Jarrod Warren Ramos — who CNN reportsonce filed a defamation suit against the long-running paper— is scheduled for a bail hearing on Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET in Annapolis.
Ramos, 38, was taken into police custody on the scene Thursday. At the time, authorities told PEOPLE Ramos was not cooperating with investigators. He had refused to identify himself and had no identification on him.
Anne Arundel Police
Police told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that a lone gunman had entered the newspaper’s building with a shotgun and smoke grenades.
Acting Deputy Chief William Krampf of the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Annapolis, Maryland, said that the suspect had made threats “as early as today.”
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“We know that there were threats sent toThe Capital-Gazettethrough social media,” Krampf said. “We’re trying to confirm what account that was and who actually sent them. To my knowledge, those threats were [made] as early as today. They were general threats towardsThe CapitalandThe Capital‘s media outlet. They indicated violence.”
While the alleged threats were violent, Krampf could not confirm specifically what the threats entailed or if the suspect was “targeting anyone specifically.”
Krampf said authorities would do everything they could to “get this investigation right.”
“The Capitalnewspaper is our local newspaper. We interact withThe Capitalnewspaper daily. We have friends atThe Capitalnewspaper,” Krampf said. “We speak with the men and women there on a daily basis. We are here and we are invested and we will get this investigation right.”
Police had been called at about 3:15 p.m. and confronted Ramos within 60 to 90 seconds, authorities said. He was apprehended without exchanging gunfire.
Approximately 170 people were evacuated from the building after the shooting.
Annapolis is the capital of Maryland and the county seat of Anne Arundel County. Its population is about 40,000.
source: people.com
