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| The suspect in Thursday's mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper office barricaded an exit so that employees could not escape, says a prosecutor. | The suspect in Thursday's mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper office barricaded an exit so that employees could not escape, says a prosecutor. |
| Police earlier told reporters the accused, Jarrod Ramos, was not co-operating with the investigation. | Police earlier told reporters the accused, Jarrod Ramos, was not co-operating with the investigation. |
| Police found evidence the attack on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis was planned at the suspect's house. | |
| Mr Ramos, 38, appeared in court via video link to be charged with five counts of first-degree murder. | |
| A judge ordered him held without bail during Friday's hearing at Anne Arundel County criminal court. | |
| Wearing blue detention clothes, the suspect reportedly said nothing but watched the proceedings attentively. | |
| Investigators say he had a "long-standing grievance" with the newspaper. | |
| The defendant had sued the Gazette for defamation over a 2011 column that reported on his guilty plea to criminal harassment of a woman over social media, but he lost the case in 2015. | |
| In the harassment case, Mr Ramos reportedly received a 90-day sentence but avoided jail time and was ordered to get therapy. | |
| The victims were Wendi Winters, 65, editor and community reporter; Rebecca Smith, 34, sales assistant; Robert Hiaasen, 59, assistant editor and columnist; Gerald Fischman, 61, editorial writer; and John McNamara, 56, reporter and editor. | |
| Two other people who hurt by broken glass, according to officials. | |
| Prosecutor Wes Adams said during Friday's news conference that the defendant was a "danger to our community". | |
| "We brought to the judge's attention the evidence that suggested a co-ordinated attack," Mr Adams said. | |
| "The barricading of a back door, and the use of a tactical approach in the hunting down and shooting of the innocent victims." | |
| Mr Adams said Mr Ramos "entered through the front door and worked his way through the office" during the attack. | |
| He also said there was "one victim who attempted to escape through the backdoor and was shot at that point". | |
| Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump expressed his condolences. | |
| "This attack shocked the conscience of our nation and filled our heats with grief," he said. | |
| "Journalists like all Americans should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job." |