the atf and laurel police have been oututere hours in just the last few minutes, a team of investigors with anne arundel county police has arrived here on scene. that includes a armoredcl e, evidence van then you can see here may a dozen other cars that h just arrived here in the last five minutes. up until now, no one has gone inside this apartmen the laurel police chief said they were just out here securing the scene and waiti for anne arundel county to arrive. you can see now that investigators areut o of their vehiclesnd preparing to potentially search this apartment. ere are on armstrong court. last few hours the entire block has been cordoned off by police, nobody has been able to go in and out. we have learned information about e man who lived here, the alleged shooter. and what likely led up to this horriblef violence, the capital gazette is reporting that thesh suspectedooter, jared ramo had a long running feud with the paper. six years ago and lost, his t anger was over a story that covered a criminal harassment case against him. police have not confirmed all of this at is po

police an atf agents have been here several hours, the laurel police chief said officers are just waiting for anne arundel to get here since it is their case, and ty're just here to secure this is on 4th street, the artments are on armstrong court and we can show you downk blocked both sid and streetis they've had thi blocked off quite a while. we'll show you video from earlier tonight. the capital gazette is reporting that this suspected shooter h a long running feud with the paper, that he had filed a defamation lawsuit six years ago and he lost. his anger was over a story that micovered anal harassment ca against him. policeave acknowledged there was some history here. calling thisg sho a targeted attack. threats s to the gazette e through social media. this person was prepared today come in, thisso per was prepared to shoot people. his intent was to causerm . as i stated before, the investigative part of this is going to be thorough.t' ands going to take some time. >> reporter: the laurel police chief said as soon as anne arundel arrives with their equipment, there is to be a search o

it is not too far from the laurel police department. this is where we believe that the suspect lived. ias able to show his photo to several people who live here in the area. no one i spoke to said they recognized him. this is the address that he listed in court records. they have verifying they found nothing else. s>> i'm glad in custody. i really am. wi wasdering what was going on. i have seen helicopters. i said i ain't coming out he. >> i really wanted to know what was going on. i came over here to see and to find out that the guy that did that shootingwas, you know, supposedly lived in this neighborhood. i want today come see what's going o >>nd back out live chopper 4 is over the scene. we have been waiting for thr hours for this to happen while they waited for that searchan wa permission to go inside. again, they will be very careful as they approach going inside this apartment inside this building to make sure i is absolutely safe for these police officers. >> sounds liks lf red flags here. >> i just got off the phone with editor

. >> police are searching jarrod ramos's apartment as they unravel whether to the shooting. jillian: live outside that apartment in laurelresence here, a stark difference than what we saw a few hours ago but we walked over on armstrong court in laurel, maryland, 402 armstrong court, and what happens to the window there has been boarded-up. police are not seen investigating searching through the area. we are learning jarrod ramos is 38 years old embossed a civil suit and appeal against the "capital gazette" where the fatal shots rang out yesterday. reporting on his guilty plea in 2011, according to reports from victims put her in fear of her life for months. they are full of ramblings about corruption in the courts as well as in the media and his profile says he was making corpses of corrupt careers and jarrod ramos is doing court in annapolis this morning. we are live in laurel, maryland and send it back to you. >> the push for legalized marijuana nationwide reaching a new high, chuck schumer introducing a bill that would decriminalize it. rob: addiction to pot is skyrocketing. jackie ibanez tells us if this is a good id

laurel. those records coming outov night. policee not yet confirmed that but ramos is duene in an arrundel county court a for a bond heat 10:30 this morning. he is currently facing five counts of first degree murder. police sayhe suspect was armed with a shotgun and three smoke grenades when he entered the building that houses the capital gazte around 3 3:20 p.m. yesterday. the response was swift. authorities arriving oncene in just 60 seconds and agencies from across the area ordinating to evacuate more than 170 people from that building. targeted attack.e shooting a ha>> we knowt there were threats sent to the gazette through social media. this personas prepared today to come in, this person was prepared to shoo people. this intent s to cause harm d as i've stated before the vestigative p of this is going to b thorough and it's going toe take time. >> it's a tra scuation but there wereop some very brave le that came in and kept it from being even worse. >> reporte now, here's a look at ramos' apartment where authorities were searc

police did search the suspect's laurel maryland home 30 miles from here. we don't know what they found. police are supposed to brief us later this morning. obviously this is still an active crime scene and they are looking at surveillance video and interviewing witnesses, i'm live in annapolis maryland, back to you. >> a tragic story. >> the migrant crisis clearly is far from over. as we showed you on the midday newscast yesterday, melania trump made the second trip to immigration facility. this time near the border in arizona. meantime this is video of a brazilian mother and son reuniting in chicago. a federal judge there ordered the trump administration yesterday to immediately reunite the pair. they were separated four weeks ago. this follows a san diego federal court ruling this week ordering the administration to quickly reunite families they've separated. >> this is the scene starting to play out in the streets of america, hundreds of women fighting on behalf of migrants hit the streets in washington, d.c. yesterday marching past trump's hotel there.

police department, and increasing the burglary and serial crime units. year to date, car break-ins are down 20% in the city of san francisco, but we will not rest on our laurels here in approximate our city. this budget will reflect additional investments in our public safety departments. in particular, our police department to make sure we do not slip back. the center piece of this public safety goal is the addition of over 250 sworn police personnel over the next four years. i have often said that we have some of the best police officers in the country. we just need more of them. let me be even more specific. i believe we have incredible men and women of our police department. they put the lives on the line for us every single day, and they deserve our respect, and i am proud of them. but san francisco is a growing, changing city, and we need a police force that grows and changes with it. in the next fiscal year, 130 new officers will be in the police academy, setting the foundation for 250 more officers on our streets. i want to make it clear that these new officers will not be just focused on our property crime epidemic, they'll also be working within our

laurel, maryland. people walked out with their hands up as police surrounded that building. newspaper employees describe a man walking in and firing multiple shots through a glass door. some survivors say they hid under their desks and could hear the gunman reloading. authorities say officers got to the scene within about a minute and that likely limited the loss of life. aving any more ces." >> our officers were on the scene very, very quickly. they did engage the suspect. that's when he was taken into custody. >> we did recover what we thought may have been an explosive device. that has been taken care of. we have members of the bomb squad on scene. we don't anticipate having any more explosive devices. >> the baltimore sun is reporting police found smoke grenades. investigators say the attacker had mutilated his fingers at one point to prevent a fingerprint match, but they were able to identify him through facial recognition technology. the acting police chief says the newspaper recently received threats on social media. they were described as "general threats." investiga

. >> reporter: last night police descended on ramos' home in laurel, maryland, located 30 miles from the shooting. hunting for clues, but also searching for a social media footprint. sources say ramos initially did not cooperate with investigators. he's due in court today at 10:30 this morning for a bail hearing. cecilia? >> you'll be following that for us, pierre. thank you. we did hear from that former publisher and editor in your piece, and he told us he was not surprised when he learned that ramos was the shooter. >> reporter: cecilia, in a sad prophesy, the former editor of the paper tells us this morning he once told someone, quote, this is a guy who is going the on come in and shoot us. just horrible. >> so with that, what are police saying this morning? were there missed warning signs and missed opportunities here? >> reporter: the editor told us police followed up on those threats and he was interviewed by police at his home. but they never had enough to charge him, cecilia, and that was four years ago. >> thank you. >>> president trump sent out a tweet thanking the first re

information we have tonight from multiple law enforcement sources, chris, police are at an address associated with the suspect. the address in laurel, maryland, about 30 miles away from here. we're also told by sources this suspect did have a dispute with this newspaper. he filed a defamation claim against the newspaper back in 2012. but that claim was dismissed. this was according to police a targeted attack. police saying this suspect came in to the building, looking for his victims. and we have a very dramatic account from a survivor of the attack, phil davis, a crime reporter for the "capital gazette." he was here inside the building and heard the gunman reload. phil davis was hiding under his desk as the shooter came in. here's his account to anderson cooper a short time ago. >> i did see the door shatter. essentially he shot through the first door, the glass shattered. i turned around to see it. once i started to realize that something was up, i didn't know what it was, i just assumed the worst, and kind of hid under my desk and didn't see anything after that until he was apprehended. >> just a horrific account from that witn

. >>> police are also working overnight and are getting warrants to try to search the suspect's home in laurel. >> good morning. >> the former editor reportedly told police that the suspect, ramos, had repeatedly made threats against him, but apparently there wasn't enough to charge him. is there something more that could have been done to prevent this, based on that tip? >> reporter: well, it depends on whether those threats continued from that point on up unto earlier today or yesterday. because the fact that he made threats, that should now put him on the radar with law enforcement and the newspaper, because the fact that you now have somebody, you know, saying that they are going to commit some type of violence, indicating violence. and the newspaper had to be thinking along the lines of could this be somebody who's going to commit some type of violent act. and in this day and age, anytime you have some kind of threat of violence you have to consider that as a righteous threat of somebody coming into the building with a knife or gun or whatever and trying to harm people. >> what lessons ca

only had a misdemeanor on his record which is why police say he was still able to legally buy higu shot it turns out he's a long-time resident of laurel. that's why news 4 mark segraves picks up our coverage. mark. >> reporter: good evening, leon. in fact, 17 years he lived in this red brick apartment building behind me. today prosecutors said this isw e he planned his deadly attack. jarrod ramos had been planning his attack on the capital orgazette newspapers some time. he even had an escape plan according to prosecutoric but when p showed up, ramos was trapped inside the offices withis victims, so he hid under a desk according to court records released it. . shortly after police took him into custody, investigators were inaurel at ramos' home where they found more evidence. in court today the prosecutor told the judge ramos had a plan to kill as many people as possible and that he snuck into the rear of the billing through a hlway and apparently blocked the rear exit so his victims would have no way to escape once he opened fire. >> there was a number of victims. there was one victim tha had attempted to escape through the back door

laurel tree drive, crystal ranch drive. crews are doing structure protection near those homes. >>> we want to get some new information about the evacuations now. lieutenant joe dunleavy from the walnut creek police department is on our phone. lieutenant, thanks for joining us this afternoon. what can you tell us about evacuations underway? >> the walnut creek police department has been requested to assist with evacuations of the montecito and crystal ranch neighborhoods by the concord police department and we are doing that. we have approximately eight police officers with four police service officers either assisting with evacuations or traffic control. we are diverting all vehicular traffic at eastbound ygnacio valley road at oak grove away from the area of the fire. >> in a situation like this is it we'll give you a few minutes to grab a few belongings or is it knock on the door and hey, you got to go now? >> it's knock on the door and hey, you got to go now. >> really. how many people do you think are in that immediate neighborhood you're working in? >> i couldn't begin to speculate. that's concord's jurisdiction. we're just responding to the areas they're telling us to, to do exactly that,

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dedicated unit in the police department and increasing foot reforms, we've seen 17% decrease this year alone, but as we talk about all the time, we're not resting on our laurells, it's still unacceptable what is happening, so we're moving forward. we're here in the stockton garage. this is a garage that is one of the most popular in the city. right next to the financial district, right next to union square, right next to places that people come to visit. last year, 2017, it was a hot spot for carbreak-ins. a high of 62 one month. but thank foss the reforms, we have seen a dramatic decrease in the amount of car break-ins here in the stockton garage. specifically an 83% decrease in the amount of car break-ins here. so in january, we had 44 break-ins. in february, 12. in the month of march, 9. and knock on wood, this year, so r -- this month so far, we've had zero in the month of april. so if you think about that from a high watermark of 62 last year per month, to now zero so far in the month of april, we need to acknowledge, celebrate and respect this as the city of san francisco. and we need to think about moving forward and what we're going do do about it. we

police stillot have confirmed to the identity of the suspect. host, court documents do and they name him as 38 cereal maryland. ramos from laurel morning for a bonearing and he is facing five counts of first degree murder. we're leauting new details abo the court documents as well. they're ki of interesting about what may or may not have gone on inside. they alleg he actually hit hid behind a desk for a period of time until the police arrived. the courto documents say that there was surveillance s video that'sething i got police to confirm with me t morning and they say that they wire able to positively id him h . nowo recap what happened active shooter went into the per with a shotgun and smokeanns grenades. he killed fi people and injured two more. the response was swift. authorities arriving on 16se at0 nds agencies from a cross the areain ce about 170 people m that building. police called the shootg a rgeted attack. but they're being pre tight lipped about the details. >> our investigators worked all through last night. will continue working toughout today. still interviewing witnesses. still processing the scene inside the

ramos of laurel. police have not confirmed that but ramos is due in anneru ndel county court for a bond hearing at 10:30 this morning. he is currently facing five cots of first degree mur police say the suspect was armed with aun shotg and three smoke grenades when he entered the building that houses t capital gazetteround 3:20 p.m. yesterday. the res authorities arriving on scene t in60 seconds. and agencies from across the area coordinating to evacuate more than 170 people from that building.police calling the shoa targeted attack. >> there were threats sent to the gazette through social media. to come in, this person wasay prared to shoot people. his intent was to cause harm and as i stated before, thet investigative of this is going to be thorough and it's going take some time. >> it's a tragic situation but there were some very brave people that came in and kept >> reporter: all right. now, here's a look at ramos' apartment whewe authorities searching and gatheringla evidence until lstni ght. exchange o

that were released overnight have identified the suspected gunman as 38-year-old jarrod ramos of laurel. policeave not yonfirmed that but ramos is due ianne arrundel county court for a bondearing at 10:30 this morning. he is currently facing five coun police say the suspect was armed with a shotgunnd three smoke grenades when he entered the building that houses the capital gazette around 3:20 p.m. yesterday. the response wasft. authorities arriving on scein si just 60 seconds. d agencies from across the area coordinating to evacuate hamoren 170 people from the building. lice called the shooting a targeted>>ttack. e know that there were threats sent to the gazette through social media. this person was prepared today to come in. this person wasd prepare to oot people. his intent was tom cause and as i've stated before, thein stigative part of this is going to be thorough and it's gog to take some time. >> reporter: now, here's a ok at ramos' apartment where authorities were searching and gatheringy evidence until late last night as investigators questionedhe motir in developing story verylo csely