Roanoke, VA – A former colleague of the man who fatally shot a television reporter and cameraman in Virginia says the man had two “blowups” that brought female co-workers to tears.
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Dave Leval said Thursday that he worked with Vester Flanagan at WTWC-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1999 and 2000. He said two women who pointed out mistakes in Vester’s reporting were so verbally abused that they feared for their lives. One woman’s husband, a law enforcement officer, “threatened to come in and beat the stuffing out of the guy if he talked to her that way again,” said Leval, now a sports reporter and anchor at KTVA in Anchorage, Alaska.
He said the women are shook up about the shooting deaths of WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward and don’t want to talk to the media.
Vester was fired from the Florida station. He sued the station for racial discrimination, and the case was settled out of court.
“I can’t think of anybody at our station who shed a tear when he left,” Leval said.
And NOW you know the rest of the story….
Will Rev Al Sharpie offer some apology? How about our Mr. Oboma? Sounds quiet
He should have called Al .
Verbal abuse by workers or bosses should have ZERO tolerance at the work place.