Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 A fully-visual topic, for once. A gunman killed a reporter and cameraman while they were doing a live news report in Franklin County, Virginia, Wednesday morning. CBS News confirms that WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and videographer Adam Ward, 27, were killed. The incident took place at Bridgewater Plaza in Franklin County. Parker was interviewing Vicki Gardner, head of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, when gunshots begin to ring out. Parker and Gardner are seen running away while the camera appears to be dropped. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 Yip, ex employee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted August 26, 2015 He was an ex employee there named beater Lee flanagan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,330 Posted August 26, 2015 Bloody awful !Does anyone know if this is the first murder ever on live TV (excluding state executions and terrorist attacks)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted August 26, 2015 Did anyone see the video the shooter posted to his Twitter before the account was suspended? He was there waving his gun at them for half a minute before he started shooting, and they didn't even notice him. Absolutely chilling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 Bloody awful !Does anyone know if this is the first murder ever on live TV (excluding state executions and terrorist attacks)?I was at work so didn't see it at the time but the Detroit news feed is quite famous for being live when the second plane hit the tower on 9/11. I know it's not totally to the point but hey. I would think there are a few of these incidents now and again of reporters et.al dying on a live feed (weather reporter's helicopter crashes I know of a couple), but a murder? You may be onto something, can't think of one off the top o' me noggin. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 Did anyone see the video the shooter posted to his Twitter before the account was suspended? He was there waving his gun at them for half a minute before he started shooting, and they didn't even notice him. Absolutely chilling. Whoa! You saying HE was filming himself as well?!?? Jesus.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 Go pro baybee. It's still out there if you look not very hard enough. Fuck, there's been loads of murders 'live' on TV, and 11th sept don't count. Not quite TV, but the philipino politico who was taking a family snap when he got toasted always stuck in my mind. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Well I was unaware of further details, but thank you for saying 9/11 doesn't count but a photograph does.Anyway, may as well post the vid! SC Edited August 26, 2015 by DevonDeathTrip Video has been taken down by Youtube. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 11th sept counts as much as watching the news live as cruise missiles hit Iraq. Same thing. Mass murder. But that ain't assassination which I think is what SotD was on about. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 http://www.buzzfeed.com/bfeld/17-assassinations-caught-on-film-warning-graphic Here's 17 attempts/success's. The Japanese one in sure I posted on here before. It was successful and live on tv, and with a sword for extra points. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 What's that to do with murder? That was the question posed. 11th sept counts as much as watching the news live as cruise missiles hit Iraq. And I said as much. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted August 26, 2015 Tommy Coopers probably the most famous death live on telly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 Jack Ruby (Lee Harvey Oswald) might have something to say about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 26, 2015 Didn't someone post a video of some guy on a talk show having a heart attack? See, it doesn't have to be violent. Hell for that matter is Americans all got to see Hank Gathers' heart explode during the NCAA basketball tourney that's a pretty big audience I imagine. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted August 26, 2015 Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination was the first to be caught on live TV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 The Japanese one predates that.....and there were earlier ones than that. Anyhoo. Today's boy had a road rage earlier today. Lucky cunt .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted August 26, 2015 I remember hearing about a polition that killed himself on TV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 26, 2015 I just seen the footage. You can actually see bits of her brain on the camera! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted August 26, 2015 The gunman has died. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34068541 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 26, 2015 The Corporals Killings were pretty horrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporals_killings Also I have a vague memory of a reporter being shot live on British TV when he went to interview a landlord or tenant or something. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) I remember hearing about a polition that killed himself on TV This one? Edited August 26, 2015 by DevonDeathTrip Video of man blowing his brains out removed and replaced with link to his Wiki page. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted August 26, 2015 The Corporals Killings were pretty horrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporals_killings Also I have a vague memory of a reporter being shot live on British TV when he went to interview a landlord or tenant or something. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? I remember it happening, but can't remember the specific details. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted August 26, 2015 The Corporals Killings were pretty horrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporals_killings Also I have a vague memory of a reporter being shot live on British TV when he went to interview a landlord or tenant or something. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? Aye mind the Irish one. Which was because of Stone, also on camera, again at a funeral because of the infamous, yet government sanctioned, SAS assassinations in Gibraltar . Sorta went full circle. Can't remember a reporter off hand, although Werner Herzog was shot whilst being interviewed by Mark Kermode http://youtu.be/ylXqc8TQ15w Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted August 26, 2015 The Corporals Killings were pretty horrible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporals_killings Also I have a vague memory of a reporter being shot live on British TV when he went to interview a landlord or tenant or something. Anyone remember what I'm talking about? I remember it happening, but can't remember the specific details. Was it Albert Dryden, the planning officer and the BBC reporter? https://youtu.be/9VwlSihAMKs 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
