Jarrod Ramos
Jarrod Ramos
Jarrod Warren Ramos is a resident in the state of Laurel, Maryland. [undefined] [undefined] [undefined]
Social media presence & Lawsuit
Ramos created a Twitter account under the username of "EricHartleyFrnd".
In 2012, Ramos filed a defamation lawsuit against the Capital Gazette paper and a columnist over a July 2011 story that covered a criminal harassment case against him. [undefined]
He brought the suit against the columnist, Eric Hartley, naming Capital Gazette Communications and Thomas Marquardt, the paper’s former editor and publisher, as defendants.
The Twitter page in Ramos’ name featured Hartley’s picture as its avatar, and a banner image included photographs of Marquardt and the Capital’s former owner Philip Merrill.
In the Media
On Thursday June 28, 2018, Ramos was identified as the perpetrator of The Capital Gazette Mass Shooting that left five people dead and several others injured. [undefined] [undefined]
Among the victims shot is long time reporter John McNamara. He had filed a defamation claim in 2012 against the paper but the case was dismissed. [undefined] [undefined]
Ramos was not carrying an identification at the time the shooting was carried out.
He initially refused to identify himself to officials and had reportedly damaged his fingerprints so he could not be identified.
He was reportedly identified via facial recognition software.
[undefined] [undefined] Ramos had tweeted, "F*ck you, leave me alone @judgemoylanfrnd.", before the shooting. [undefined]