#MAN SHOOTS REPORTER AND CAMERAMAN TV#

This is a new form of hostage-taking, in which the attention of a society is hijacked and held virtual hostage - with indelible images that can’t be unseen. But not before a violation of social norms from which there’s no turning back. Twitter acted swiftly to shut down the account, and the precedent no doubt will cause social media companies to put in place rules to prevent future abuses of the internet.

RAW FOOTAGE WDBJ7 News Reporter and Camera Man Shot Your Hometown Station. Friday in the 900 block of Delia Avenue, on the border of West Akron and Highland Square. Roanoke VA Breaking W WDBJ WDBJ7 live Man arrested for killing of Roanoke. Police said the incident happened around 12:30 p.m. A second video of the shooting, recorded by the killer, was posted on social media even as police tried to locate the suspect. A store owner chased after and shot at a man who fired a shot and held him at gunpoint during a robbery Friday afternoon, according to the Akron Police Department.

#MAN SHOOTS REPORTER AND CAMERAMAN TV#

Using Twitter as a new sort of megaphone, the killer of a TV news crew in Virginia sought to grab wider instant infamy via the internet.Ī television reporter and cameraman were shot to death on live television Wednesday in Virginia by a gunman described as a disgruntled station employee. It’s a misuse of a media tool, turning us against ourselves.Ī new line in offensive communication was crossed today when a horrific event happening on live TV was then promoted on social media by the perpetrator. This is a different sort of media madness. 26, 2015, when a gunman opened fire during a live on-air interview in Moneta, Va.

Parker and Ward were killed, Wednesday, Aug.

This screenshot from WDBJ-TV7, in Roanoke, Va., shows reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward. Here is the video Vester Lee Flanigan, who used the air name Bryce Williams, made of the horrific double shooting in Virginia that killed reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward of. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu

Man shoots reporter and cameraman