VA: Reporter Shot and Killed During Live Broadcast

[Kathianne]

http://abc7chicago.com/news/reporter...report/957483/

REPORTER, PHOTOGRAPHER DEAD IN VIRIGINIA AFTER SHOTS FIRED DURING LIVE REPORT

Updated 2 mins agoROANOKE, Va. --
A photographer and reporter are dead after a gunman opened fire during a live report.


Franklin County Sheriff confirmed to ABC News that an active shooter was reported in Moneta at 6:45 a.m. Local TV station WDBJ confirmed that the photographer and reporter were killed. Their names are Alison Parker and Adam Ward.



The gunman is not in custody, according to police. Schools in the area were place on lockdown in response to the situation.

[fj1200]

Wow.

[Kathianne]

It's being reported that the reporter and camera man were engaged. Don't know if related to the shooting.

[Kathianne]

It's being reported that the reporter and camera man were engaged. Don't know if related to the shooting.

Now it may be that they were engaged to other people.

[Kathianne]

They know who the suspect is, 'a disgruntled former employee' and the police are chasing him now.

[Kathianne]

Chase happening on I-64.

[gabosaurus]

Extremely tragic event.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=518_1440595069

[Bilgerat]

Supposed to be a picture of the shooter, caught by a screen grab

[Kathianne]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia...n-news-report/

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Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that the suspect has been identified as Vester Flanagan.

[Kathianne]

Insane.

Shooter recorded the killing, uploaded.

Had been tweeting what was happening, until Twitter disabled.

[gabosaurus]

Shooter identified as a black guy. Cue Perianne appearance in ...

[Perianne]

Shooter identified as a black guy. Cue Perianne appearance in ...

Why Perianne?

[gabosaurus]

Just funning with you. Don't shoot me.

[Perianne]

Just funning with you. Don't shoot me.

I wouldn't shoot you. Black Lives Matter!

[Kathianne]

http://wtvr.com/2015/08/26/wdbj-shoo...crew-shooting/

WDBJ shooter tweets video of fatal news crew shooting

POSTED 11:29 AM, AUGUST 26, 2015, BY SCOTT WISE AND CNN WIRE




MONETA, Va. — The man wanted for shooting and killing two members of a WDBJ news crews during a live television broadcast Wednesday apparently posted video of the killings on social media. The suspect, identified by the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office as Vester L. Flanagan, mentioned he recorded video in one tweet and posted two video clips in subsequent tweets. The Twitter account has since been suspended.


Two videos posted on a Twitter account under Flanagan’s on-air name Bryce Williams show someone walking up to the WDBJ news crew and pointing a gun at them. One of the videos shows the gun firing. Another tweet says, “I filmed the shooting.”

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