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Washington – The prosecution yesterday filed five counts of murder against Jarrod Ramos, accused of firing Thursday in a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, where he allegedly killed five people, and who is held in prison "without bail". 19659002] It is not excluded that he is charged with new charges since, besides the deceased, three other people have had to receive medical attention because of the shooting. Ramos, 38, will not face the death penalty, since Maryland abolished this sentence in 2013, but if he was found guilty would face life imprisonment. The suspect is "under arrest and without bail," said Maryland's attorney, Wes Adams, who announced that he had to undergo "a preliminary hearing or appear before a jury within 30 days" .
Ramos was arrested At the scene of the events, a few minutes after he would have fired at the newspaper Gazzete newspaper, which yesterday published his daily paper edition with the white opinion section, stating that "we are voiceless." The five deaths were identified as Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, all reporters, and sales agent Wendi Winters.
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed dismay at the shooting. "We are once again in mourning and perplexed by the gravity of this massacre that is mourning American journalism," said SIP President Gustavo Mohme, adding that "we are devastated by this attack."
Timothy Altomare, from Anne Arundel County, stated that the attacker was looking to "kill as many people as possible" and that he was using a rifle that he had legally bought "a year or more ago". The aggressor planned his actions, as evidence "the barricade to block a way out" of the editorial staff of the Gazette. Ramos did not like the newspaper for a chronicle about his alleged harassment of a woman. Sued the newspaper for defamation, but lost the case, and launched repeated threats on social networks.
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