Deadly shooting during live TV news report in Va.

CBS ^ | 26 Aug 15 | Unknown

[LSUfan]

A gunman killed a reporter and videographer for a CBS affiliate in Virginia in a shooting that was broadcast live Wednesday morning.

Alison Parker and Adam Ward, a reporter and cameraman for CBS Roanoke affiliate WDBJ-TV, died in the shooting, Parker's mother confirmed to CBS News.

WDBJ-TV reports that deputies from Franklin County and Bedford County were on the scene.

The shooting happened at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia.

[angcat]

One must ask why her boyfriend would turn to social media at this time?

[rarestia]

I’m not seeing it. The first shot rings out, she shrugs her shoulders and puts her right arm up just under her breasts. You might be perceiving her hair moving from her shoulders shrugging as muzzle blast, but I doubt that’s the case. A small caliber handgun (9mm or 40) aren’t going to put across a muzzle blast at that distance. I’d estimate the shooter was 10+ feet away and opened fire into the cameraman’s back first.

[TomGuy]

CNN commentator just said the reporter and the women she was interviewing were shot. Commentator made it sounds as if both of the women are dead.

So, the reporter, the interviewee, and the reporter were shot.

CNN seems to be centering on the reporter and cameraman, with little mention of the woman being interviewed.

A few minutes earlier, another reporter said the one (I didn’t catch which victim) was still in surgery.

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[Keep in mind: Live events, details change, reports change, rumors can be reported as news.]

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Suspect now on I-54, per call-in reporter quoting Gov.

[caww]

CONFIRMED:

Arrest immanent...police chasing suspect... identified as disgruntled employee

[Lazamataz]

Police are pinging his cell - apparently... having delays http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/5431

How about if police DON'T announce to the world, and thus possibly the shooter, how they are tracking him????

Just a thought.

[Qiviut]

.... former, angry employee of the station

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Thanks.

[nuconvert]

“He should have been easily recognizable to the TV Station staff and they should have a name by now. “

Especially with that face. The police know his name and if he was an employee, they’re just holding back on releasing his name until he’s actually apprehended.

[libertarian27]

911 dispatcher-
vehicle 20 min North of Verona(sp?)

[CaptainK]

20 minutes north of Verona on 181.
I think that’s what they said.

[who knows what evil?]

Thank God the cameraman was able to get a pic of the killer...

[CatherineofAragon]

Decent and kind of him...

From Twitter:

Dr. Ben Carson @RealBenCarson

My prayers go out to the @WDBJ7 family and their tragic loss this morning.

[VictoryGal]

> One must ask why her boyfriend would turn to social media at this time?

He’s probably being hounded for statements. A couple of tweets and he can deflect with “read my feed and go away.”

[libertarian27]

suspect in verona area

[TexasGunLover]

4 US marshalls in pursuit cell ping shows verona area.

[ScottinVA]

Count your blessing, KoRn. Down here around Appomattox we're swarming with them. There's a Muslim compound in Red House that receives funding from overseas terrorists.

I heard some years ago there's a compound around Farmville too, CoA. Is that still the case?

[Truth29]

She hasn’t pulled her tweet yet. She needs more attention. Tell her what you think about her mental acuity.

[BykrBayb]

Seriously? This has been widely reported. Why would you try to deny it?

[plsjr]

Thanks,
Cleaned up my previous link’s googlegarbage and verified again:
https://twitter.com/wfaalauren/status/636533640877334528

[Flycatcher]

"The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world." -- Edgar Allan Poe

Very tragic.