Two journalists killed in shooting during live newscast at Smith Mountain Lake

a reply to: crappiekat

I am sorry, I thought CNN stated he had killed himself.

Apparently he is still alive.

originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
a reply to: tony9802

going from your first post and this one.

i think you got your tin foil hat on to tight this morning. it was coming from his twitter account. it is obvious that it was the same as the new report.

plus you might want to watch the words you use, black folks take offense at that word too [as well,] even though it is correct in it's meaning that it's the spainish word for black.

Do you have the link to that twitter account? I can look for it on my own though.. is this his name: Lester Lee Flanighan? Thanks, I'll be more careful with my terminology. In this instance, I have decided to make that change or correction so there is an edit with the terminology. Occasionally I do utilize the word Negro because I believe it is much more formal than the word "Black," and it is not meant to be offensive.

Most importantly however, I am having a difficult time believing that this guy is going to video tape everything and suddenly while on a high speed chase against the authorities that he is going to take the time out to post the video he filmed, post that,and then along with it his personal comments and motives!! This starts to get ridiculous at some point, hence my funny hat. First thing in the morning, 6:30am or so is when the journalists are conducting their inteview, and this guy will suddenly take time out to post it all on the internet?! No way! I don't buy it one bit! Besides, all of the evidence they find should normally be taken laboratories, not shared on the news and internet. They just paste this all together a little too quickly for my taste to be believable.

Also, I just saw a picture of the gentleman: he actually looks like a total sweetheart!! Do we interview members of his family now?

He is not dead, but in critical condition

Im seeing reports that he is not dead but in critical condition.

UPDATE: WDBJ7 amends statement on Bryce Williams saying he is not, in fact, dead - @WDBJ7

originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
watching CNN feed from WDBJ the station they worked at.

he's not dead.

He shot himself but didn't die?

Is that what they are saying. I thought he was already confirmed dead.

Watching the live feed again... police are saying he's still got a pulse.

Good... let him suffer.

a reply to: Hefficide

nevermind..im late
The POS lives..it's not bad when these guys off themselves but it would be good to know the reasons..hope he is f'd up for the rest of his life.

originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
watching CNN feed from WDBJ the station they worked at.

he's not dead.

I hope he doesn't die, I want to see him go to trial, death is to easy

originally posted by: intrptr

originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: intrptr

On YouTube it is. It was copyright, now its 'Pulled by User'…

There was disturbing content-there was no choice but to pull it.

When I clicked on the link on page one, it said "Not available in your country due to copyright infringement by Hirsch entertainment" or some such. Okay so that wasn't true. Then the same video "removed by user" a bit later. All within one hour of the event.


Nobody else has copied it up yet? A mod told me its 'looping on TV" , I can't find it. They're just showing pics.

Oh, well, back to believing what we're told.

The post by Vasa Croe on page 13 of this thread shows the video fine..

a reply to: tony9802

it's been posted here a couple of time and it was taken down.
the videos you see now a re the ones people captured and reposted.

they say there is one on live leak and yourube.

originally posted by: MagesticEsoteric

originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
watching CNN feed from WDBJ the station they worked at.

he's not dead.

He shot himself but didn't die?

Is that what they are saying. I thought he was already confirmed dead.

This is exactly why we cannot trust or rely on media reports. I can understand missing a little detail, shirt color, spelling of a name. But seriously? was reported confirmed dead, now alive?

originally posted by: Hefficide

Watching the live feed again... police are saying he's still got a pulse.

Good... let him suffer.

I would truly hate to be the EMT's that have to work on this piece of crap.

Since there's a racial component to this story, Rev. Al should be interjecting himself very soon.

originally posted by: Digital_Reality
Im seeing reports that he is not dead but in critical condition.

UPDATE: WDBJ7 amends statement on Bryce Williams saying he is not, in fact, dead - @WDBJ7

Oh please let him live just so he can suffer horribly for the rest of his useless life.

originally posted by: AnonymousCitizen

originally posted by: MagesticEsoteric

originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
watching CNN feed from WDBJ the station they worked at.

he's not dead.

He shot himself but didn't die?

Is that what they are saying. I thought he was already confirmed dead.

This is exactly why we cannot trust or rely on media reports. I can understand missing a little detail, shirt color, spelling of a name. But seriously? was reported confirmed dead, now alive?

So they did, in fact, confirm he was dead at one point?

I know they said he shot himself but, I can't remember if they confirmed he was dead.

a reply to: Stormdancer777

I agree. This person should be held accountable for his actions.

And all the other people that have been personally affected by his actions need to see this person get what he deserves, through our justice system.

originally posted by: UnBreakable
Since there's a racial component to this story, Rev. Al should be interjecting himself very soon.

Good point. I wonder where the #blacklivesmatter crowd stands on this? I'm guessing they'll make Vester aka Bryce the true victim here, while compiling some weak or fake evidence that the 2 actual victims were somehow "racist".

a reply to: tony9802

you know some people are very skilled at driving and tweeting.
plus they were looking for him not chasing all of the time, he could have been stopped somewhere for a few minutes and posted the video and tweets.


i don't find it hard to believe at all.

originally posted by: butcherguy

originally posted by: Stormdancer777
No one seen him standing there?

Cameraman would have needed eyes in the back of his head to see the shooter. Reporter and woman being interviewed were focused on each other.
When an on scene interview is happening, you practically have to get into the shot to get a reaction from the reporter... or run into them from behind.

I saw the full video he took, he stood there for an awful long time, I thought maybe could see him out of corner of their eye, not the cameraman of course.

He lifts the gun up then puts it back down then lifts it up again.

ABC news seem to have received an over twenty page manifesto last night?

The United States Has Had More Mass Shootings Than Any Other Country

Nearly one-third of the world's mass shootings have occurred in the United States, a new study finds. Adam Lankford, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama, has released the first quantitative analysis of public mass shootings around the world between 1966 through 2012. Unsurprisingly, the United States came out on top—essentially in a league of its own

Here we go again...the kill culture of the world strikes again!


I think were on average of one a week now