The 38-year-old man, who bled the Capital city of Maryland, Annapolis, had a long-running feud with Capital Gazette. He has been identified by the police as one Jarrod Warren Ramos, a resident of Laurel, Maryland.

p< He had, prior to a mindless killing of five staffers of the news paper, had taken legal steps against it. He had also sought justice against a perceived injustice meted out to him by Capital Gazette on social network.