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Jarrod W. Ramos, 38, was armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades when he launched the attack on the journalists in Maryland's Capital Gazette newsroom on Thursday afternoon. He was arrested shortly after police stormed the building. Ramos, who lives in Laurel, Maryland, had refused to identify himself to authorities in the aftermath of the shooting. A law enforcement official said he had to be identified using facial recognition technology after purposely damaging his fingerprints in what investigators believe was an attempt to prevent them from quickly identifying him. Police said it was a 'targeted attack' on the Capital Gazette and that he entered the building 'looking for his victims'. The five victims were named by police as Wendi Winters, 65, Rebecca Smith, 34, Robert Hiaasen, 59, Gerald Fischman, 61, and John McNamara, 56. Police said the newspaper had received threats on social media prior to the deadly shooting. Ramos had unsuccessfully sued the newspaper and one of its former reporters in 2013 for defamation. A Twitter profile under his name includes frequent tweets about the newspaper and its staff. Ramos was the subject of a 2011 article - titled 'Jarrod wants to be your friend' - after he pleaded guilty to criminal harassment. The article described him as having threatened and harassed a former high school classmate on Facebook.