Capital Gazette Shooting Suspect Planned Attack and Blocked Exits Authorities revealed that Jarrod W. Ramos, the suspect in the shooting deaths of five people at a newspaper in Maryland, planned the entire attack. Ramos, 38, used a pump-action shotgun and barricaded doors to prevent people
from leaving. District Court Judge Thomas Pryal ordered Ramos held without bail. Police found planning materials for the attack in his car, but not a manifesto explaining his reasons. Court documents show Ramos filed a defamation suit against the newspaper in 2012 but was dismissed. From 2007 to 2014, Ramos was employed by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics as an IT contractor. President Donald Trump addressed the shooting on Friday. "This attack shocked the conscience of our nation, and filled our hearts with grief. Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job."