Suspected newsroom shooter charged with 5 counts of first-degree murder

Five people were killed in a newsroom shooting in Annapolis, Maryland.
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The man suspected of opening fire in the newsroom of Annapolis, Maryland's Capital Gazette newspaper on Thursday, killing five, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder, CNN reports.

The suspect, 38-year-old Jarrod Warren Ramos, reportedly had a personal vendetta against the paper and its staff, who had covered his guilty plea in a 2011 harassment case. Ramos had apparently repeatedly targeted the Capital Gazette on social media and filed a defamation suit against the paper.

The Capital Gazette published a Friday edition of its newspaper despite the attack, with the front-page article quoting Capital editor Rick Hutzell, who said: "We are heartbroken, devastated. Our colleagues and friends are gone."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.