A Sea Of Red

This is insane. A WDBJ7 reporter was doing a live report at Smith Mt Lake this morning, and while on air, her and the cameraman were shot and killed.

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/t ... ac9da.html

The video of the whole thing is in the story.

Had a friend send me the video in a text this morning. The whole thing is crazy.

Wow, that's awful. There's a screenshot of the shooter. Hopefully someone can ID him and they are able to apprehend him ASAP.

wow...insanity.

I work from home so I've got the TV on following the story. Of course, Fox News has botched it and sensationalized the whole thing. CNN has covered it pretty well. The reporter was dating an anchor at the station. The camera man was engaged to a producer at the station. Reporter/camera man were shot at least eight times and the woman being interviewed wasn't hit.

Jon, are we sure? The article says the woman being interviewed was hit in the back and is currently in surgery.

JK37 wrote:Jon, are we sure? The article says the woman being interviewed was hit in the back and is currently in surgery.

CNN just updated the story. WDBJ originally said she wasn't hit and now they're confirming she was.

Yeah, prayers for all those involved and for the authorities as they search for this lowlife.

Heard about it on the radio after dropping kids off at school. Crazy.

I used to work at Westlake Golf & Country Club, which is on 122 and just a few miles away from Bridgewater. I can tell you that NO ONE is at Bridgewater at 6:45 in the morning.

Every time I watch this video, I get chills all over. This is one of the craziest/saddest things to happen in our community.

man sad to see that. sorry for the families affected.

Wow...so awful to see. Definitely thoughts and prayers for all those impacted at this time.

SuperJon wrote:I work from home so I've got the TV on following the story. Of course, Fox News has botched it and sensationalized the whole thing. CNN has covered it pretty well. The reporter was dating an anchor at the station. The camera man was engaged to a producer at the station. Reporter/camera man were shot at least eight times and the woman being interviewed wasn't hit.

One of my friends took Allison, the reporter, to several of his dances when he was at VMI. While I am not sure of all of the details, the way I heard the story was that the camera man and reporter that were shot had recently gotten engaged to each other, but both had also dated people from the station in the past. Like I said, I could have misunderstood the situation/relationships, but sounds like it may have been someone they knew. Either way, so sad!

A station out of Shenandoah is reporting the police are chasing the shooter up I-81.

fan00 wrote:While I am not sure of all of the details, the way I heard the story was that the camera man and reporter that were shot had recently gotten engaged to each other, but both had also dated people from the station in the past. Like I said, I could have misunderstood the situation/relationships, but sounds like it may have been someone they knew.

That's how Fox reported it any they were wrong. Camera guy was engaged to a producer. Reporter was dating an anchor.

What I can't figure out is where in the video is he screenshot now being circulated of the suspect brandishing the gun moments after firing? I'm seeing that photo on several news websites (No TV; I'm at work.), and I can't pinpoint it.

JK37 wrote:What I can't figure out is where in the video is he screenshot now being circulated of the suspect brandishing the gun moments after firing? I'm seeing that photo on several news websites (No TV; I'm at work.), and I can't pinpoint it.

My guess is the newsroom found that on the feed after the immediately cut away from the shot. It probably wasn't in the video that's circulating.

The suspect is former WDBJ reporter Bryce Williams. He actually filmed the shooting with a GoPro and posted it to Twitter/Facebook.

SuperJon wrote:The suspect is former WDBJ reporter Bryce Williams. He actually filmed the shooting with a GoPro and posted it to Twitter/Facebook.

Where did you find that? This whole thing is sickening.

Knocklehead can attest to the fact that crazy newsroom relationships and volatility go hand-in-hand. I speak from experience. Truly a tragedy.

If they can capture this guy alive, I will be amazed and the cops who pull it off should get the highest commendations possible. More likely it will end in SBC (and that doesn´t refer to a rinky-dink FBS conference).

Just heard from multiple sources on twitter that the shooter killed himself. What a freaking coward.

JakeP50 wrote:Just heard from multiple sources on twitter that the shooter killed himself. What a freaking coward.

At least he had the guts to do it himself instead of making LE do it for him, which is what I was expecting.

It was always going to end in suicide or suicide by cop. That's how these things always play out.

SuperJon wrote:It was always going to end in suicide or suicide by cop. That's how these things always play out.

That was his plan without a doubt. There have been a few cases where LE has been able to get one of these guys alive to face justice, but it´s pretty rare.

SuperJon wrote:The suspect is former WDBJ reporter Bryce Williams. He actually filmed the shooting with a GoPro and posted it to Twitter/Facebook.

Who is the "Vester Lee Flanagan" all of the news outlets are calling the suspect?