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Attorneys to Argue Over Evidence in Capital Gazette Shooting Case

Police say the shooter killed five people at the newspaper after they published an article about a crime he pleaded guilty to years earlier

Two days of pretrial hearings are set to begin Tuesday in the case against Capital Gazette shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos.

Defense attorneys have complained to Judge Laura Ripken that they don't believe prosecutors have shared evidence with them properly, which prosecutors deny.

The defense also is asking the judge to block or restrict prosecutors from using evidence of other crimes or bad acts during the trial.

Ramos has pleaded not guilty and not criminally responsible, Maryland's version of the insanity defense. He's charged with five counts of first-degree murder and other charges.

Capital Gazette employees Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters died after a gunman stormed into their newsroom in Annapolis on June 28, 2018.

Police found Ramos hiding under a desk. Police said he targeted workers — in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in the United States — after they published an article in 2011 about criminal harassment to which he had pleaded guilty.

Three days of jury selection are scheduled to begin Oct. 30. The trial is set to start Nov. 4.

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