see my post above
he had an entry on Aug 20 and then about seven came in describing events at the tv station including 2 videos of the shooting that he took. My guess is he stopped the car posted the feeds and killed himself.
Reporter and Cameraman killed on air
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he had an entry on Aug 20 and then about seven came in describing events at the tv station including 2 videos of the shooting that he took. My guess is he stopped the car posted the feeds and killed himself.
I got his twitter from this lady
https://twitter.com/AmyALaPorte?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
Probably assisting via a mutual aid agreement. Not uncommon at all for different agencies at different levels of government to assist in cases like this.
The video on Facebook is nuts. He points the gun for a few seconds and waits for the camera man to turn the camera back on the reporter.
Videos are on youtube...he waved the gun at them...feet away...and no one noticed it[
Right after the last tweet you see here, he posted the videos. There were two.
Now for the local angle: this (alleged) a-hole at one time worked at WTWC (NBC 40) here in Tallahassee when they had a newscast in the late 90's, back when he was known as Vester Flanagan:
http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wdbj-adds-two-veteran-reporters/46832?red=ts
Bryce Williams, aka Vester Flanagan, pictured on the left....
http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wdbj-adds-two-veteran-reporters/46832?red=ts
Bryce Williams, aka Vester Flanagan, pictured on the left....
Yea, you can still find the videos out there but I'm not posting them. I saw them on his page before it was suspended.
I saw the one that cut off right as he was aiming at the reporter from about 4-5 feet away. I don't want to see any more of it.
Yep that is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a while.
He also posted something about racist comments from Alison that he was mad about.
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Looks like it is over
@ABC News received a 23-page fax from someone who says he is Bryce Williams. We have turned it over to authorities.
#BREAKING Reports: Alleged #WDBJ shooter Vester Flanagan has shot himself:
@ABC News received a 23-page fax from someone who says he is Bryce Williams. We have turned it over to authorities.
#BREAKING Reports: Alleged #WDBJ shooter Vester Flanagan has shot himself:
Personally, I'd far rather he do that than enter into a shootout that possibly results in the injury of a cop or an innocent bystander. Additionally, it saves the State a lot of $ that would have been spent on a trial, as well as the costs of housing him.
See, that's even worse - now the State's also gonna be on the hook for hospital bills. Maybe the ambulance will get stuck in a traffic jam on the way to the hospital.
I'm reminded of the aftermath of the guys who knitted together suits of body armor and robbed a bank.
Cops held the ambulance at the end of the street for 'safety reasons' until the guy bled out...
Personally wouldn't mind that but in this current environment if I'm a cop or EMT inside that ambulance I'm asking someone to video the entire trip to the hospital.
I'm fine with paying those costs. Especially if it means somebody can strap him to a gurney and stick a needle in his arm.
Dude deserves the Green Mile experience before passing into whatever realm is in store for him.
The medical staff was probably professional, but it would have been hard for me not to laugh at his
at one point he did.
From WCTV's website:
A former WTWC employee confirmed that Vester Flanagan worked at WTWC in Tallahassee from March of 1999 to March of 2000. The station also confirmed that Flanagan had filed a complaint regarding racial discrimination against the station but the case was settled.
Meteorologist Nancy Dignon worked with Flanagan at NBC News 40 in Tallahassee in the late 90’s.
Dignon says Flanagan anchored the 6 and 11pm newscasts with her on the weekends.
“We are all in disbelief – and quite shaken by this,” Dignon said. “We knew he was volatile, but we never thought in our wildest dreams that he was capable of something like this.”
Dignon recalled an incident after the late news one night in which she pointed out a mistake Flanagan had made on the air. She said the disagreement “escalated so unexpectedly and so quickly … that he asked me to take it outside.”
Sounds like a time bomb with a 20-year fuse....
A former WTWC employee confirmed that Vester Flanagan worked at WTWC in Tallahassee from March of 1999 to March of 2000. The station also confirmed that Flanagan had filed a complaint regarding racial discrimination against the station but the case was settled.
Meteorologist Nancy Dignon worked with Flanagan at NBC News 40 in Tallahassee in the late 90’s.
Dignon says Flanagan anchored the 6 and 11pm newscasts with her on the weekends.
“We are all in disbelief – and quite shaken by this,” Dignon said. “We knew he was volatile, but we never thought in our wildest dreams that he was capable of something like this.”
Dignon recalled an incident after the late news one night in which she pointed out a mistake Flanagan had made on the air. She said the disagreement “escalated so unexpectedly and so quickly … that he asked me to take it outside.”
Sounds like a time bomb with a 20-year fuse....
Me too. I wasn't sure what I was watching at first and then was in disbelief and then quickly hoped the version I was seeing would end before he pulled the trigger.
Was like watching someone playing a video game.
It had a triggering effect for my PTSD. Had to go for a walk and do my breathing exercises. Probably won't sleep tonight.
