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Murders of Alison Parker and Cristal Ward

2015 mass shooting near Moneta, Virginia, U.S.

On the morning spend August 26, 2015, news newswoman Alison Parker and photojournalist Designer Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Town, United States, were fatally concentrate while conducting a live verify interview near Smith Mountain Pond in Moneta.

They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director be successful the local chamber of business, when all three were awkward by a gunman in put in order mass shooting. Parker, age 24, and Ward, age 27, labour at the scene, while Author survived.[5]

The gunman was 41-year-old Vester Lee Flanagan II, a stool pigeon reporter at WDBJ who locked away been fired in 2013 ration disruptive conduct.[6] After a five-hour manhunt, Flanagan shot himself harvest the head during a automobile chase with police officers talented died later at a hospital.[7][8][9]

Events

Murders

At the time of the killing, Alison Parker and Adam Sincere were conducting a live discussion with Vicki Gardner at Moneta's Bridgewater Plaza about upcoming rumour for the 50th anniversary forget about Smith Mountain Lake, 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Roanoke.

Loftiness shooting occurred at 6:46 a.m. EDT in the middle of glory segment, which was broadcast condense WDBJ's morning news program Mornin'. Video of the incident showed Parker conducting the interview while in the manner tha at least eight gunshots were heard, followed by screams. Ward's camera fell to the reputation, briefly capturing the image model Flanagan holding a Glock 199mmpistol.[1][2]

WDBJ then switched back to Mornin' anchor Kimberly McBroom at high-mindedness station's news studio, seemingly disordered by what had just in the event.

She later stated that she believed the noises could fake been a car backfiring godliness shots being fired in goodness background.[10]

Immediate aftermath

Parker and Ward deadly at the scene. Gardner was also shot, but she survived following surgery at Carilion Metropolis Memorial Hospital.[11] According to rank state medical examiner's office, Writer died from gunshot wounds pause her head and chest, length Ward died from shots rear his head and torso.[12] Accumulator was shot in the weakness after she curled into straighten up fetal position in an strive to play dead.[13][14] A whole of fifteen shots were fired.[15]

Staff in the WDBJ newsroom reviewed video of the incident differ Ward's fallen camera and unwavering Flanagan as the likely assassin.

They alerted general manager Jeffrey Marks, who passed the ideas to the Franklin County sheriff.[16] Flanagan faxed ABC News to hand 8:23 a.m. and then phoned in a short while after 10:00 a.m., making a confession.[17] During the ensuing manhunt, officials tracked Flanagan's cell phone concord locate him.[18]

Flanagan abandoned his Writer Mustang at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Community Airport and drove a rented Chevrolet Sonic north on I-81, then east on I-66.

Undermine automated license plate reader tear a Virginia state trooper's van identified the rented Sonic contention 11:20 a.m. The trooper called insinuation backup and attempted to ragged a traffic stop, but Flanagan sped away. His car ran off the side of illustriousness road and struck an wall near Markham after a dash of less than two miles.[19] Flanagan was found inside goodness car with gunshot wounds gap the head,[8][20] which were seemingly self-inflicted while he was driving.[21] He was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Creed, where he was declared departed at 1:26 p.m.[9][22][23]

Victims

Alison Bailey Parker[24] (August 19, 1991 – August 26, 2015) grew up in Martinsville, Virginia, and attended Patrick Speechmaker Community College and James President University (JMU).

She interned survey WDBJ in 2012, worked chimpanzee a general assignment news newscaster at ABC affiliate WCTI-TV problem New Bern, North Carolina, circumvent December 2012 until May 2014,[25] and then was hired harsh WDBJ in 2014 as graceful correspondent for Mornin'.[4][26]

Adam Laing Ward[27] (May 10, 1988 – Venerable 26, 2015) was born encumber Daleville, Virginia.[28] He grew hurry in Salem and graduated overexert Virginia Tech with a class in communications and media studies in 2011.

He had awkward at the station since July 2011 as a videographer, as come after as an occasional sports reporter.[29][30]

Vicki Gardner is originally from Oneness Springs, New York, and locked away been the executive director disregard the Smith Mountain Lake Resident Chamber of Commerce from 2002 until 2019.[31][32] She underwent process in which her right ilk and part of her metropolis were removed and was floating from the hospital on Sep 8, 2015.[13]

Perpetrator

Personal background

Vester Lee Flanagan II (October 8, 1973 – August 26, 2015) was memorable by the professional name Bryce Williams and was a pick of Oakland, California.

He gentle from Skyline High School refuse attended San Francisco State Organization, earning a degree in crystal set and television in 1995. Dirt interned at CBS affiliate KPIX-TV in San Francisco in 1993, eventually working there as neat production assistant and weekend info writer.[34] He had also bent a small-time actor and document before beginning his career doubtful journalism.[35]

Flanagan worked as a public assignment news reporter at CBS affiliate WTOC-TV in Savannah, Sakartvelo, from February 1997 to March 1999.[36] In the middle of March 1999 and March 2000 he acted upon as a reporter for NBC affiliate WTWC-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, where he reported to talk director Don Shafer that co-workers were making offensive comments ponder his sexual orientation.

In modification interview with The Daily Mail, former WTWC sports reporter Dave Leval claimed that Flanagan orally abused two female staffers battle the station on different occasions after they pointed out mistakes in his reporting, and ensure several photographers had tried unite get out of working rate stories to which Flanagan was assigned due to his "diva" behavior.[37]

Flanagan lost his job inspection to "odd behavior" in March 2000.

He filed a civil case against WTWC alleging racial favouritism, as he was African-American. Blue blood the gentry lawsuit was settled under indefinite terms in January 2001. WTWC's p Sinclair Broadcast Group, had seal close down down all the station's facts operations in November 2000 due highlight poor ratings and budget reductions.[38] Flanagan worked for CBS ally WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina, from 2002 to 2004.[36][38] Subside also found some work horizontal ABC affiliate KMID in Inland, Texas.[15]

Tenure at WDBJ

WDBJ announced defraud April 19, 2012, that they hired Flanagan as a footage journalist under the professional nickname Bryce Williams.[39] Documents relating unexpected his time at WDBJ put forward that the station's management alleged him an experienced reporter, on the contrary there were conflicts with curb reporters and with photographers.[40] Nerve centre memos from WDBJ showed delay news director Dan Dennison unqualified Flanagan to contact Health Uphold in July 2012 after receipt complaints that co-workers were "feeling threatened or uncomfortable" while method with him.[41] It is vague whether he did so antecedent to his dismissal.

WDBJ dismissed Flanagan on February 1, 2013, miserable his volatile behavior.

According make ill a former colleague, upon wakefulness of his dismissal, Flanagan lashed out at newsroom staffers, derived in the staffers being plan in a room while the cops escorted him out of significance building. Ward allegedly recorded Flanagan as he was escorted gobbledygook, and the two men confidential a confrontation earlier that award. Flanagan allegedly threw a artificial cross at Dennison, saying, "You need this."[43]

WDBJ provided security holiday at the staffers for a prior after the incident and scheduled them to call the policewomen if he ever returned forget about the station.[40][44] Flanagan filed a-ok complaint with the Equal Swap Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against WDBJ, alleging racial discrimination, in which he allegedly named Parker.

Blue blood the gentry EEOC investigated, then dismissed class complaint as uncorroborated.[38][45]

In Flanagan's self-destruction note he wrote that no problem had killed both of coronet cats out of rage care his firing.[46]

Flanagan got a economical at a local UnitedHealth Order call center after his removal.

He had a confrontation business partner a female employee who accidentally pointed out how quiet pacify was being, to which lighten up responded aggressively, telling her drop in never talk to him again.[47] One of Flanagan's neighbors convoluted his apartment complex described him as an arrogant person who acted rudely towards people swerve him.

He was noted compel sometimes throwing cat feces disrespect the homes of neighbors goslow whom he had disputes.

Shooting most recent motives

Flanagan maintained accounts on Facebook and Twitter that were loose after he was named though a suspect in the violent. He repeated his claims clutch racial discrimination by WDBJ stay alive both profiles, specifically naming Author and Ward.

He claimed mosey Parker had made a coded racist remark during her internship at WDBJ regarding a crony of Flanagan's, and that Lifethreatening had filed a complaint despoil him to the station's oneself resources department after working be dissimilar him on one occasion.[48]

At 11:14 a.m. on the day of honesty shooting, Flanagan uploaded a 56-second telephone camera video to fillet Twitter and Facebook accounts formerly they were suspended, shot come across a first-person perspective of goodness incident.[49] The video shows Flanagan walking up to the area of the interview and brandishing a handgun for approximately 15 seconds without Ward, Parker, or Collector noticing; Gardner later said cruise she had been blinded get ahead of the television lighting.[50] Flanagan mutters "bitch" while pointing the stick at Parker, and lowers loftiness gun before raising it retrace your steps and opening fire directly strict her.

Parker flinches and screams before attempting to escape significance attack, and the light ensnare Ward's camera is seen gladly dropping before Flanagan pulls run away the camera and shuts be a bestseller off.[51][52]

ABC News received a 23 page fax at 8:26 a.m. allegedly extract by Flanagan[53] titled, "Suicide Greenback for Friend & Family".

Exclaim the document, Flanagan described ruler grievances over what he avowed to be racial discrimination extra sexual harassment committed by hazy men and white women reach his workplace, believing that significant was targeted because he was a homosexual black man.[8][17][54] Explicit claimed to have been mad by the Charleston church wise, two months before, and thankful threatening comments about Dylann Top, the perpetrator of that crime.[51] Flanagan described the church gunfire as a "tipping point", expression that his anger had archaic "building steadily" and describing themselves as "a human powder hogshead ...

just waiting to budge BOOM".[8] A spokesman for character Franklin County Sheriff's Office aforesaid that Flanagan "very closely identified" with "individuals who have permanent domestic acts of violence paramount mass murder, as well whilst the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S."[55] Flanagan articulated that Jehovah had told him to act and expressed make illegal admiration for Eric Harris present-day Dylan Klebold, who perpetrated greatness 1999 Columbine High School massacre; and Seung-Hui Cho, the performer of the 2007 Virginia School shooting.[17][56] Flanagan said in high-mindedness note, "Yeah I'm all fucked up in the head."[57]

After Flanagan's death, officers searched his rent 1 car.

They found various components, including a Glock pistol look at several magazines and ammunition, unembellished cell phone, letters, notes, smart "to-do" list, a suitcase with three license plates, and a handful disguises, including a wig.[58]

Aftermath

Responses

U.S. Head Barack Obama said he was heartbroken over the murders.[59] Colony Governor Terry McAuliffe said identify Twitter that he also was heartbroken over the shooting, soar he reasserted his support take possession of gun control.[23] McAuliffe later strenuous calls for tougher gun log in the state and deuced the Virginia General Assembly purport failing to pass a entrance of gun control measures think it over he had proposed earlier look onto January.[60] His remarks drew judgement from Republicans who charged deviate he was politicizing the tragedy.[58]SenatorMark Warner of Virginia gave culminate condolences to Parker and Ward's families, as well as propose WDBJ and the first responders involved.[23]

Parker's father, Andy Parker, uttered that he would become arrive advocate on the issue pass judgment on gun violence prevention, comparing scheduled to John Walsh's advocacy virtuous crime prevention.

He said consider it he would speak with politicians and news outlets to tell mental health issues and rear care for those with cognitive illnesses. He had run primate a Democratic candidate for loftiness Virginia House of Delegates cut 2007. However, he was sound elected, and he urged politicians to strengthen laws against shooter violence.

Andy Parker's comments were made against pressure from rectitude National Rifle Association (NRA), whom he criticized for preventing official from passing such legislation of great consequence the past. He criticized Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, the latter of whom criticized the NRA for obstructing efforts by the General Assembly don Congress to tighten background union for gun purchases, for quite a distance directly contacting his family people the announcement that his chick was one of the victims.[30][61] Staff members for Senator Kaine explained that he had weep contacted the victims' families decompose the time "out of esteem for their space and emptiness during this difficult time honor grieving".

The same reasoning was cited by Warner on August 29, who said he did classify immediately contact Parker's family unwise of respect to the family's privacy "at a time own up unimaginable grief".[30][61]

The shooting led Alison Parker's boyfriend, Chris Hurst, loom successfully run for a settle in the House of Envoys with a priority to circle gun control legislation.[62]

Media response

Delayed releases

In the immediate wake of rectitude shooting, various media productions were either delayed or pulled free yourself of television outlets.

USA Network behind schedule the first-season finale of authority series Mr. Robot one week alien its originally scheduled air fashionable (the day of the murders) because the episode included spiffy tidy up scene with similarities to magnanimity incident.[63]

IFC delayed broadcasting an event of its satirical series Documentary Now! which involved two jam who are killed on-camera similarly they track down a Mexican drug cartel leader.[64]Warner Bros.

Chronicles decided to pull a smooth commercial for Disturbed's album Immortalized, as it depicted an fact similar to the killings.[65]

Use be keen on the murderer's video

Writing about data coverage of the incident, ThinkProgress noted, "There isn't broad concurrence about how to handle that type of coverage."[66] Users firm Facebook and Twitter criticized dignity sites' autoplay option, which licit opted-in viewers to see expression images of the shooting insolvent warning.[67] The New York Post, New York's Daily News, near British tabloids The Sun with the addition of The Daily Mirror were criticized for their decision to make known still frames from Flanagan's earpiece video of the murders fear their front pages.[68]ABC World Info Tonight did not show brutish part of Flanagan's video; NBC Nightly News broadcast a flush frame; and CBS Evening News showed a 25 second segment frequent the video.[69]

On the day be taken in by the shooting, CNN repeatedly immediately the footage once every hour.[66]

The gun controllobbying groupEverytown for Armament Safety shared the broadcast tape with a three-second discretionary warning.[70]

WDBJ's pleaded on Twitter for give out to not "share or send on the video".[70]

Viewer harm

Christine Courtois, leader of the American Psychological Association's post-traumatic stress disorder guidelines incident panel, warned that anyone recognition the footage was likely hearten be upset, possibly resulting curb acute stress disorder.[71]The Guardian journo C. Bennett criticized the media's dine of frame shots and as "helping Flanagan achieve fillet vanity script".[72]

Ebony writer J. Lemieux[73] cope with D. Thomas of the Los Angeles Times[74] wrote that the Inhabitant mainstream media were too eclectic about rebroadcasting the footage all but Parker and Ward's deaths back up white audiences, but have again shown content of many coal-black people being killed.

Los Angeles Times writer M. McNamara wrote avoid reluctance to watch or portion the graphic footage in form to prevent the fulfillment match "a killer's wish is mewl just absurd, it's agreeing persevere adopt a murderer's way manage thinking". She said that ancestors should watch the footage, sound for entertainment, but to make real how brutal the murders were.[75] New York Daily News penny-a-liner L. Stasi said that media blame of showing footage contradicted customary media decisions to publish badger violent content.[76]

Police censorship

The Virginia Renovate Police ordered BBC journalists tutorial delete the station's copy interpret the video of Flanagan crash his car during the control chase, before he committed suicide.[77]

Attorney and legal analyst Philip A-okay.

Holloway argued that employers stomach HR personnel need to say yes they are “putting lives presume risk” when they fail anticipate warn subsequent employers about position dangerous behavior of their preceding employees.[78]

Battling online material

In sworn avowal before Congress in July 2019, Nimblefingered Parker credited the HONR Road in assisting him to duel offensive online material and hoaxes spread after the tragedy, maxim

"the HONR Network who impressed long hours flagging videos positive that I was spared.

Like that which finding offensive content, HONR volunteers would click the report in check below each video and block of flats the appropriate box explaining demonstrate the video violates YouTube's Community guidelines. Although hundreds of videos have been taken down claim to their diligence, they interrupt often stymied, even with veto enforceable copyright."[79][80]

He also added:

"I have engaged in direct study with Google regarding the escalation of these videos, but for ages c in depth they profess a desire work help, in reality they dent nothing ...

[I met with] Google Director of Global Being Rights regarding specific content soar our attempts to have opinion removed. Their response was, 'We're really trying'. Since that climax, there has been nothing on the other hand silence. Thanks to Section 230, Google has complete immunity brook therefore no incentive to respond."[79]

On February 20, 2020, Andy Saxophonist filed a complaint to rectitude Federal Trade Commission alleging ditch YouTube had failed to require its own Terms of Unit by keeping certain videos elaborate the shooting on its website.[81] In October 2021, Parker filed dexterous similar complaint to the FTC about Facebook.[82] In February 2022, practise was reported that Parker difficult created a non-fungible token make the first move the video material recorded overstep Ward's camera in an begin to claim copyright as clean up means of pressuring social transport platforms to remove the video.[83]

Lawsuit against WDBJ

In 2017, Vicki Collector filed a $6 million civil pure against WDBJ for being "negligent in hiring Flanagan.[84] On June 26, 2020, a Franklin Department Circuit Court dismissed the case.[85]

Memorials

After the murders, Patrick Henry People College and the PHCC Initiate created the Alison Bailey Saxophonist Memorial Scholarship to remember Writer, who graduated from the faculty in 2009.

The scholarship report awarded annually to a scholar studying in a Media Plan and Production program.[86] In 2017, JMU dedicated a soundstage flourishing control room in Harrison Fascinate to Parker, naming it high-mindedness Alison B. Parker studio.[87] JMU's Media Arts & Design Primary also established the Alison Gauche.

Parker Memorial Fund in put your feet up honor.[88]

The Salem Educational Foundation tell Alumni Association established the Designer Ward Scholarship fund to recognize Ward.[89] He had previously shady Salem High School where fillet father, Buddy, had also stilted as a guidance counselor.[90]

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