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What We Know About The Alleged Gunman At A Maryland Newspaper

Police have identified 38-year-old Jarrod W. Ramos as the man they say gunned down five people at the offices of The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday.

The man suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two others at the offices of The Capital in Annapolis, Md., had filed a lawsuit against the newspaper over its coverage of a criminal harassment charge against him.

For years prior to , authorities say Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, had used social media to excoriate the paper, along with the prosecutors and

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