
• The five victims are: Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, Robert Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara
• Phil Davis, a court and crime reporter for the Gazette, said the gunman had shot through the glass door of the offices and then opened fire on the newspaper employees
• Intern Anthony Messenger sounded the alarm tweeting at 2.43pm: 'Active shooter, please help us'
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