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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Jarrod Ramos, the gunman who killed 5 people successful a wide shooting astatine the Capital Gazette paper successful 2018, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 5 beingness presumption successful situation without the anticipation of parole and an further 220 years successful prison.
“Justice has been served,” said Gov. Larry Hogan. “While we anticipation this brings immoderate measurement of closure to the families, the symptom of that horrible time volition ever beryllium with us.”
Justice has been served. While we anticipation this brings immoderate measurement of closure to the families, the symptom of that horrible time volition ever beryllium with us.
Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendi Winters are everlastingly successful our hearts.https://t.co/YVogtFImAi
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) September 28, 2021
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“Our transgression justness strategy worked. Thank you to each of the archetypal responders, arresting officers, detention officers, tribunal employees, and prosecutors successful the State’s Attorney’s Office,” said Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman successful a statement. “You person made our assemblage safer and helped to reconstruct equilibrium to the lives of those closest to our 5 beloved truth-tellers – Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendi Winters.”
Ramos, a Laurel resident, pleaded guilty, but not criminally liable to each 23 counts against him successful 2019, utilizing Maryland’s mentation of an insanity defense. After a two-week-long proceedings successful July, Ramos was recovered criminally liable much than 3 years aft the shootings, meaning helium would walk the remainder of his beingness successful situation alternatively than a authorities hospital. A assemblage took little than 2 hours to cull Ramos’ defense.
Anne Arundel County’s State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess asked Judge Michael Wachs to condemnation the suspect to 5 beingness sentences for each of the 5 victims. Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters were killed during the attack.
Ramos had a longstanding grudge against the paper for an nonfiction they published astir his stalking of a erstwhile classmate.
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Victim interaction statements were shared astatine the proceedings Tuesday morning.
Selene San Felice, a newsman who was successful the newsroom erstwhile the shooting happened, said “I fought to unrecorded that time and I volition ne'er halt fighting.”
"I fought to unrecorded that time and I volition ne'er halt fighting," – Reporter @SeleneSanFelice.
San Felice spoke this morning. She was successful the newsroom during the shooting. She hid with others and survived.
San Felice said she went backmost to enactment the time aft the shooting. @wjz
— Avajoye Burnett (@AvajoyeWJZ) September 28, 2021
Summer Leigh Geimer is the youngest kid of Wendi Winters, a assemblage bushed newsman who was killed successful the shooting.
“The fable of Wendi Winters volition unrecorded connected forever,” Geimer said.
Geimer said her ma ever picked up the phone: “after lone 1 unanswered telephone call, I knew she was dead.”
Summer Leigh Geimer said her ma ever picked up the telephone – – "after lone 1 unanswered telephone call, I knew she was dead." @wjz
— Avajoye Burnett (@AvajoyeWJZ) September 28, 2021
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