KENNESAW, Ga.,None — A judge denied bond Wednesday morning for the man accused of killing two men and wounding three others in a shooting rampage at a Cobb County truck rental business.
In a brief court hearing Wednesday by video from the Cobb County jail, Jesse James Warren, 60, of Temple, Ga., said "No sir" when the judge asked if he had any questions about the charges.
Warren also asked for a public defender.
"I can not afford an attorney, but I'd like to have an appointed attorney, sir," Warren told the judge.
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The next hearing was set for Feb. 9.
Three victims of the shooting at Penske Truck Rental & Leasing were in critical condition Wednesday morning at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. The gunman killed two people in the attack in Kennesaw on Tuesday afternoon.
Warren shot and killed Van Springer, 59, of Woodstock and Jaider Phillipe Marvlanda, 43, of Lawrenceville, according to police.
The wounded are Roberto Gonzalez, 31, of Dallas, Zachariah J. Werner, 35, of Kennesaw and Joshua B. Holbrook, 27, of Rome. All are listed in critical condition.
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Four of the victims were Penske employees while Marvlanda was a truck driver for a local food distributor that is a Penske customer.
Brian Hard, the president of Penske Truck Leasing said he believed the gunman choose his victims at random.
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"It appears to have been random, to come in and shoot one of our customers who couldn't possibly have been involved in any grievance," Hard said.
Barbara Springer, whose husband of 37 years was killed, said her husband didn't speak much about Warren, but she knew he had been laid off recently and that "he had some issues."
Channel 2 Action News reporter Linda Stouffer was at Kennestone Hospital when the brother-in-law of one of the victims arrived. He said it appeared his loved one is paralyzed.
Penske spokesman, Randy Ryerson, said Warren was a former employee of the Penske business. Ryerson said four of the victims were employees and one was a customer.
Cobb County police spokesman Joe Hernandez said the suspect worked at the business for several years but it was unclear when and why he left.
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A man who witnessed the arrest said Warren looked "out of his mind" and "all drugged up."
"The cops walked up on both sides of the truck, he opened the door and they threw him on the ground. He pretty much just gave up," Michael Robertson told The Associated Press.
Warren, dressed in camouflage, entered Penske Truck Rental & Leasing at 3011 Barrett Lakes Boulevard just before 2 p.m. Tuesday and opened fire, according to police.
Warren confronted someone in the parking lot and moved to an area where there are truck bays, shooting victims, Hernandez said.
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"He opened fire, striking the victims," said Hernandez.
All of the victims were in a warehouse section of the business when they were shot.
Police arrested the gunman minutes later on Chastain Road. Police could be seen towing a red pick-up truck they said belonged to the gunman from the scene.
"He was taken into custody without incident," said Hernandez. Warren is being held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center without bond.
"We want to extend our deepest concerns and sympathies for the victims of today's shootings," Ryerson said.
It is the second workplace shooting this month. Timothy Hendron, an employee at ABB Inc. electrical plant in St. Louis, is accused of shooting hundreds of rounds of ammunition through the sprawling plant as about 50 workers sought refuge. Authorities say he killed three men and injured five others before killing himself.
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