Virginia: Former employee shoots reporter, cameraman on-air, posts footage online

Virginia: Former employee shoots reporter, cameraman on-air, posts footage online

FP Archives February 25, 2020, 16:28:16 IST

Former employee shoots reporter and cameraman during on-air interview and posts the footage online for maximum coverage.

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(L) Screengrab from a video posted by the shooter on social media shows him aiming a gun over the shoulder of WDBJ-TV cameraman Adam Ward at reporter Alison Parker as she conducts a live interview. (Image Credit: Twitter via AP) (R) Screengrab from a video by WDBJ7-TV in Virginia shows reporter Alison Parker the moment the shots were fired. (Image Credit: AFP/ WDBJ7-TV)

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Screngrab from a video filmed by slain WDBJ-TV cameraman Adam Ward shows the shooter Vester Lee Flanagan II standing over Ward with a gun after fatally shooting reporter Alison Parker during a live on-air interview. Image Credit: Twitter via AP

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Screengrab from a video of WDBJ7-TV shows the two WDBJ7 slain journalists, reporter Alsion Parker and cameraman Adam Ward.The crime happened during a live broadcast around 6:45 am ET. Image Credit: AFP /WDBJ7-TV

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State Police officers at shooter Vester Lee Flanagan II’s apartment in Virginia. Flanagan filmed himself gunning down a WDBJ-TV reporter and cameraman during a live television interview and posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene. Image Credit: AP

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Virginia residents pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for slain WDBJ journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward at the gate of WDBJ television studios in Roanoke, Virginia. Image Credit: AFP

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