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| Virginia reporter, photographer killed on live TV | |||
| 2015-08-27 | |||
| [USATODAY] A manhunt was underway in Virginia after two members of a local TV station's news team were fatally shot Wednesday during a live TV broadcast near Roanoke, Va., WDBJ7-TV said. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told WTOP radio the suspect was a "disgruntled" WDBJ employee and that authorities expect to have him in jug soon. The station said the shooting took place at about 6:45 a.m., at Smith Mountain Lake, a resort about 35 miles from Roanoke. Killed were WDBJ7 cameraman Adam Ward, 27, and news hound Alison Parker, 24. A woman being interviewed on live TV was maimed. The live broadcast at the time of the shooting showed Parker interviewing someone at a resort when, just off camera, shots rang out and Parker was heard screaming. The recording appears to include a glimpse of the gunman dressed in black.
o Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, killed news hound Alison Parker, 24, and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward on live TV o Pair were filming for WDBJ at 6.45am in Moneta, Virginia, alongside local Vicki Gardner when shooting happened o Gardner was taken to hospital for surgery after being hit in the back while Parker and Ward died at the scene o Flanagan then used Twitter to post a video of the attacks alongside a rambling explanation while police hunted him o Also sent 23-page suicide note to news station saying he was motivated by the Charleston church killings o Said he bought handgun two days after killings, and added that his bullets 'have the victim's names written on them' o Flanagan had worked for WDBJ but two years ago was fired and escorted from the station's building after spats with coworkers o Flanagan's car was eventually found by deputies after he shot himself, and later died from his injuries at 1.30pm
No mention of angry homosexual shooter. Media blames guns. | |||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Vester Lee Flanagan Felt like a man again! Then that darned gun Put an end to his fun. |
| Posted by: Shuting Gurly-Brown7975 2015-08-27 22:00 |
| #5 Used to work at a TLH station, staff thought he was crazy then. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-08-27 17:26 |
| #4 Shot by the new 007 |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-08-27 15:01 |
| #3 this was a race hate killing. the shooter openly said he bought his gun 2 days after the white guy shot up black people in a church. he said he was doing it as part of the race war so that he was gay, is irrelevant that he was a disgruntled ex employee is irrelevant he said it was because he wanted to kill white people why is that being played down?? |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-08-27 11:23 |
| #2 Demand accounting from the Black Community and Gay Community for this hate crime - he killed them for their race (white) and gender (Female) and orientation (straight male). After all if you reverse the roles and races, thats what the press would be doing. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-08-27 08:50 |
| #1 I fished and hunted in that area as a kid. Its all built up now, but Smtih Mountain Lake and the Blue Ridge are not filled with that sort of people (angry nutters). The only way you might get shot at in Franklin County is if you get too close to a still. Even then the first shot is usually your signal to turn around and go the other way, and nothing else will happen. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-08-27 08:48 |