US Journalists shot dead live on air [MOD WARNING in opening post]

seamus

homerjay2005 wrote: »

anything on the woman who was being interviewed, was she left untouched?

Shot in the back apparently. Critical, but likely to recover.

Andre 3000

homerjay2005 wrote: »

shocking.....



probably was 7 seconds behind to be honest, took them a couple to work out what was happening.

anything on the woman who was being interviewed, was she left untouched?

She was shot in the back. Reports were that she too died but appears to be in surgery now.

Zombienosh

It looks like he is wearing a mask, clear difference between hands/neck and face colour. Also judging by his clothes/boots he was clearly dressed and prepared to do this so I doubt it was completely random.

TrueIt

seamus wrote: »

Shot in the back apparently. Critical, but likely to recover.

She went straight into surgery

homerjay2005

Zombienosh wrote: »

It looks like he is wearing a mask, clear difference between hands/neck and face colour. Also judging by his clothes/boots he was clearly dressed and prepared to do this so I doubt it was completely random.

looks like its a clear human face without a mask and his hands/face look the same complexion.

seamus

homerjay2005 wrote: »

looks like its a clear human face without a mask and his hands/face look the same complexion.

The reddit overreaction machine started claiming it was a mask. A mixture of shadows and a dodgy camera still and people started claiming it was "clearly" a mask :rolleyes:

The Backwards Man

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I thought that American live television was broadcast with a 7 second delay for swearing and stuff and indeed murderous shootings.

They probably weren't hovering over the dump button for that segment to be fair.

Kaiser Sosay

Gatling wrote: »

Sandy hook was supposed to be the major turning point all that happend then was shops screamed a ban was coming and caused a massive upsurge..

Sadly, I think America's love affair with guns will never have a turning point. RIP to the victims of this terrible event.

vetinari

Fcking hell, it's like someone getting shot during Nationwide.

suicide_circus

Just thinking out loud here but is this kind of stuff really primarily an American phenomenon or is it just that the US is so media heavy that it seems like that it's only really the US that this stuff occurs in? Like are kids sshooting up their schools in Turkmenistan every few months but we simply don't hear about it?

yerwanthere123

Shooter apparently a disgruntled former employee of the station, according to Sky News.

DoYouEvenLift

Can they not start requiring extensive means to obtain licenses for guns over there? Anyone going for one should have to pass a fuking psych exam if this is what's going to be happening so frequently...although it's too late now, even if they do ban guns it'll still be too easy for nutcase kunts to get them

Oryx

RT.com post this sympathetic message:

RT previously posted the video of the shooting, but has removed it in solidarity, after the station said it did not want the two journalists to be remembered for their last tragic moments.

Along with this image.
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Which seems a bit hypocritical really. Either report it, or don't. Show her last moments or don't.

homerjay2005

formal employee of the station. he has been identified.

timmyntc

BREAKING: @GovernorVA says shooter believed to be "disgruntled employee" of @WDBJ7. Troopers in pursuit now.

Former employee of the station with a vendetta allegedly. Worrying stuff when someone would do that to a former coworker

strelok

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Can they not start requiring extensive means to obtain licenses for guns over there? Anyone going for one should have to pass a fuking psych exam if this is what's going to be happening so frequently...although it's too late now, even if they do ban guns it'll still be too easy for nutcase kunts to get them

so you want rich people to be able to defend themselves, but not poor people

how progressive

Luckycharms_74

Disgruntled employee is seems. The police are in persuit of said suspect.

Stheno

Oryx wrote: »

RT.com post this sympathetic message:


Along with this image.
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Which seems a bit hypocritical really. Either report it, or don't. Show her last moments or don't.

Agreed the families don't need that picture in their minds

whiskeyman

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

Disgruntled employee is seems. The police are in persuit of said suspect.

Just as I thought... it seemed too bizarre to be just a 'random' shooting.

Harry Palmr

suicide_circus wrote: »

Just thinking out loud here but is this kind of stuff really primarily an American phenomenon or is it just that the US is so media heavy that it seems like that it's only really the US that this stuff occurs in? Like are kids sshooting up their schools in Turkmenistan every few months but we simply don't hear about it?

Most people tend to assume that there is a qualitative difference to be made between a mature democracy and an oppressive central Asian state but maybe there isn't! If such incidents were happening in Turkmenistan (per your example) we'd be lucky to hear of it as the country has very restricted media (sat dishes are banned for Petes sake).

Going Postal stikes again.....:rolleyes:

ThisRegard

strelok wrote: »

so you want rich people to be able to defend themselves, but not poor people

how progressive

"Means" does not always mean "Financial Means".

suicide_circus

strelok wrote: »

so you want rich people to be able to defend themselves, but not poor people

how progressive

Defend themselves against who? Redcoats?

DoYouEvenLift

strelok wrote: »

so you want rich people to be able to defend themselves, but not poor people

how progressive

What exactly gave you this notion? I will lol if it's because of 'means' like the other poster pointed out...

timmyntc

suicide_circus wrote: »

Defend themselves against who? Redcoats?

probably burglars and stuff mostly. i'm not an advocate of guns for everyone, but they are quite effective at deterring burglars and protecting people's homes over there. quite a few criminal studies show that most don't go near houses they know have guns in them for their own sakes. pretty sad state of affairs though when they only thing stopping someone from breaking into your house is that you would likely kill them in retaliation.

Andre 3000

Some internet forum guys have tracked down the shooter's details. <mod snip> no speculating here please </mod snip>

conorhal

suicide_circus wrote: »

Just thinking out loud here but is this kind of stuff really primarily an American phenomenon or is it just that the US is so media heavy that it seems like that it's only really the US that this stuff occurs in? Like are kids sshooting up their schools in Turkmenistan every few months but we simply don't hear about it?

I was watching some show about Dara O' Briain and Ed Byrne touring along the Pan-American highway, it touched on the level of casual violence , gun crime and murder in places like San Salvador, Mexico and Honduras and there it is off the chart.
At one point they were filming and noticed that behind them in the background was the dead body of a murder victim just lying in the street.

Of course this is of no interest to people that want to be the first to post 'Murica

conorhal

jobbridge4life wrote: »

RIP.

Would love to hope this would change things. It won't. The situation in the US will continue to deteriote until the only way people can interact with each other will be by screaming at one another from heavily armed and armoured tanks.

This was the best tweet I saw on the subject from Dan Hodges, I think it pretty much sums up the whole gun control thing:



"In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over."

ibarelycare

The journalist's colleague posted this on Twitter. So sad

https://twitter.com/chrishurstwdbj/status/636531364356063232

DoYouEvenLift

ibarelycare wrote: »

The journalist's colleague posted this on Twitter. So sad

https://twitter.com/chrishurstwdbj/status/636531364356063232

Right in the feels!

Generic Dreadhead

ibarelycare wrote: »

The journalist's colleague posted this on Twitter. So sad

Sorry if this rubs people up the wrong way....

But his missus was just shpt dead an hour ago on live TV and he's taking to Twitter to tweet about it....

Not quiet that "Numb" now is it really?

F**king hell

ibarelycare

ibarelycare wrote: »

The journalist's colleague posted this on Twitter. So sad

https://twitter.com/chrishurstwdbj/status/636531364356063232

The cynic in me thinks he could have left Twitter alone for a few days.

Cormac...

Cormac... wrote: »

Sorry if this rubs people up the wrong way....

But his missus was just shpt dead an hour ago on live TV and he's taking to Twitter to tweet about it....

F**king hell

It's exactly what I thought.

He claims he's numb, but apparently not so numb as to forget some self publicity on twitter.

Generic Dreadhead

Deleted User wrote: »

The cynic in me thinks he could have left Twitter alone for a few days.

Well we agree on this one!

TireeTerror

The video in the original link doesnt work, so if anyone is wanting to see it here is a link to the broadcast.
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FalconGirl

Cormac... wrote: »

Sorry if this rubs people up the wrong way....

But his missus was just shpt dead an hour ago on live TV and he's taking to Twitter to tweet about it....

Not quiet that "Numb" now is it really?

F**king hell

I hear ya. Its a strange time we are living in.

jobbridge4life

Cormac... wrote: »

Sorry if this rubs people up the wrong way....

But his missus was just shpt dead an hour ago on live TV and he's taking to Twitter to tweet about it....

Not quiet that "Numb" now is it really?

F**king hell

Aye... on the other hand he is a journalist too and it is there nature.

namloc1980

The shooter had uploaded a video of himself doing the shooting onto twitter. Unbelievable.

timmyntc

https://twitter.com/bryce_williams7

things getting very disturbing
this is (apparently) the suspects twitter, he's live tweeting his motives and has videos of him approaching prior to it all kicking off
not for the faint of heart

Stheno

namloc1980 wrote: »

The shooter had uploaded a video of himself doing the shooting onto twitter. Unbelievable.

Seriously?

FalconGirl

timmyntc wrote: »

Apparently this is him.

She never verified that photo. Apparently not him.

twistyj

I wish people would stop saying "What the actual ****"

Stheno

timmyntc wrote: »

https://twitter.com/bryce_williams7

things getting very disturbing
this is (apparently) the suspects twitter, he's live tweeting his motives and has videos of him approaching prior to it all kicking off
not for the faint of heart

Fair play to Twitter his account is suSpended

namloc1980

Stheno wrote: »

Seriously?

Yeah @bryce_williams7

timmyntc

FalconGirl wrote: »

She never verified that photo. Apparently not him.

really? cant say im surprised. journalists will jump to many conclusions for a story.

Oryx

His video is on youtube now

ronan45

Lord just looked at that guys facebook profile
It is so creepy my god

Flying Abruptly

The suspect has been named as Vester Lee Flanagan on BBC

namloc1980

timmyntc wrote: »

https://twitter.com/bryce_williams7

things getting very disturbing
this is (apparently) the suspects twitter, he's live tweeting his motives and has videos of him approaching prior to it all kicking off
not for the faint of heart

Very disturbing. Twitter have suspended the account.

TireeTerror

OMG <mod snip>link removed</mod snip>

RichardCeann

namloc1980 wrote: »

Yeah @bryce_williams7

Says he killed her because she made racist comments.

http://www.rt.com/usa/313486-shooter-virginia-post-twitter/