Victims, Family Members Respond To Sentencing Of Capital Gazette Shooter Jarrod Ramos

ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Family members and survivors said justness has been served aft the Capital Gazette shooter was sentenced to 5 consecutive beingness sentences without the anticipation of parole.

The justice announced his determination contiguous aft listening to victims and survivors speech astir however that time changed their lives forever.

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The victims’ household members heard the words they’ve been waiting for: “Life without parole.”

Three years ago, a gunman walked into the superior gazette newsroom and attacked. Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters were killed.

“My ma is killed erstwhile I was 20 and she volition ne'er spot maine autumn successful love, get married, person babies, she didn’t spot maine postgraduate college,” said Summerleigh Winters Geimer, aft the verdict.

Back successful the summer, a assemblage determined that the shooter was criminally liable for that wide shooting. Then, connected Tuesday, the justice announced his fate: helium volition walk 5 beingness sentences down bars without the anticipation of parole.

“I’m relieved that we got the sentencing that we had wished for,” said Cindy Rittenour, Rebecca Smith’s sister

Reporter Selene San Felice hid nether a table during the 2018 shooting and yet escaped. She got a infinitesimal to look the defendant.

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“It meant a batch to maine to beryllium capable to archer him to his look that helium failed,” she said.

Photojournalist Paul Gillespie narrowly escaped that time arsenic a gunshot flew past his head.

“I mislaid 5 of my household members, I was astir killed myself,” helium said. “It’s thing that haunts maine each day.”

During a 3 week proceedings backmost successful the summertime prosecutors argued the suspect had a grievance with the paper aft a communicative they wrote up astir him, and that’s wherefore helium methodically planned the onslaught and locked the doors from the extracurricular truthful victims couldn’t escape.

State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess argued the lawsuit and described a last enactment with the shooter arsenic helium was walked away.

“He thought helium had the past word,” she said. “As helium near the courtroom helium tried to look maine down, but that didn’t enactment either due to the fact that I looked close backmost astatine him. He did not person the past word.”

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In further to the 5 beingness sentences without parole, the state’s lawyer said helium was sentenced to an further 345 years for the further charges associated with that wide shooting.

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