Jun 13, 2019:
Prosecutors asked Judge Laura Ripken for access to the defendants tax records in an effort to show he is mentally competent and of sound mind.
May 8, 2019:
Circuit Court Judge Laura Ripken ordered that Ramos be committed to Clifton T. Perkins Hospital (Maryland's maximum security psychiatric hospital) so he can be evaluated by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility. Once the evaluation is complete, Ramos will be returned to Anne Arundel County Jail where he is currently being held.
The trial is scheduled to begin on November 4 of this year.
Apr 29, 2019:
Ramos entered a plea of not guilty and not criminally responsible (not guilty by reason of insanity) in the Capital Gazette shooting.
Anne Colt Leitess, Anne Arundel County State's Attorney, said she will ask the court to order that Ramos undergo a mental/psychiatric evaluation by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Man charged in Capital Gazette shooting enters not criminally responsible plea | Capital Gazette
Jun 28, 2018:
A man with a shotgun shot and killed five people and wounded two others in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland.
Police took the suspect, 38 year-old Jarrod W. Ramos, into custody.
In 2011, Ramos pleaded guilty to criminal harassment. His 90-day jail sentence was suspended and he received 18 months supervised probation.
In July, 2012, representing himself, Ramos sued the Capital Gazette, Eric Hartley (the reporter who wrote the article), and Thomas Marquardt (the newspaper's publisher) on charges of defamation. In 2013, his lawsuit was dismissed because he didn't show that anything that was said about him in the article was false. His appeal in 2015 was also dismissed for the same reason.
Neither Hartley or Marquardt were present during the shooting.
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