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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: 240B on June 29, 2018, 04:05:18 pm

Title: “This Is A Guy Who Is Going To Come In And Shoot Us”: Warnings Missed On Annapolis Shooter
Post by: 240B on June 29, 2018, 04:05:18 pm

HotAir
ED MORRISSEY
Posted at 9:21 am on June 29, 2018

The man behind the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette now faces five counts of first-degree murder. Jarrod Ramos will face arraignment later this morning in a Maryland court, so far without an attorney. After police finally made an identification of the suspect, the rest of the story fell into place

Court records filed Friday show Jarrod W. Ramos has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the killings inside Maryland’s Capital Gazette office.

The online records do not list an attorney for Ramos, who is scheduled for a bail hearing 10:30 a.m. Friday in Annapolis.

Authorities say Ramos opened fire inside the newspaper office Thursday, killing five and injuring two others. He had a long, acrimonious history with the newspaper, including a lawsuit and years of harassment of its journalists.

It went beyond harassment, and the newspaper wasn’t Ramos’ only target. The Baltimore Sun reports that Ramos’ beef with the Capital Gazette began in 2011, when the newspaper covered his trial for criminal harassment. After losing a defamation lawsuit, Ramos began escalating his actions against the newspaper and against Anne Arundel County. And yet, the paper mostly ignored it despite warnings from at least one of its employees:

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Title: Re: “This Is A Guy Who Is Going To Come In And Shoot Us”: Warnings Missed On Annapolis Shooter
Post by: dfwgator on June 29, 2018, 04:14:50 pm

There are always signs.