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GUNMAN KILLS REPORTER, CAMERAMAN ON LIVE TV
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| 8/26/2015
| CHERYL CHUMLEY
Posted on 08/26/2015 8:52:10 AM PDT by unlearner
Suspect called 'difficult to work with'
Police in Moneta, Virginia, said a shooter fired at a WDBJ-TV media crew in the middle of their live shot at Bridgewater Plaza, killing the cameraman and correspondent and fleeing the scene.
Multiple outlets reported the suspect shot himself, but police haven’t yet confirmed.
The Associated Press, citing police, released the suspect’s name as Vester Lee Flanagan II, age 41, of Roanoke. But he went by another name while working as a reporter at that station, as well as ones in North Carolina and Texas: Brice Williams.
Officials with the ATF and FBI are looking at the suspect’s social media accounts, which have been suspended, to determine his mental state and background. Various sources say he was targeting his victims, however.
Killed were Alison Parker and Adam Ward. Parker, the on-camera journalist, was 24; Ward, the photographer, was 27. A third victim, who was being interviewed – Vicki Gardner, head of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce – was shot in the back and is undergoing surgery at a nearby hospital, Fox News reported.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blackkk; brycewilliams; gunman; manhunt; reporter; shooter; terrymcauliffe; vesterflanagan; vesterflannigan; vesterleeflanagan; virginia
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:52:10 AM PDT
by
unlearner
To: unlearner
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:52:51 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: bigbob
New age of creepy From Daily Beast site
To: bigbob
Dead. Self-inflicted. The bastard should have lead with that.
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:54:01 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: bigbob
Yup...was listening to the scanner for Division3/Va State Police and they called off the BOL. So I thought they got him, but I see he got himself. Save us a lot of money keeping him in prison all those years.
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:54:07 AM PDT
by
sevinufnine
(A moderately bad man knows he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man thinks he's alright. C.S. Lewis)
To: unlearner
And FB, etc. already scrubbed. So not Tea Party.
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:54:14 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: freedomlover
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:55:29 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: freedomlover
To: wastoute
see the “light skinned” negros twitter posts jusr above
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:56:18 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: freedomlover
Holy cow, I’d heard pic of shooter with gun but that is just beyond incredibly warped.
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:56:29 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: TangledUpInBlue
To: unlearner
Welcome to Free Republic!
Please note our many special features, like the Breaking News Sidebar!
To: unlearner
If Obama had a brother...
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:57:32 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: unlearner
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:57:56 AM PDT
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:58:03 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: unlearner
Media lives matter.
When do we get to "Human lives matter"?
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:58:21 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: wastoute
So not Tea Party. Vester Lee Flanagan, aka Bryce Williams, is black and a former employee at WDBJ.
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:59:13 AM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:59:22 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: unlearner
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posted on
08/26/2015 8:59:54 AM PDT
by
Amagi
(Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
To: MeshugeMikey
Nothing to see here. Just another B on W act of violins.
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posted on
08/26/2015 9:00:33 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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