#Journalists shot on air video tv#

And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them. TheWrap reported that Flanagan faxed a 23-page manifesto to ABC News on Wednesday morning in which he hinted at his plans and their motivation: “What sent me over the top was the church shooting. The document has been handed over to investigators. … I can’t figure out any connection.”ĪBC News received a fax containing a 23-page manifesto from someone named Bryce Williams, the network reported. General Manager of WDBJ, Jeff Marks said, “I don’t think (reporter) Alison (Parker) and that individual even overlapped here.” He added that the two were “the kindest and nicest people who worked here. There seems to be no motive as to why Parker and Ward in particular were targeted by the shooter. We did understand that he was still living in the area.” Flanagan worked at WDBJ as a reporter for about a year using the on-air name, Bryce Williams. WDBJ General Manager Jeff Marks said of the shooter, “Two years ago, we had to separate him from the company. UPDATE: It’s been reported that Flanagan has died of his wounds. The shooter, Vester Flanagan, a former employee of the station, is still alive. I’m not going to embed it, because the splash screen is disturbing. Taibbi has become a thorn in the elite’s side by constantly challenging the prevailing narrative, and hit Democrats where it hurts by publishing a 5 minute video of Democrats and pundits claiming that the 2016 election was stolen. Here’s the scene as it unfolded live, during the news broadcast. YouTube did precisely that on Thursday to a video disseminated by former Rolling Stone and current Substack journalist Matt Taibbi. The station cut away to a shocked anchor, Kimberly McBroom, back in the studio. On air, the audience saw the camera fall to the ground and caught the briefest glimpse of a man who appeared to point a gun toward the downed cameraman. The shooter appears to take his time aiming the gun, presenting it and then withdrawing it, before composing the angle of his video. Parker is in profile, and the interviewee is facing the gunman. One of the videos shows the gunman approaching WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward as Parker conducted a routine interview about a local story outside Moneta, Virginia. Two videos posted on a Twitter account under the name, Bryce Williams, show someone walking up to the WDBJ news crew and pointing a gun at them.Īnother tweet says, “I filmed the shooting.” The Facebook and Twitter account were suspended shortly after the tweets. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Radio journalist Percival Mabasa, 63, was killed by two assailants at the gate of a residential compound in the Las Pinas area of Manila on Monday night, police said. The person they were interviewing, Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, was shot in the back and is in surgery, according to CNN.

#Journalists shot on air video tv#

'They were just out doing their job today.Reporter Alison Parker, 24 and photographer Adam Ward, 27, employees of Roanoke Virginia TV station, WDBJ, were shot to death while doing a live report from a shopping district near Moneta, Virginia. 'This kind of loss will resonate in these halls for a long, long time as we remember in their short lives what dedicated journalism they produced and what outstanding journalists they were,' WDBJ7 general manager Jeffrey Marks said.Īuthorities were 'working very diligently to track down the motive and the person responsible for this terrible crime against two fine journalists,' Marks said. The recording appears to include a glimpse of the gunman dressed in black. Journalists Shot, Killed On Air MSNBC 423,664 views A reporter and cameraman at WDBJ7, a local CBS affiliate in Virginia, were shot and killed during a live report Wednesday morning. 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 is heard screaming. Killed were WDBJ7's cameraman Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24.

The station said the shooting took place at about 6:45 a.m., at Smith Mountain Lake, a resort about 35 miles from Roanoke.

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.Ī 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.