[Scan-DC] TV reporter and camera operator shot and killed during broadcast this a.m.

[Sean Hoyden]

​Can't help but wonder where he was heading... early reports suggested
Richmond on I-64.  Obviously that was inaccurate, I just wonder if he had
local ties?

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Brooks, Kurt <knbrooks at wusa9.com> wrote:

> I was westbound on I66 in Fairfax when this broke... And my relatively new
> BCD536HP locked onto STARS / Culpeper 2.
>
> Neat recording feature that has.
>
> Amazing how it went down.
>
> > On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:48, Bruce Harper <brucebharper at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Andrew wrote:
> >
> > Suspect has apparently been located deceased. BOL cancelled.
> >
> >
> > VSP changed its report to the suspect was still alive, had a pulse, but
> was
> > in critical condition. Per the 12:00 broadcast on WDBJ (great station for
> > news, despite what they are going through they have remained very
> > professional), the shooter was a former reporter at the station who was
> > fired (and escorted from the building by police) several years ago due to
> > "anger issues." From what has been pieced together, Flanagan rented the
> > Chevy at the Roanoke airport, drove to Smith Mountain Lake where the live
> > broadcast was, and opened fire on the reporter and cameraman, filming it
> as
> > he did it. He then fled the scene and was tracked by cell phone pings.
> >
> > Bruce in Blacksburg (where this hits a little to close to home)
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