Powerful_Fox Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34062118  Has anybody else seen this, it's absolutely crazy. The still image of the shooter is horrific!  There is a video online on Reddit with it happening but I didn't want to post it as it is a bit bad taste to me but should be easy enough to find for those curious.  Absolutely sick.  Update 1: The victims were reporter Alison Parker, 24 and cameraman Adam Ward, 27.  Update 2: This wasn't any riot based report where they got caught in a cross fire etc. This was supposed to be a light morning piece about tourism in the area.  Update 3: The killer (who has now been named as an ex-employee of the tv station; Vester Lee Flanagan) apparently filmed the whole thing on his go-pro (again links are on reddit but I haven't watched it and won't) and actually loaded it to his twitter account (which has obv now been suspended). Sick fuck.  Update 4: Killer has shot himself. There is supposed to have been a 23-page manifesto sent to the news station last night from the shooter.    Apologies if this didn't warrant it's own thread but I could find the place to put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Terrible. I saw the video. Wish I hadn't. Also came off Twitter due to all the grief filled tweets from the woman's boyfriend that were being retweeted onto my timeline. Just too sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 I saw the video too and wish I could take it back. I didn't even realise what I was watching at first as it was just as news broke and I thought it was the news broadcast after the event.  Just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Jesus Christ, that's absolutely mental. Saw the video too, scary shot doesn't even cover it. The anchor in the studio coming in "ok, I don't know what happened there" as her college runs off screaming as gunshots ring out, how do you react to that. Will no doubt open up the guns debate with some absolute pearls from gun-nuts about protection and constitutional rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Shooter uploaded his own video of him walking towards the scene and pulling a gun. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Duke Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Â Â Update 4: Killer has shot himself. Couldn't find this on the BBC, last update on their live updates is 16:38. Is there a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Showtime Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Â Â Â Update 4: Killer has shot himself. Couldn't find this on the BBC, last update on their live updates is 16:38. Is there a link? Â Reuters are reporting it. Twitter is where the "now" is, not the BBC. Â EDIT: Bloody sick, by the way. Not shocked by it though, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerful_Fox Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 Apologies, the last update has come from the parent US News Station Twitter account: Â https://twitter.com/WHSVnews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Could we wait until a decent amount of time has passed before debating this has passed, for purposes of mourning and sober reflection? Â Â Â Â Â Â ... Is what mendacious gunnuts like Wayne LaPierre will say, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Quagmire Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 The details coming out of this episode could just have easily come off a script for an episode of Black Mirror, with a struggling journalist apparently snapping & shooting dead ex-colleagues on a live broadcast, using social media to give a first-shooter's view of the incident to a worldwide audience, and so on. A horrific incident for all those innocently involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 The video from the guys go-pro is one the weirdest videos ive ever seen, horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 The video from the guys go-pro is one the weirdest videos ive ever seen, horrible.Agreed completely, a telling insight into the cunts mindset. More interested in getting the right shot than lives he was about to take. The first time he produces the Pistol to make sure he'll be on aim and 'in shot' with the three victims only a few feet away and not noticing is mind bending!  The eventual darkness and emptying of his mag is harrowing also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 How was she able to run away after three close range shots hit her? I can only imagine fear and adrenaline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily Buzzard Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 There's a bit here where the shooter guy is interviewing WWF wrestlers circa 1999, among other bits. Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qVf_jDttGk&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted August 26, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Some of the front pages this morning are terrible. The Sun especially, complete with "watch the chilling video at thesun.co.uk" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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