The gunman who opened fire inside at the headquarters of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday has been identified as 38-year-old Jarrod Ramos, a white male who is a resident of Maryland, according to MSNBC.

BREAKING: Suspect in Maryland newsroom shooting has been identified as Jarrod Ramos, 38, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. pic.twitter.com/Y9JJGCHfhq

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 29, 2018

The Daily Beast also reported the name, citing the MSNBC report.

CBS and CNN also confirmed.

CBS News can confirm that 38-year-old Jarrod W. Ramos of Laurel, Maryland, is being questioned as the suspect in the Capital Gazette shooting.

— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) June 29, 2018

The suspect in the shooting is Jarrod Warren Ramos, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. Here’s an older article about a defamation claim he filed against the newspaper in 2012 that was dismissed.
https://t.co/aUe0bRDx4P

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 29, 2018

The shooter, armed with a shotgun, shot through a glass door at the Maryland newspaper’s headquarters, before opening fire on staffers. Five were killed and several more were wounded in the shooting.

The victims were rushed to Johns Hopkins medical center.

Ramos was apprehended by police on the scene.

The Capital Gazette, one of the country’s oldest newspapers, is owned by the Baltimore Sun.

Read more about his lawsuit and alleged grudge against the newspaper here. 

This story is developing.

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