vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Aug 26, 2015 9:56am
http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-journalists-shot-killed-live-broadcast-130723506.html
WTF is going on with people!!! Crazy!
WTF is going on with people!!! Crazy!
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Aug 26, 2015 11:07am
god damn that's chilling.
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Aug 26, 2015 11:29am
Suspect live tweeted video of him shooting. Pretty disturbing. He tweeted it under his "TV" name Bryce Williams.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Aug 26, 2015 11:55am
Scary. That video.
vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Aug 26, 2015 11:56am
According to twitter reports now, he has shot himself. Oh and he was black for what it's worth!
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raiderbuck
Posts: 1,623
Aug 26, 2015 12:00pm
Thanks for pointing that out...vdubb96;1747223 wrote:According to twitter reports now, he has shot himself. Oh and he was black for what it's worth!
The shooter is a coward.
vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Aug 26, 2015 12:34pm
I did that "tongue and cheek" only because if rolls were reversed it would be HUGE news.
Lovejoy1984
Posts: 5,277
Aug 26, 2015 12:40pm
Good point, I hadn't seen this shooting reported anywhere....vdubb96;1747230 wrote:I did that "tongue and cheek" only because if rolls were reversed it would be HUGE news.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 26, 2015 12:40pm
From the video his only targets was the TV Reporter first and Camera man second, employees that he had worked with.
The weapon was a 9mm and after the camera dropped you can hear additional shots fired, I would assume the shooter fired more shots at the victims at a closer ranger. The shots sound like they are fired in a barrel, this is becasue the weapon was fired in a downward position and the sound echoed off the floor. This is my opion based off my experience of weapons. I was not there and can only assume this is what happen. This was a planned and directed shooting by a crazy, distraut individual with a hate about something or someone.
Let not go into that knee jerk reaction mode of racist, hate crime and radical activites ... one crazy fucked up individual
The weapon was a 9mm and after the camera dropped you can hear additional shots fired, I would assume the shooter fired more shots at the victims at a closer ranger. The shots sound like they are fired in a barrel, this is becasue the weapon was fired in a downward position and the sound echoed off the floor. This is my opion based off my experience of weapons. I was not there and can only assume this is what happen. This was a planned and directed shooting by a crazy, distraut individual with a hate about something or someone.
Let not go into that knee jerk reaction mode of racist, hate crime and radical activites ... one crazy fucked up individual
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Aug 26, 2015 12:41pm
Black lives matter.vdubb96;1747223 wrote:According to twitter reports now, he has shot himself. Oh and he was black for what it's worth!
vdubb96
Posts: 2,210
Aug 26, 2015 1:07pm
Not calling this a "race" related crime belly, however if it was a "white" disgruntled employee who fired on two black reporters, all hell would be breaking loose (again).
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Aug 26, 2015 1:23pm
Belly is the voice of reason in this thread.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Aug 26, 2015 2:22pm
No way belly typed that response. Lol. At least not the first paragraph with no spelling errorsj_crazy;1747238 wrote:Belly is the voice of reason in this thread.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Aug 26, 2015 2:39pm
This link is nuts. It shows the video he took. He literally stands 2 feet away from the reporter, gun pointed, for 20 seconds. Nobody notices. Then he opens fire. Guarantee this video will be removed anytime so view it now. Such a tragedy and of course, reports already coming out that he was discriminated against and claimed the 2 victims were racists, etc.
http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/lester-lee-flanagan-flanighan-flanigan-wdbj-tv-disgruntled-employee-virginia-shooting-suspect-cameraman-photos-video-chase-gun-gunman-arrested/
http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/lester-lee-flanagan-flanighan-flanigan-wdbj-tv-disgruntled-employee-virginia-shooting-suspect-cameraman-photos-video-chase-gun-gunman-arrested/
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 26, 2015 3:04pm
. WayFatHobbit;1747242 wrote:No way belly typed that response. Lol. At least not the first paragraph with no spelling errors
TedSheckler
Posts: 3,974
Aug 26, 2015 3:10pm
And the GM of the station came right out and said that the shooter was full of it. No basis to his claims. He said Flanigan liked to pick fights and play the victim. That's why they let him go and he had to be escorted away from the station by police.Azubuike24;1747243 wrote:reports already coming out that he was discriminated against and claimed the 2 victims were racists, etc.
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Aug 26, 2015 3:12pm
Yea, Hillary already blamed it on guns too. Politicians on both sides waste no time trying to capitalize off of other people's misfortunes. Btw the dead scum bag had to have the cops called on him when he was fired.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Aug 26, 2015 3:20pm
Why is any situation involving guns the only time the talk immediately goes to symptoms as opposed to root cause?
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Aug 26, 2015 3:22pm
Even the her dad's statement, which was understandably a difficult thing to even release, hinted that they were blaming guns. Something along the lines of "another victim of someone with a weapon."
Never does it say another victim of a useless piece of shit who probably was taking anti-depressants and decided to take the most cowardly way out. That's pretty much what I'd say if it was my family member. What was used to kill them is irrelevant...
Never does it say another victim of a useless piece of shit who probably was taking anti-depressants and decided to take the most cowardly way out. That's pretty much what I'd say if it was my family member. What was used to kill them is irrelevant...
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Aug 26, 2015 3:39pm
Friggin' sucks. One of my good college buddies is a coworker of the victims. Waking up to this stuff daily is tiring.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Aug 26, 2015 3:56pm
Hillary is a asshole, even Bill doesn’t what to go thereiclfan2;1747246 wrote:Yea, Hillary already blamed it on guns too. Politicians on both sides waste no time trying to capitalize off of other people's misfortunes. Btw the dead scum bag had to have the cops called on him when he was fired.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Aug 26, 2015 4:35pm
vdubb96;1747223 wrote:According to twitter reports now, he has shot himself. Oh and he was black for what it's worth!
So, taking down the confederate flag was moot.
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BoatShoes
Posts: 5,703
Aug 26, 2015 5:08pm
Simply horrifying. You just wish thatvpoor girl would have been able to see him when he put the gun down and waited until the camera man panned back and maybe had a fighting chance...
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Aug 26, 2015 5:47pm
You strike me as the sort of person who gleefully jacks off whenever something tragic happens because it gives you an opening to awkwardly shoehorn in some stupid political point that no one gives a fuck about. GFY.QuakerOats;1747257 wrote:So, taking down the confederate flag was moot.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Aug 26, 2015 6:06pm
Change we can believe in.Heretic;1747273 wrote:You strike me as the sort of person who gleefully jacks off whenever something tragic happens because it gives you an opening to awkwardly shoehorn in some stupid political point that no one gives a fuck about. GFY.