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Active shooter reportedly attacks TV crew in Virginia
Fox News ^ | 08/26/2015 | Fox News

Posted on 08/26/2015 6:07:14 AM PDT by ThomasMore

DEVELOPING: An active shooter has been reported at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia, according to multiple local media outlets.

Video from the scene appeared to show a WDBJ media crew being attacked in the midst of a live report. The station confirmed the shooting involved one of its crews.

Police are reporting there are three victims, according to WSLS. The shooting occurred at 6:45 a.m., according to Franklin County Sheriff Department spokesperson Phillip Young.

WSLS said police are still looking for the shooter and hope to have a description out to the public shortly.

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KEYWORDS: crime; livetvshooting; moneta; shooting; va; vester; vesterleeflanagan; virginia
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To: Blue Jays

“Media will almost certainly “lean” towards a white Conservative.”

Not going to be so easy to do after the posted picture surfaced….


41 posted on 08/26/2015 6:40:11 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: wastoute

They were ambushed. CCW wouldn’t do much good unless a bystander could have taken down the perp.


42 posted on 08/26/2015 6:40:47 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: milford421

They will get this guy! Horror of horrors.


43 posted on 08/26/2015 6:42:20 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Gaffer

The reporter and the camera man were engaged.


44 posted on 08/26/2015 6:43:46 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: sevinufnine

WDBJ said that Adam Ward was engaged to a WDBJ producer, Melissa Ott. It was her last morning producing the show and there was a celebration earlier in the morning. She planned to move to a new job in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Ward was going to follow here there.

Parker was also dating a WDBJ staffer, one of the morning show anchors.


45 posted on 08/26/2015 6:44:26 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: maggief

46 posted on 08/26/2015 6:44:34 AM PDT by maggief
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To: milford421

“Media will almost certainly “lean” towards a white Conservative.”

Not going to be so easy to do after the posted picture surfaced….

>>>Looks like a white guy to me......


47 posted on 08/26/2015 6:45:41 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)
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To: sevinufnine

Very sorry about that. Very sad story - 2 young people gone.


48 posted on 08/26/2015 6:46:24 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: BigCinBigD
https://twitter.com/chrishurstwdbj

Chris HurstVerified account
@chrishurstwdbj
6 & 11 Anchor for WDBJ7. Public safety and mental health are my beats. #STOPtheStigma churst@wdbj7.com

Chris Hurst @chrishurstwdbj 17m17 minutes ago
We didn't share this publicly, but @AParkerWDBJ7 and I were very much in love. We just moved in together. I am numb.


49 posted on 08/26/2015 6:47:27 AM PDT by maggief
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To: outpostinmass2

thanks. I’ve little doubt this was NOT random...but my God WHY???!!


50 posted on 08/26/2015 6:47:29 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)
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To: Moonman62

Exactly. A bystander could have killed the perp on the spot. This shooter will kill again before he is brought down just like the Chatanooga jihadi. Those deaths will be on the witnesses that watched him run off.


51 posted on 08/26/2015 6:47:52 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: BigCinBigD

She have a former boyfriend? Ex husband? Did the more heavy set lady that was being interviewed get shot?


52 posted on 08/26/2015 6:47:59 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
Okay.....if I was gonna spitball this, I’d posit the theory of a crime of passion. First find out if the on-air reporter was married or involved with someone. Then I’d check into the camera man about relationships, connections or work with the on-air reporter “off camera.”

Yes, in a longer version of the video there were no other people around, because it was so early in the a.m. That suggests it was planned not spontaneous. I don't think he had a beard, but he was definitely dressed in very dark or black clothing.

Apparently he made a getaway -- I'd look at any surrounding surveillance video to try to get a make on a possible getaway vehicle.

53 posted on 08/26/2015 6:50:30 AM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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To: Gaffer

“She have a former boyfriend? Ex husband? Did the more heavy set lady that was being interviewed get shot?”

she had just moved in with another reporter at the station/her boyfriend. at only 24 doubt there was an x-husband, but you never know. the heavy set lady was airlifted to the hospital from what I’m reading and hearing on local and national news.


54 posted on 08/26/2015 6:51:33 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)
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To: zipper

“Apparently he made a getaway — I’d look at any surrounding surveillance video to try to get a make on a possible getaway vehicle.”

Well yeah he got away. Why there were 40-50 officers on the scene shortly thereafter looking about for a suspect.

Not to be rude, but I cannot help but mention it’s highly likely the cops already figured out looking at any surveillance video in the area would be a fairly smart thing to do.....


55 posted on 08/26/2015 6:53:32 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)
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To: maggief

Thank you. This is tragic. You just never know.


56 posted on 08/26/2015 6:53:37 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: Gaffer

Did the more heavy set lady that was being interviewed get shot?

Being airlifted to a hospital from reports.


57 posted on 08/26/2015 6:55:45 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: sevinufnine

Okay....I’m just going by Occam’s Razor....Crime of passion seems to me to be the obvious reason to check out here.

No huhu though if it turns out otherwise. I did say ‘spitballing’....:0)


58 posted on 08/26/2015 6:57:32 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: ThomasMore

War on White People.


59 posted on 08/26/2015 6:58:50 AM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: jimbo123

There are realistic masks- movie quality - that have been used by bank robbers that conceal sex and race of perp. Including hands. Looks like one of them.

I think this is random. Someone who wanted this execution to be live.


60 posted on 08/26/2015 7:00:26 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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