{"id":43867,"date":"2018-06-29T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=43867"},"modified":"2019-04-11T07:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T13:18:54","slug":"jewish-editor-among-5-killed-in-annapolis-newspaper-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/jewish-editor-among-5-killed-in-annapolis-newspaper-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish editor among 5 killed in Annapolis newspaper shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 One of the five victims killed in a shooting at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, was Jewish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43868\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43868\" class=\"wp-image-43868 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman.jpg 514w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 278px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 278\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43868\" class=\"wp-image-43868 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fischman.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-43868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerald Fischman was an editorial page editor who was respected by his colleagues. (The Baltimore Sun Media Group\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gerald Fischman, 61, the editorial page editor at the Capital Gazette, was killed Thursday along with four others \u2014 sales assistant Rebecca Smith, 34; editor Rob Hiassen, 59; reporter and editor John McNamara, 56; and reporter Wendi Winters, 65 \u2014 by a lone gunman.<\/p>\n<p>Jarrod Ramos, 38, of Laurel, Maryland, was arrested and&nbsp; charged with five counts of murder, the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/crime\/bs-md-ramos-search-20180628-story.html\">Baltimore Sun<\/a>&nbsp;reported. The report did not say how he pleaded.&nbsp;Police said Ramos had been the subject of critical coverage in the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Fischman, who worked for the Capital Gazette since 1992, was known for his annual editorial on Christmas, despite the fact that he was Jewish, the Sun&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/us-news\/capital-gazette-shooting-annapolis-maryland-gerald-fischman-1.466320\">reported<\/a>. Colleagues described him as&nbsp;a quiet, committed professional who was humorous, extremely knowledgeable and polite. He always wore a V-neck cardigan, regardless of temperature, and often would work a midnight to 5 a.m. shift. Colleagues typically would arrive in the morning to find sticky notes from Fischman on their desks asking them to fact-check his editorials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was kind of a mysterious guy,\u201d reporter Joshua Stewart told the Sun. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t social, and this was the most interaction we had with him. It was a testament to his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sun also said he married late in life, to a Mongolian opera singer he had met online. At an awards event shortly after he wed \u2014 Fischman won many regional prizes for his work \u2014 he was asked him how he met his wife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI typed \u2018Mongolian opera singer\u2019 into a dating site,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>Ramos\u2019 dispute with the Gazette began in 2011 when a columnist wrote about a criminal harassment case against him. He brought a defamation suit against the columnist and the organization\u2019s editor and publisher. A court ruled in the Capital Gazette\u2019s favor and an appeals court upheld the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Police said 170 people were inside the Gazette\u2019s building during the attack. Staffers scrambled to find cover from the bullets, some diving behind desks, witnesses said. At least three people sustained serious injuries in the shooting, Radio WMFE&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmfe.org\/capital-gazette-shooting-at-least-5-fatalities-many-others-gravely-wounded\/88601\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, the sales assistant, \u201cwas kind and considerate, and willing to help when needed,\u201d her boss, Marty Padden, told the Sun. \u201cShe seemed to really enjoy to be working in the media business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith lived with her fiance in eastern Baltimore County and actively posted images documenting her social life.<\/p>\n<p>Hiassen\u2019s wife, Maria,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/Capital-Gazette-Shooting-Victims-Maryland-Hiaasen-486892771.html\">told<\/a>&nbsp;NBC that her late husband \u201cloved being a dad, an editor who helped shape young talent, and a creative writer and humorist.\u201d The couple had three children together.<\/p>\n<p>McNamara was a veteran reporter and editor. On his LinkedIn page, he described himself as a beat reporter for University of Maryland athletics and the Baltimore Orioles minor league system. He also helped put together the daily sports section.<\/p>\n<p>Winters \u201cwas in many ways the best part of the newspaper in that she cared so much about the city,\u201d said former Gazette editor Steve Gunn. Winters worked as community reporter for the paper. 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