Moneta, VA – TV Suspect Shoots Self, As Video From Shooter’s Vantage Of Virginia Journalists Posted Online

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     In this framegrab from video posted on Bryce Williams’ Twitter account and Facebook page, Williams, whose real name is Vester Lee Flanagan II, aims a gun over the shoulder of WDBJ-TV cameraman Adam Ward at reporter Alison Parker as she conducts a live on-air interview Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Moments later, Flanagan fatally shot Parker and Ward and injured Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed. The station said Flanagan was also an employee at WDBJ and appeared on air as Bryce Williams. (Vester Lee Flanagan II/Twitter via AP)Moneta, VA – Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live interview, and authorities said the suspect appeared to be a disgruntled current or former employee of the TV station.

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    Police pursued the suspect and in the late morning, an ABC local affiliate and CNN reported the suspected shooter had shot himself and is in critical condition. The suspect was identified as Vester Flanagan, 41, according to a dispatcher for the Augusta County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department.

    After the shooting of the journalists, someone claiming to have filmed it posted video online that appeared to be from shooter’s vantage point.

    The videos were posted to a Twitter account and on Facebook but were removed shortly afterward. One video clearly showed a handgun as the person filming approached the woman reporter.

    The shooting occurred at about 6:45 a.m. EDT during an interview being broadcast live from Bridgewater Plaza, a Smith Mountain Lake recreation site with restaurants, shops, boating and arcades and holiday rentals.

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    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    8 years ago

    Great now lets turn this into a racial thing, lets feel bad for the murderer.