The journalists were filming an interview for the morning news show of the WDBJ7 TV station in Roanoke, Virginia. The area is in the south-central part of the state, about 120 miles (190 km) from the capital of Richmond. EDT (1045 GMT) during an interview being broadcast live from Bridgewater Plaza, a Smith Mountain Lake recreation site with restaurants, shops, boating and arcades and holiday rentals. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live interview, and authorities said police were pursuing a suspect who appeared to be a disgruntled current or former employee of the TV station. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. For NPR News, I'm Sandy Hausman.Ĭopyright © 2015 NPR. He wrote (reading) keeping guns out of the hands of people who would use them to harm our family, friends and loved ones is not a political issue it's a matter of ensuring that more people can come home safely at the end of the day. #JOURNALISTS SHOT ON AIR VIDEO HOW TO#Virginia's governor, Terry McAuliffe, sent his condolences and urged lawmakers to ask questions about how to prevent senseless events in the future. Alison Parker was living with one of the station's news anchors and Adam Ward was engaged to the producer of this morning's news. #JOURNALISTS SHOT ON AIR VIDEO PROFESSIONAL#Meanwhile, staffers at WDBJ are mourning professional and personal losses. In that document, he wrote that what triggered today's carnage was his reaction to the racism of the Charleston church shootings in June. HAUSMAN: ABC News says it received a lengthy fax this morning from someone named Bryce Williams, the name Flanagan used on the air. It would appear things were spiraling out of control, but we're still looking into that. HAUSMAN: But Flanagan stayed in town, and Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton suggested he may have had psychological problems.īILL OVERTON: This gentleman was disturbed in some way of the way things had transpired at some point in his life. Sometimes they're just not suited for the work. But this happens, and usually, they move on. And the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dismissed the claim out of hand, so we had an unhappy former employee. And we have a pretty diverse workplace, and we got nothing about that. MARX: We think they were fabricated, but just as an insurance policy, we went around and talked to all of our employees. The general manager said Flanagan's complaints could not be confirmed. Flanagan was black, Parker and Ward, white. In a tweet, he claimed Parker was racist and said Ward had reported him to human resources. Forty-one-year-old Vester Lee Flanagan was let go after he complained of racial discrimination on the job. HAUSMAN: Later, he confirmed that the suspect in the case had worked at the station as a reporter. I cannot tell you how much they were loved, Alison and Adam, by the WDBJ7 team, and our hearts are broken. JEFFREY MARX: It is my very, very sad duty to report that Alison and Adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. A short time later, station manager Jeffrey Marx joined members of his news team on the set. HAUSMAN: The station quickly cut back to the anchor desk where a stunned host sat, her jaw-dropping. Her 27-year-old cameraman, Adam Ward, stood nearby sending video back to the station. Reporter Alison Parker, who had recently celebrated her 24th birthday, was doing the interview. SANDY HAUSMAN, BYLINE: The story was routine, an interview with someone from the Chamber of Commerce in a small town near Roanoke. Here's Sandy Hausman of member station WVTF. But we begin our coverage from Virginia, and a warning, some of what you'll hear is disturbing. He later died.ĬORNISH: In a moment, a discussion about violence and social media. He shot himself as police chased him on an interstate. He videotaped himself during the shooting and afterwards posted the video on social media. The suspect was identified by police as a former reporter at the station. A gunman shot and killed a television reporter and her videographer during a live broadcast for WDBJ, the CBS affiliate in Roanoke.Ī woman who was being interviewed was also shot. We begin this hour with the horrifying shooting today in Virginia.
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