Prosecutor: Newspaper gunman killed 5 in revenge for article
by Brian Witte, The Associated Press
Posted Jul 8, 2021 7:05 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 8, 2021 at 7:14 pm EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) The man who murdered five people at a Maryland newspaper acted out of revenge for an article about his prior harassment case that he believed would hurt his ability to get dates with women, a prosecutor said Thursday during a trial to determine whether the shooter is criminally responsible due to insanity.
Anne Colt Leitess, the prosecutor, gave her opening statement after defense attorneys rested their case. She said Jarrod Ramos suffers from multiple forms of mental illness that precluded him appreciating the criminality of his conduct. But Leitess said that while Ramos has personality disorders like narcissism, he does not have serious mental illness that qualifies him to be found not criminally responsible for five murders.
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FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, pictures of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper adorn candles during a vigil across the street from where they were slain in the newsroom in Annapolis, Md. A jury was selected on Friday, June 25, 2021, for the second phase of a trial for a man who killed the five people at the newspaper to decide whether he is criminally responsible due to his mental health. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in 2019 to all 23 counts against him in the attack at the Capital Gazette nearly three years ago, but he has pleaded that he is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)