Two members of a local TV station's news team were fatally shot Wednesday during a live TV broadcast near Roanoke, Va., WDBJ7-TV said.

A manhunt was underway in Franklin County, Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe said told WTOP radio that police know who the shooter is and are pursuing him.

The station said the shooting took place at about 6:45 a.m., at Smith Mountain Lake, a resort about 35 miles from Roanoke. Killed were WDBJ7's cameraman Adam Ward, 27, and reporter Alison Parker, 24.

The live broadcast at the time of the shooting showed Parker interviewing someone at a resort when, just off camera, shots rang out and Parker is heard screaming. The recording appears to include a glimpse of the gunman dressed in black.

"This kind of loss will resonate in these halls for a long, long time as we remember in their short lives what dedicated journalism they produced and what outstanding journalists they were," WDBJ7 general manager Jeffrey Marks said.

Authorities were "working very diligently to track down the motive and the person responsible for this terrible crime against two fine journalists," Marks said. "They were just out doing their job today."

Marks said it appeared that Ward was shot first, and that Parker was shot trying to flee. Marks said authorities told him they were pursuing a possible suspect.

Marks said Ward was engaged to his producer, who was working at the station at the time of the shooting and saw the events unfold live.

Here is video of the tragedy. Warning — It is chilling:

The victims were from the Roanoke area, the station said. Adam graduated from Salem High School and Virginia Tech. Parker grew up in Martinsville and attended Patrick Henry Community College and James Madison University.

Area schools were in lockdown.

McAuliffe tweeted that he was "heartbroken over senseless murders today in Smith Mountain Lake." He said State Police were aiding Franklin County authorities in the effort to capture the gunman.

Heartbroken over senseless murders today in Smith Mountain Lake. State Police on scene working w/ local law agencies to capture suspect.

Chris Hurst, an anchor for the station, said he was Parker's boyfriend.

"She was the most radiant woman I ever met. And for some reason she loved me back. She loved her family, her parents and her brother," Hurst tweeted. And later: "I am comforted by everyone at @WDBJ7. We are a family. She worked with Adam every day. They were a team. I am heartbroken for his fiancee."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/26/reports-two-dead-virginia-shooting-live-tv/32391633/

Its on page 1 of OFF TOPIC

You should be on Page-1 of OFF-LINE. Worthless loser.

Police chase on I-81. Today is move-in date for VPI with students and their families trekking down I-81.

http://www.wset.com/story/29881870/breaking-active-shooter-reported-in-moneta

>You should be on Page-1 of OFF-LINE. Worthless loser.

Good One! Peace be to you.. Love Peace Flowers..LOL

Thats whatsno Fox News is for.Not you Jackass.

Suspect ID'd as Vester Flanagan II, former weekend anchor.

http://coed.com/2015/08/26/vester-lee-flanagan-virginia-shooter-details-facts-photos-wdbj-killer/

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> Suspect ID'd as Vester Flanagan II, former weekend
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> http://coed.com/2015/08/26/vester-lee-flanagan-vir
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And he filmed the attack.

WARNING

https://youtu.be/_-1BtGq68EA

fucker.... Capital punishment is still an option in VA...

I wonder if he was lying some pipe on the anchor when she got engaged to her fiance...



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BOLO:

https://www.arlnow.com/2015/08/26/police-lookout-va-tv-shooting-suspect-may-be-heading-for-d-c/

Full video at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=225_1440602498

Shooter:



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Shooter is dead. He saved the taxpayers some money.

awful

The ugly fucker is still alive -

Almost made it back to NRA HQ. But could just be a coincidence.


Rental car probably had some kind of GPS tracker in it. Smart move, Vester. I mean "Bryce." The most unlikely "Bryce"-looking mofo ever.

Waste of Life Wrote:
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> The ugly fucker is still alive -


Nope, he died @ Fairfax INOVA

He's dead.

http://www.wset.com/story/29881870/update-vester-l-flanagan-shot-himself

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> Almost made it back to NRA HQ. But could just be
> a coincidence.

Nope. He was headed for the New Black Panther Party office in DC.

FriendOfFruppie Wrote:
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> > Almost made it back to NRA HQ. But could just
> be
> > a coincidence.
>
> Nope. He was headed for the New Black Panther
> Party office in DC.


To the White House for a pardon as a persecuted gay black man.

Here is some of the racial context to this from the shooter:

"Back in 2000, Flanagan filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying that he had been called a “monkey” by a producer at the WTWC television station in Florida, where he worked as a weekend news anchor and night reporter. He also claimed that his supervisor called black people lazy. According to court records, the case was settled and dismissed the next year."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-alleged-gunman-details-grievances-suicide-notes/story?id=33336339


“Why did I do it? I put down a deposit for a gun on 6/19/15. The Church shooting in Charleston happened on 6/17/15…”

“What sent me over the top was the church shooting. And my hollow point bullets have the victims’ initials on them."

“As for Dylann Roof? You (deleted)! You want a race war (deleted)? BRING IT THEN YOU WHITE …(deleted)!!!” He said Jehovah spoke to him, telling him to act.

“Also, I was influenced by Seung–Hui Cho. That’s my boy right there. He got NEARLY double the amount that Eric Harris and Dylann Klebold got…just sayin.'"

"He says has suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work --He says he has been attacked by black men and white females --He talks about how he was attacked for being a gay, black man"

“The church shooting was the tipping point…but my anger has been building steadily...I’ve been a human powder keg for a while…just waiting to go BOOM!!!!”


Sounds like such a charming fellow.

The shooter is dead now.


TAXPAYER MONEY HAS BEEN SAVED!

So a TV station has an opening for a new reporter, right? Would it be too soon to inquire about the vacancy? Should I wait a couple hours or even a day before calling and faxing in my resume?

I LOVE IT WHEN WHITE PEOPLE DIE! So proud of my son and his work to rid America of whites!

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> I LOVE IT WHEN WHITE PEOPLE DIE! So proud of my
> son and his work to rid America of whites!


Pathetic troll.

too dumb to troll Wrote:
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> > I LOVE IT WHEN WHITE PEOPLE DIE! So proud of
> my
> > son and his work to rid America of whites!
>
>
> Pathetic troll.

Pathetic troller of trolls.

Thanks, Obama, for dividing the country by race, class, and religion! Satan thanks you!

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> Thanks, Obama, for dividing the country by race,
> class, and religion! Satan thanks you!

Obama causes all of the lunatics to come out of their caves, so he is responsible. Can you distinguish proximate causes from fundamental causes? I didn't think so.

If Obama really had a son..Gay black man sounds like a good fit, and he hates white people also.

So he faxed some long paper to a news organization in New York?

Why does the NRA support these looneys!

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> So he faxed some long paper to a news organization
> in New York?
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> Why does the NRA support these looneys!


They don't. The Democrats do.

#blackliesmatter bro.

this is a hoax

Look like he taken to FFX Hospital and died there.

The Great Divider Wrote:
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> Thanks, Obama, for dividing the country by race,
> class, and religion! Satan thanks you!


We need to heal. There's too much hate.

Let's pray for the young folks who lost their lives today.

Faxed Long Letter to New York Wrote:
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> So he faxed some long paper to a news organization
> in New York?
>
> Why does the NRA support these looneys!

If the reporter, the cameraman and the woman being interviewed had all been armed, only three people would have died.

>If the reporter, the cameraman and the woman being interviewed had all been armed, only three people would have died.

I hear the sarcasm, but

No, he shot very fast, so fast a bystander would have had to have a combat .45 Auto in a ISPC speed rig holster to have stopped him.

But after he shot the people he would have had a hard time reloading to shoot anymore if any armed CCW folks were there, even if they had to fish out a lil old .380

>> Why does the NRA support these looneys!

Posted by a unstable loony because the NRA does Not support them,

>They don't. The Democrats do. And That's right on.

>We need to heal. There's too much hate

I wish it were true but,

Sorry, that will not happen because liberals refuse to Live and Let live, they must control, they must fuck with people , their way is the only way and they see these type of events as necessary to achieve their greater goal thru alligator tears.

Not all Democrats are true liberals, many people vote for Democrats as they are sucked in by free shit promises. When these people finally realize what the true liberals really stand for they wont vote for them again. And its happening every day.

Now I can be "Bald Slapped" for posting on a thread I told others not to post on. LOL

The lunatic shooter is 100% an obama supporter. He acted just like most libs do - insane. EVERY mass shooting except for Atlanta has been done by a crazed liberal. BAN GUNS FOR LIBERALS!

President Obama is directly responsible for this one. You wackos can talk all you want about "NRA HQ", but this one is on you.

N.B. I will not thank you or the other Democrat opportunists for your irresponsibility.

I'm a man, and I'm voting Conservative this fall. Hopefully not that clown Trump, but I'll vote for him over any disgraceful Democrat.

Not off topic...lots of Fairfax families going to move in day at colleges and I81 and 66 exploded with cops this morning.

Never hire a black. They'll do no work, and then sue you or go postal when you finally dump their worthless ass.

Saw the female reporters father on TV, my heart goes out to him, he is being brave for his family.

Same for the other victims and their families.

Though I was through but I add an edit, The people killed in Charleston would have been the first to denounce this cowards actions today, And he thought he was killing in their name, He was not.

Time for me to move on.. tomorrows another day and it should be a good one.
Good night all. Peace. If there can be any.



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> in New York?
>
> Why does the NRA support these looneys!


That looney supported Obama...

Warped TV reporter Vester Lee Flanagan exasperated bosses with his 'stiff and nervous' delivery, his inability to use a teleprompter - and by wearing a President Obama badge during an election report, Daily Mail Online can reveal.
Management at WDBJ dubbed the failed newsman the 'human tape recorder' because he frequently parroted what interviewees had told him rather than doing his own journalism.

Flanagan, 41, clashed repeatedly with photojournalists, belittling them in public and intimidating them with his violent temper, according to internal reports.
He was also censured for wearing an Obama sticker while recording a segment at a polling booth during the 2012 US Presidential Election - a clear breach of journalistic impartiality.

"He was also censured for wearing an Obama sticker while recording a segment at a polling booth during the 2012 US Presidential Election - a clear breach of journalistic impartiality."

IF that's true, it's also a violation of federal law. But nigger Eric Holder always looked out for his fellow niggers, starting with The New Black Panther Party.

Alabama TV station rejected Virginia shooter Vester Flanagan over concerns of erratic behavior
By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com
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The former television reporter suspected of shooting two Virginia journalists live on air today applied for a position in Huntsville but was not interviewed after concerns were raised over his past behavior, according to the station's news director.

WAFF 48 News Director Adam Henning said Vester Flanagan, known on air as Bryce Williams, applied for a job in 2011 and in the course of pre-interview discussions, it was discovered that Flanagan had problems at other stations.

"I checked with people I know who worked with him at a previous station and the feedback was not indicative of the kind of employee we would want on our team so we passed," Henning said. "The feedback included things like getting in a fight at a company Christmas party and being difficult to work with.

"That was more than enough to know he wasn't going to be someone we would want working here," he added.

He was just like any other black ape.