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

[Sean Hoyden]

​Another possibility is that the victims may have posted on social media
where they were going in the days before the broadcast was to take place.
I see that quite a bit on Twitter from some newspeople/weather guessers I
follow.  It's innocent and innocuous, but it goes to show how you never
know who is reading your stuff on social media unless you practice good
OPSEC.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Bruce Harper <brucebharper at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:12 AM, John 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. . . . 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.
> >
>
> That is part of the investigation that is still going on. While there were
> indications of premeditation, the actual timeline hasn't been worked out
> yet. It isn't known if he watched an earlier shot (the Mornin' show runs
> from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.) and headed to the location, or if he saw a promo for
> the shot. From the Roanoke Times story: "It remains unclear how Flanagan
> knew Parker and Ward were working at Bridgewater Plaza on Wednesday
> morning, although WDBJ frequently promotes details about its upcoming
> stories.
>
> A worker with Smith Mountain Lake developer Willard Cos., who asked not to
> be identified, said he was having coffee in nearby Burnt Chimney about 6:30
> a.m. when a car pulled up and the driver, who appeared calm, asked for
> directions to Bridgewater Plaza.
>
> That driver was Flanagan, the worker later said." (
>
> http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/bedford_county/suspect-in-wdbj-shootings-called-himself-human-powder-keg/article_67c09161-0109-5228-a554-0d14ffc56d51.html
> )
>
> From comments in that story, it sounds like some of the staff at WDBJ were
> not happy that the guy was still in Roanoke after he was fired. A former
> reporter and anchor, Susan Bahorich, now in Richmond, was reported to have
> been contacted by Roanoke police to be on the watch, since she had worked
> at the station while the shooter was employed there.
>
> There is still more to come on this, as the Franklin County Sheriff's
> Department, with cooperation from other agencies, tries to unravel this
> whole mess.
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
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