Our family is asking that the media respect our privacy," the statement read. A gunman shot and killed a TV reporter and cameraman during a live news broadcast in Virginia Wednesday, recording the killings on his own camera and later posting the video on social media as. Seung-Hui Cho (twenty-three): Virginia Tech Shooting, Virginia. "Words cannot express the hurt that we feel for the victims. attend any court hearing because one can find numerous YouTube video examples online. I've never dealt with anything like this," says News Director Kelly Zuber.įlanagan's family members released a statement saying that their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, and with the news station, CNN affiliate KRON reported. The producer kept working after seeing her fiance shot. WDBJ also says they tried to put programs in place to help Flanagan, but that did not help the situation.
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I don't tell journalists how to do their jobs," says Marks.
People are around the newsroom hugging and taking care of each other. He says they went though internal investigations and staff members saw him around town but did not know if he'd landed a job. General Manager Jeff Marks, Flanagan complained to Human Resources while he was there. WDBJ held a news conference about the incident on Wednesday evening. He says he was influenced by other mass shooters. In this document, Flanagan also says "I've been human powder keg for a while just waiting to go BOOM." He was flown to a Inova Fairfax Hospital where he died around 1:30 p.m., the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said in a news conference.Īfter shooting, alleged gunman details grievances in ‘suicide notes’ sent to News: /4sIVI1FCRI When troopers approached the vehicle, they found Flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Virginia State Police report they spotted Flanagan's vehicle traveling eastbound on I-66 just before 11:30 a.m.įlanagan then led them on a pursuit for several minutes before he ran off the road and crashed into the median. The Mustang has been recovered as evidence. He then left the airport in a Chevrolet Sonic that he rented earlier in the month. In a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton said Flanagan left the scene of the crime and drove his 2009 Ford Mustang to the Roanoke Regional Airport.
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