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

[Brooks, Kurt]

For a 'light', easy to promote story it's not abnormal at all to shoot a promo the day before saying "Tomorrow we'll be talking with so and so about tourism!"

Second option - he was hanging out near the station and followed them out. Easy enough to do. 

Given that he had the rental for a month and given that he did give indications (no matter how poorly executed) that he wanted to escape, I am convinced he made dry runs or actual attempts in the past, culminating in yesterday's attack. 

> On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:12, John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>  I have yet to hear on tv any discussion as how did this murderer know who would do the live shot, where and when it would be done. Smith Mountain Lake is about 40 miles SSE of Roanoke City in Franklin Co. The roads are two lanes and winding.  For a live shot at 0630 meant that the TV anchor and cameraman had to leave Roanoke City at 0430 for the 40 mile trip in order to arrive on site at 0530 for pre-broadcast coordination actions..  The murderer having previously worked at the tv station would have been familiar with the remote setup process but he was fired two years ago and the anchor woman had just been hired in 2013 several months before he was fired.  She did not know him except at work and went on only one job assignment with him before he was fired. He accused her of calling him a "monkey" and was mad at the cameraman because he filed a complaint about him with human resources.  His discrimination complaint to the EEOC had no merit and was dismissed.  Soon afterward he was fired and because of the disruption he caused, the station management called 911 and the police had to physically escort him from the building.  As a general rule unless prior publicized by the tv station promoting planned upcoming area remotes, this info typically would be "in house" info.  Possibly the murderer had kept in touch with someone currently working at the TV station who when asked provided the info.  In any event the murderer knew in advance possibly from some non-public source.
> 
> This question needs answering.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> Brooks, Kurt 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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