Shooter Kills CNN Cameraman and Girl Live on TV

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Suspected gunman shoots self after journalists killed on air, official says

Vester Flanagan, who was being sought in connection with the shootings, was a reporter at WDBJ for about a year using the on-air name, Bryce Williams, according to a former WDBJ employee.

Flanagan was fired from the station, though the reason was not made public, the ex-employee said.

"Two years ago, we had to separate him from the company. We did understand that he was still living in the area," WDBJ General Manager Jeff Marks said.

ABC News reported that it received a fax containing a 23-page manifesto from someone named Bryce Williams, acccording to a tweet. The document was handed over to investigators, ABC said.

Two videos posted on a Twitter account under the name, Bryce Williams, show someone walking up to the WDBJ news crew and pointing a gun at them.

Another tweet says, "I filmed the shooting." The Facebook and Twitter account were suspended shortly after the tweets.

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Nazaroo

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as the comments say:

black on white killing: no protest, no outrage, nothing to see here.

Just another excuse for Federal Gun Control....

This was not just 'crazy', it was a planned event designed
to push the Liberals into more frantic hysteria on Guns.

He actually waited patiently for the cameraman to pan back to his victim#1
before even opening fire. Plenty of timing and planning and eerie calm.

He wanted the live effect.
 

Nazaroo

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For the record,
although I think this may have been politically motivated,
and seems to reflect an intent beyond mere violence or uncontrolled anger
(e.g., disgruntled employee, love affair turned sour etc.)
this doesn't look like a simple 'racial' killing at all.

To point out something also in the recent news,
a totally unplanned act of heroism by a black young man with
some street smarts is posted below.

This boy used his head in a dangerous situation to rescue a woman
from a kidnapper and possible murderer:



Malyk Bonnet, teenage hero, saves woman from kidnapping


Poised 17-year-old befriends kidnapper, buys time, calls police
By Steve Rukavina, CBC News Posted: Aug 14, 2015 6:05 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 15, 2015 8:35 AM ET

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Malyk Bonnet, 17, poses with Laval police officers after helping rescue a kidnapping victim. (Laval Police)


Laval, Que., police are calling 17-year-old Malyk Bonnet a hero after he went to extraordinary lengths to aid the escape of a woman who had been abducted by her ex-boyfriend earlier this month.
In an interview with CBC Friday, Bonnet said that, at the time, he didn't think of himself as a hero.
"Now I realize what I did and wow ... it's really awesome. I mean, I saved a life!" Bonnet said with a laugh.
On Aug. 1, Bonnet was waiting for a bus to his home in the north end of Montreal after finishing his shift as a cook at a restaurant.
He noticed a couple on the street involved in an altercation.

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Laval police intend to nominate Bonnet for a provincial award for bravery. (Steve Rukavina CBC)

"The guy was screaming at her, the girl. He wasn't really gentle with her, and I started watching, because I thought he would hit her, so I approached them a little bit," Bonnet said.
He said the couple asked him for money to take the bus to Laval, and he agreed to get some change at a convenience store and give them some money. Bonnet had a moment alone with the woman, who seemed terrified, he said.
'The girl was saying, 'Please help me. He don't want to let me go. I want to go home but he don't want to let me go,'" - Malyk Bonnet​
Bonnet decided he had to help, and he was already formulating a plan. Even though he lived in Montreal, he told the couple he lived in Laval and would accompany them on the bus.
"My plan was to keep them in a public place, where there's a lot of people. I decided to make myself friendly with the man, so he would trust me. So I played my game," Bonnet said.

Suspect 'very dangerous'

What Bonnet didn't know at the time was that police were already looking for the couple.
"We were looking for a 29-year-old woman who was kidnapped by her former boyfriend earlier that day, and we believed that man was very dangerous," said Laval police Lt. Daniel Guérin.
Guérin said the man had already been found guilty of assault and death threats against his ex-girlfriend last year, and he was under a court order to stay away from her.
Bonnet kept his cool, continuing to talk to the man as they took the bus and then the metro to Laval, waiting for an opportune moment when he could call police.
Once in Laval, he offered to take the couple to a Tim Hortons, and he even gave the man $50 to buy food, he said.
'I mean yo, money ain't nothing. Food ain't nothing. For a life? A life is really more important than my money.' – Malyk Bonnet​
Bonnet's cellphone battery had died, so he pretended to go to the washroom and borrowed a phone from someone in the restaurant and called police, who arrived within minutes.
Bonnet said even after police arrived, the kidnapper didn't realize it was Bonnet who had called 911.
"He was really surprised, he didn't know that it was me," said Bonnet. "So I played my game right."
He said the abducted woman didn't say anything, but he remembers the look on her face when police arrived.
"She was almost crying. She was so happy, so happy not to be with him."
Police arrested the man on the spot. He appeared in court Monday on charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault.

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Laval teen on being called a hero

Probably saved woman's life

Bonnet, who is burly for a 17-year-old, said he never feared for his safety.
"The guy was really tiny, so if he had something to do I would kick his ***," Bonnet said.
Guérin of the Laval police said that in 24 years of policing he's never seen anything quite like what Bonnet did.
"He managed the situation very well and took good decisions that probably saved the life of this woman," Guérin said.
'He managed the situation very well and took good decisions that probably saved the life of this woman.' –Lt. Daniel Guérin, Laval police​
Police officers were so impressed with Bonnet that they took up a collection to reimburse the money he had spent for bus fare and food that night. They came up with $255.
"I spent like $120, and I didn't think I would see this money again in my life," Bonnet said.
Police presented Bonnet with the money and gave him a tour of Laval police headquarters Thursday.
For Bonnet, who admitted he's had run-ins with the law before, it was a chance to see a different side of police officers.
Guérin said Laval police intend to nominate Bonnet for a provincial award for bravery.


 

Angel4Truth

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For the record,
although I think this may have been politically motivated,
and seems to reflect an intent beyond mere violence or uncontrolled anger

I dont think it was politically motivated at all, seems this guy has been fired from more than just that station for anger management issues and being massively hard to work with.

When hes been fired before, hes sued the stations for racial discrimination, seems like he was the real racist.

Vester Lee Flanagan II, aka Bryce Williams, Named as Suspect in Live TV Shooting in Virginia

The general manager of the station, WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, said that Flanagan had a reputation as "being difficult to work with" and was fired because of anger problems. ...

... Marks said that Flanagan was fired "after many incidents of his anger coming forward" and was escorted from the building by police. His LinkedIn page said that he worked for WDBJ for a year, until February 2013.

And in 2000, after he was fired from a station in Tallahassee, Florida, he sued the station alleging racial discrimination, according to a newspaper report at the time. ...
 

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Yep, just blame Obama. Like magic.
It's true!

You didn't see Obama being reasonable during Ferguson and saying "We must respect our police officers". You didn't see him going to the funerals of any of the slain police officers since then.

Obama's position was.... the people in Ferguson have good reason to riot.

Heck open your eyes!! The racial tension in this country is at a fever pitch. Where is our "the great uniter" President???
 

Granite

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I didn't catch him saying the Ferguson folks had reason for riot. And I'm not aware of a president being under any obligation to attend a police officer's funeral.

Yeah, amazing that racial tension skyrocketed the second a black guy got elected. Just imagine that.
 

Quetzal

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I didn't catch him saying the Ferguson folks had reason for riot. And I'm not aware of a president being under any obligation to attend a police officer's funeral.

Yeah, amazing that racial tension skyrocketed the second a black guy got elected. Just imagine that.
Wouldn't have mattered anyway. If he had issued some executive order in attempt to control the riot the righties would scream oppression. It was a lose-lose.
 
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