BREAKING: Shooting during live TV report in Virginia; reporter and cameraman dead

[GourmetDan]

 
Police Order BBC Journalists To Delete Footage Of Virginia Shooter’s Car Crash

"BBC journalists Franz Strasser and Tara McKelvey were reporting from the scene of the crash when one of the officers approached the pair and ordered them to delete their footage. “Just at the scene of the suspects [sic] shooting on I-66. Police told me to delete footage or lose camera,” Strasser tweeted. “Reason for confiscating camera was that it was evidence. Threatened to tow the car because it was illegally parked,” he said in a follow-up tweet about an hour later."

Now why would the police insist on deleting 'evidence' if everything is as you are being told.

Reason?  Because it doesn't fit the narrative you are being fed...     

[flowers]

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia killer Vester Lee Flanagan wrote letters to rant about lack of sex and his days as gay escort

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/exclusive-virginia-killer-wrote-notes-sex-life-article-1.2342431

Vester Lee Flanagan lamented shortly before gunning down two journalists on live TV that his glory days as a $2,000-a-night male escort were behind him, stunning new documents reveal.

The typed and handwritten letters, as well as photographs, driver’s licenses and student IDs, were shown to the Daily News by one of Flanagan’s close friends, Robert Avent, who says he spoke to the calm and collected killer moments before he committed suicide as cops closed in on him last Wednesday.

The notes provide a new window into the megalomaniacal madman’s mental state as he made the decision to exact revenge for an unsuccessful career filled with perceived racial slights.

LUPICA: ANDY PARKER TAKES ON AMERICA'S SHAME -- GUN VIOLENCE

In the stream-of-consciousness-style letters Flanagan, 41, is alternately cheery, reflective, apologetic for any hurt he caused Avent and eager to reveal the “raw truth” that racist gunman Dylann Roof’s massacre of nine black churchgoers inspired his own decision to kill.

“I do NOT wanna get old ... HELL NO!!!” Flanagan wrote.

“Please keep working out player ... when the heads stop turning, it’s AWFUL!!!”

Avent, who is straight, said he was not any part of Flanagan’s life as an escort.

“He didn’t hit on me. We were just friends and roommates. I didn’t participate in any of that,” Avent told The News.

Flanagan, apparently obsessed about his fading looks, recalled his life as a sex worker in the package to Avent.

'WE ARE NO LONGER A CIVILIZED NATION': PARENTS OF SLAIN REPORTER ALISON PARKER BARE ANGUISH, ANGER AT DAUGHTER'S GUN DEATH

“I totally CANNOT score right now ...,” Flanagan wrote. “And this is from a man who used to be paid hundreds an HOUR to sleep with men...one was a hot YOUNG guy in SF...he once asked, ‘Can I f--- you?’ He offered to give me $1,000...I playfully said, ‘No.’ Well, he gave me 2k.”

[musiclady]

What a sick man.......

[mountaineer]

But banning guns is the solution ...

 

[GourmetDan]

 
Is The Virginia Shooting Hoax Blowing Up In The MSM’s Face?

"The latest discovery is that Alison Parker’s alleged fiancé Chris Hurst, who has only eight social media photos of him with Alison, is probably just her “TV” boyfriend. A guy named Daniel Wulz has been outed by facial recognition as her real-world boyfriend."

Watch the videos.

That Andy Parker is quite an actor... except that he can't cry on-cue...

[bkepley]

Is The Virginia Shooting Hoax Blowing Up In The MSM’s Face?

"The latest discovery is that Alison Parker’s alleged fiancé Chris Hurst, who has only eight social media photos of him with Alison, is probably just her “TV” boyfriend. A guy named Daniel Wulz has been outed by facial recognition as her real-world boyfriend."

Watch the videos.

That Andy Parker is quite an actor... except that he can't cry on-cue...

Today a man was convicted for murder who can prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt (in his mind) that the Jews are the one's you should fear.  What do you think?

[DCPatriot]

What a sick man.......

Yes.  He certainly had issues.

Guess there's nothing worse than a temperamental African-American Queen going through a mid-life crisis.    

They're burying the fact that the murders were racially motivated...and building up the crazy gay psycho persona.

[mountaineer]

He Fires Two Shots at Her So She Curls Up in a Ball and Prays. After the Third She Hears…
By Amanda Ghessie (2 days ago) | Culture
IJ Review


When Tim Gardner turned on the news Wednesday morning he may have been prepared to see his wife’s face on camera. But, he by no means anticipated witnessing the terrifying moment when a gunman opened fire on live TV.

Now, he’s speaking out about what his wife, Vicki Gardner, experienced on that tragic day as she was being interviewed on WDBJ: “He [Vester Lee Flanagan] shot three times at my wife and she was trying to dodge everything,” Tim tells ABC 7. “He missed twice and then she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball.”

Vicki’s colleague, Troy Keaton, relays that as Vicki was hunched in a ball on the ground, she prayed. Then, Flanagan shot again. This time, the bullet hit her in the back, grazing her spine.

Apparently, he tried to shoot several more times, but the gun misfired and she heard it clicking. When Vicki realized she was safe, she walked to an ambulance with the bullet in her back and called her husband:   “When she called me she told me she had been shot in the back and that she was lucky to be alive,” Tim tells CNN.

Vicki has already undergone two surgeries for her injuries. Though the road to recovery will be long, she is incredibly thankful that she survived:  “’I know Vicki,’ says Keaton. ‘She’s going to make something good out of this.’”

As we continue to pray for Vicki Gardner’s speedy recovery, we also keep the family and friends of Alison Parker and Adam Ward in our thoughts and prayers.

[GourmetDan]

Now, he’s speaking out about what his wife, Vicki Gardner, experienced on that tragic day as she was being interviewed on WDBJ: “He [Vester Lee Flanagan] shot three times at my wife and she was trying to dodge everything,” Tim tells ABC 7. “He missed twice and then she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball.”

With all that shooting at her, you would think the gunman would remember how many people he shot.

Yet he called his friend and said that he killed 2 people... not 3...

"'And he said, "I shot and killed two people." Just like that, in a normal voice,' Avent said."

How did he know that he didn't kill Vicki?  Maybe he was watching the news as he fled?

Let the rationalization begin...

[DCPatriot]

With all that shooting at her, you would think the gunman would remember how many people he shot.

Yet he called his friend and said that he killed 2 people... not 3...

"'And he said, "I shot and killed two people." Just like that, in a normal voice,' Avent said."

How did he know that he didn't kill Vicki?  Maybe he was watching the news as he fled?

Let the rationalization begin...

Look like you're the only one that needs to do a little "rationalization", Dan!       

[musiclady]

He Fires Two Shots at Her So She Curls Up in a Ball and Prays. After the Third She Hears…
By Amanda Ghessie (2 days ago) | Culture
IJ Review


When Tim Gardner turned on the news Wednesday morning he may have been prepared to see his wife’s face on camera. But, he by no means anticipated witnessing the terrifying moment when a gunman opened fire on live TV.

Now, he’s speaking out about what his wife, Vicki Gardner, experienced on that tragic day as she was being interviewed on WDBJ: “He [Vester Lee Flanagan] shot three times at my wife and she was trying to dodge everything,” Tim tells ABC 7. “He missed twice and then she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball.”

Vicki’s colleague, Troy Keaton, relays that as Vicki was hunched in a ball on the ground, she prayed. Then, Flanagan shot again. This time, the bullet hit her in the back, grazing her spine.

Apparently, he tried to shoot several more times, but the gun misfired and she heard it clicking. When Vicki realized she was safe, she walked to an ambulance with the bullet in her back and called her husband:   “When she called me she told me she had been shot in the back and that she was lucky to be alive,” Tim tells CNN.

Vicki has already undergone two surgeries for her injuries. Though the road to recovery will be long, she is incredibly thankful that she survived:  “’I know Vicki,’ says Keaton. ‘She’s going to make something good out of this.’”

As we continue to pray for Vicki Gardner’s speedy recovery, we also keep the family and friends of Alison Parker and Adam Ward in our thoughts and prayers.

I can't imagine the terror in this woman's heart as she lay on the ground, shot.

btw, her husband believes strongly in the 2nd amendment, and has spoken out about it.

Guess he missed the memo about the 'hoax.'   

[musiclady]

Look like you're the only one that needs to do a little "rationalization", Dan!       

Wow.  Ain't that the truth.  I've never seen such 'dug in' rationalization anywhere!   

[GourmetDan]

Look like you're the only one that needs to do a little "rationalization", Dan!       

Actually, I'm the only one pointing out how the actual statements don't match the facts and therefore require rationalization.  You must rationalize how Flanagan knew he didn't kill 3 people... but that only 2 were 'dead'...

                                 

[mountaineer]

From a "TV insider" type of website:

Pittsburgh Reporter Shot with Paintball Gun
September 01, 2015/   Scott Jones   


Yesterday, FTVLive told you that a new crew from WPXI in Pittsburgh was shot at by some idiot(s) with a paintball gun.

Sources tell FTVLive that the Reporter hit in paintball attack was Jennifer Tomazic (pictured). The Photographer who was with her was Moe Jetter. Word is that Jetter quickly intervened alerting Jennifer it was a paintball that she was hit with.

Our source says that initially, Tomazic did not know what hit her. She was heard over her mic in the control room: "I'm hit, I'm hit." She had just raised the microphone to give a mic check when the shots came from a passing car around 4:30 a.m. moments before a Pittsburgh schools back-to-school story.

Since the attack, WPXI management has made some policy changes.  Live shots are now per the Reporter and Photographer's judgment call. There is now a no-knock policy on doors that has also been implemented.

Interestingly, WPXI has made no mention of the paintball incident, either on the air, or on their website.

Now, you could argue that the station is not mentioning the attack as to stop some copycat, but the station covered 3 other attacks ( No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) in the past on people that were not affiliated with the station.

It seems that if you are going to cover the others, it seems you should do the same when it involves your station.

FTVLive, with photo and internal links.

[Paladin]

Ok, the article explained one of them, because I didn't have a clue.

"'We would say stuff like, "The reporter's out in the field." And he would look at us and say, "What are you saying, cotton fields? That's racist".'

I am still left wondering about "swinging", however. Anyone know or can give an educated guess? Was it something sexual given his past as a male prostitute?

Ok, got it and the explanation is as nutty as his claim about going out into the field.

Per Jim Goad at "Taki Magazine".

"He was also certain that when they referred to “swinging by” a residence to cover a story, this was an obvious allusion to lynching."

Congratulations to BKKepley who guessed (?) it was related to "lynching". (pg 11, post #258)

[DCPatriot]

Ok, got it and the explanation is as nutty as his claim about going out into the field.

Per Jim Goad at "Taki Magazine".

"He was also certain that when they referred to “swinging by” a residence to cover a story, this was an obvious allusion to lynching."

Congratulations to BKKepley who guessed (?) it was related to "lynching". (pg 11, post #258)

Disagree.

IMO, it's more a mode of transportation chimpanzees use in a jungle.  They swing on vines from tree to tree so that they can escape predators.

Now if they told him "We're just going to hang around the office....."   

[musiclady]

Adam Ward was a huge Virginia Tech Hokies fan, and tonight at the Ohio State game (GO BUCKEYES!!) they are doing a tribute to the slain cameraman.

Hundreds attended his funeral, and his parents wore Hokie colors,  and Adam, himself, had a Va Tech hat on.....

http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/hundreds-crowd-funeral-for-adam-ward-hear-of-his-joy/article_eee9ab47-f19a-5b1a-9c2f-6d436dc1f555.html

How sad that this fine young man was killed by a maniac.

(And he IS dead).