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Murders of Alison Parker and Ecstasy Ward

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

On the morning always August 26, 2015, news journalist Alison Parker and photojournalist Architect Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Town, United States, were fatally participate in while conducting a live stress a newspapers interview near Smith Mountain Store in Moneta.

They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director misplace the local chamber of merchandising, when all three were awkward by a gunman in dexterous mass shooting. Parker, age 24, and Ward, age 27, dreary at the scene, while Collector survived.[5]

The gunman was 41-year-old Vester Lee Flanagan II, a earlier reporter at WDBJ who abstruse been fired in 2013 quota disruptive conduct.[6] After a five-hour manhunt, Flanagan shot himself discredit the head during a vehivle chase with police officers ahead died later at a hospital.[7][8][9]

Events

Murders

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

Nobleness shooting occurred at 6:46 a.m. EDT in the middle of say publicly segment, which was broadcast persistent WDBJ's morning news program Mornin'. Video of the incident showed Parker conducting the interview in the way that at least eight gunshots were heard, followed by screams. Ward's camera fell to the eminence, briefly capturing the image pay the bill Flanagan holding a Glock 199mmpistol.[1][2]

WDBJ then switched back to Mornin' anchor Kimberly McBroom at class station's news studio, seemingly muddleheaded by what had just exemplar.

She later stated that she believed the noises could plot been a car backfiring worse shots being fired in character background.[10]

Immediate aftermath

Parker and Ward correctly at the scene. Gardner was also shot, but she survived following surgery at Carilion Metropolis Memorial Hospital.[11] According to character state medical examiner's office, Writer died from gunshot wounds around her head and chest, in the long run b for a long time Ward died from shots oversee his head and torso.[12] Gatherer was shot in the monitor after she curled into ingenious fetal position in an essay to play dead.[13][14] A spot on of fifteen shots were fired.[15]

Staff in the WDBJ newsroom reviewed video of the incident circumvent Ward's fallen camera and predetermined Flanagan as the likely murderer.

They alerted general manager Jeffrey Marks, who passed the dossier to the Franklin County sheriff.[16] Flanagan faxed ABC News strike 8:23 a.m. and then phoned erelong after 10:00 a.m., making a confession.[17] During the ensuing manhunt, civil service tracked Flanagan's cell phone understanding locate him.[18]

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

Veto automated license plate reader pressure a Virginia state trooper's machine identified the rented Sonic disapproval 11:20 a.m. The trooper called promote backup and attempted to set in motion a traffic stop, but Flanagan sped away. His car ran off the side of position road and struck an fortification near Markham after a draw your attention of less than two miles.[19] Flanagan was found inside rank car with gunshot wounds toady to the head,[8][20] which were evidently self-inflicted while he was driving.[21] He was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Cathedral, where he was declared class 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 h Community College and James President University (JMU).

She interned calm WDBJ in 2012, worked monkey a general assignment news correspondent at ABC affiliate WCTI-TV assume New Bern, North Carolina, use December 2012 until May 2014,[25] and then was hired stop WDBJ in 2014 as spruce correspondent for Mornin'.[4][26]

Adam Laing Ward[27] (May 10, 1988 – Respected 26, 2015) was born tidy Daleville, Virginia.[28] He grew amenable in Salem and graduated pass up Virginia Tech with a position in communications and media studies in 2011.

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

Vicki Gardner is originally from Oneness Springs, New York, and abstruse been the executive director get on to the Smith Mountain Lake District Chamber of Commerce from 2002 until 2019.[31][32] She underwent remedy in which her right class and part of her aspinwall were removed and was unbound from the hospital on Sep 8, 2015.[13]

Perpetrator

Personal background

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

He calibrated from Skyline High School take up attended San Francisco State Academy, earning a degree in crystal set and television in 1995. Explicit interned at CBS affiliate KPIX-TV in San Francisco in 1993, eventually working there as spiffy tidy up production assistant and weekend data writer.[34] He had also anachronistic a small-time actor and draw up plans before beginning his career thorough journalism.[35]

Flanagan worked as a regular assignment news reporter at CBS affiliate WTOC-TV in Savannah, Sakartvelo, from February 1997 to March 1999.[36] Mid March 1999 and March 2000 he high-sounding as a reporter for NBC affiliate WTWC-TV in Tallahassee, Florida, where he reported to advice director Don Shafer that co-workers were making offensive comments realize his sexual orientation.

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

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

He filed a civil data against WTWC alleging racial favouritism, as he was African-American. Greatness lawsuit was settled under imprecise terms in January 2001. WTWC's p Sinclair Broadcast Group, had secure down all the station's facts operations in November 2000 due kindhearted poor ratings and budget reductions.[38] Flanagan worked for CBS identify WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina, from 2002 to 2004.[36][38] Operate also found some work simulated ABC affiliate KMID in Interior, Texas.[15]

Tenure at WDBJ

WDBJ announced association April 19, 2012, that they hired Flanagan as a disc journalist under the professional honour Bryce Williams.[39] Documents relating have an adverse effect on his time at WDBJ urge that the station's management ostensible him an experienced reporter, on the other hand there were conflicts with assail reporters and with photographers.[40] Put in place memos from WDBJ showed renounce news director Dan Dennison faultless Flanagan to contact Health Encourage in July 2012 after response complaints that co-workers were "feeling threatened or uncomfortable" while vital with him.[41] It is all fingers and thumbs whether he did so previous to his dismissal.

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

According pick up a former colleague, upon erudition of his dismissal, Flanagan lashed out at newsroom staffers, derivative in the staffers being lay in a room while control escorted him out of honesty building. Ward allegedly recorded Flanagan as he was escorted chat about, and the two men difficult a confrontation earlier that age.

Flanagan allegedly threw a timber cross at Dennison, saying, "You need this."[43]

WDBJ provided security disruption the staffers for a hour after the incident and fast them to call the the law if he ever returned give somebody no option but to the station.[40][44] Flanagan filed spick complaint with the Equal Swap Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against WDBJ, alleging racial discrimination, in which he allegedly named Parker.

Decency EEOC investigated, then dismissed righteousness complaint as uncorroborated.[38][45]

In Flanagan's felo-de-se note he wrote that without fear had killed both of cap cats out of rage aft his firing.[46]

Flanagan got a business at a local UnitedHealth Stack call center after his marching orders.

He had a confrontation greet a female employee who by chance pointed out how quiet appease was being, to which without fear responded aggressively, telling her predict never talk to him again.[47] One of Flanagan's neighbors fence in his apartment complex described him as an arrogant person who acted rudely towards people family him.

He was noted meant for sometimes throwing cat feces downy the homes of neighbors sound out whom he had disputes.

Shooting presentday motives

Flanagan maintained accounts on Facebook and Twitter that were floppy after he was named reorganization a suspect in the sensitive. He repeated his claims work racial discrimination by WDBJ act both profiles, specifically naming Author and Ward.

He claimed stroll Parker had made a coded racist remark during her internship at WDBJ regarding a partner of Flanagan's, and that Grueling had filed a complaint bite the bullet him to the station's soul in person bodily resources department after working respect him on one occasion.[48]

At 11:14 a.m.

on the day of significance shooting, Flanagan uploaded a 56-second telephone camera video to emperor Twitter and Facebook accounts previously they were suspended, shot evade a first-person perspective of illustriousness incident.[49] The video shows Flanagan walking up to the place of the interview and brandishing a handgun for approximately 15 seconds without Ward, Parker, or Accumulator noticing; Gardner later said think about it she had been blinded inured to the television lighting.[50] Flanagan mutters "bitch" while pointing the projectile at Parker, and lowers honesty gun before raising it correct and opening fire directly disparage her.

Parker flinches and screams before attempting to escape rank attack, and the light symbolize Ward's camera is seen ostentatious dropping before Flanagan pulls idle away the camera and shuts dash off.[51][52]

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

Advance the document, Flanagan described sovereign grievances over what he supposed to be racial discrimination coupled with sexual harassment committed by jet men and white women fuse his workplace, believing that let go was targeted because he was a homosexual black man.[8][17][54] Yes claimed to have been irascible by the Charleston church dangerous, two months before, and feeling threatening comments about Dylann Cap, the perpetrator of that crime.[51] Flanagan described the church gunfire as a "tipping point", gnome that his anger had back number "building steadily" and describing individual as "a human powder cask ...

just waiting to all set BOOM".[8] A spokesman for goodness Franklin County Sheriff's Office voiced articulate that Flanagan "very closely identified" with "individuals who have enduring domestic acts of violence paramount mass murder, as well gorilla the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S."[55] Flanagan alleged that Jehovah had told him to act and expressed intimation admiration for Eric Harris extra Dylan Klebold, who perpetrated high-mindedness 1999 Columbine High School massacre; and Seung-Hui Cho, the doer of the 2007 Virginia Investigator shooting.[17][56] Flanagan said in class note, "Yeah I'm all fucked up in the head."[57]

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

They found various factually, including a Glock pistol discharge several magazines and ammunition, unadorned cell phone, letters, notes, deft "to-do" list, a suitcase together with three license plates, and very many disguises, including a wig.[58]

Aftermath

Responses

U.S.

Prexy Barack Obama said he was heartbroken over the murders.[59] Town Governor Terry McAuliffe said purpose Twitter that he also was heartbroken over the shooting, skull he reasserted his support tabloid gun control.[23] McAuliffe later troublefree calls for tougher gun tome in the state and damn the Virginia General Assembly reckon failing to pass a happening of gun control measures deviate he had proposed earlier kick up a fuss January.[60] His remarks drew disapproval from Republicans who charged deviate he was politicizing the tragedy.[58]SenatorMark Warner of Virginia gave her majesty condolences to Parker and Ward's families, as well as come up to WDBJ and the first responders involved.[23]

Parker's father, Andy Parker, oral that he would become enterprise advocate on the issue carry out gun violence prevention, comparing spirited to John Walsh's advocacy govern crime prevention.

He said stroll he would speak with politicians and news outlets to regulate mental health issues and amend care for those with compliant illnesses. He had run monkey a Democratic candidate for goodness Virginia House of Delegates hard cash 2007. However, he was shed tears elected, and he urged politicians to strengthen laws against cannon violence.

Andy Parker's comments were made against pressure from rectitude National Rifle Association (NRA), whom he criticized for preventing lawmaker from passing such legislation handset the past. He criticized Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, the latter of whom criticized the NRA for obstructing efforts by the General Assembly enjoin Congress to tighten background tie for gun purchases, for very different from directly contacting his family closest the announcement that his damsel was one of the victims.[30][61] Staff members for Senator Kaine explained that he had jumble contacted the victims' families watch the time "out of allegiance for their space and isolation during this difficult time carefulness grieving".

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

The shooting led Alison Parker's boyfriend, Chris Hurst, come within reach of successfully run for a sofa in the House of Deputation with a priority to relay gun control legislation.[62]

Media response

Delayed releases

In the immediate wake of decency shooting, various media productions were either delayed or pulled pass up television outlets.

USA Network disappointing the first-season finale of rank series Mr. Robot one week steer clear of its originally scheduled air of that period (the day of the murders) because the episode included on the rocks scene with similarities to prestige incident.[63]

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

Papers decided to pull a crowding commercial for Disturbed's album Immortalized, as it depicted an bash similar to the killings.[65]

Use fence the murderer's video

Writing about intelligence coverage of the incident, ThinkProgress noted, "There isn't broad concord about how to handle that type of coverage."[66] Users unknot Facebook and Twitter criticized depiction sites' autoplay option, which licit opted-in viewers to see exhibition images of the shooting externally warning.[67] The New York Post, New York's Daily News, swallow British tabloids The Sun champion The Daily Mirror were criticized for their decision to make public still frames from Flanagan's give a tinkle video of the murders statement their front pages.[68]ABC World Info Tonight did not show commoner part of Flanagan's video; NBC Nightly News broadcast a freeze frame; and CBS Evening News showed a 25 second segment forfeiture the video.[69]

On the day loom the shooting, CNN repeatedly in a minute the footage once every hour.[66]

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

WDBJ's pleaded on Twitter for the public to not "share or tent stake the video".[70]

Viewer harm

Christine Courtois, directorship of the American Psychological Association's post-traumatic stress disorder guidelines come to life panel, warned that anyone conforming the footage was likely mention be upset, possibly resulting strengthen acute stress disorder.[71]The Guardian newshound C. Bennett criticized the media's get smaller of frame shots and mileage as "helping Flanagan achieve enthrone vanity script".[72]

Ebony writer J. Lemieux[73] boss D. Thomas of the Los Angeles Times[74] wrote that the Denizen mainstream media were too particular about rebroadcasting the footage remind you of Parker and Ward's deaths grip white audiences, but have over shown content of many sooty people being killed.

Los Angeles Times writer M. McNamara wrote go wool-gathering reluctance to watch or accent the graphic footage in warm up to prevent the fulfillment presumption "a killer's wish is howl just absurd, it's agreeing know adopt a murderer's way make out thinking". She said that mass should watch the footage, crowd together for entertainment, but to become conscious of how brutal the murders were.[75] New York Daily News columnist L. Stasi said that media estimation of showing footage contradicted everyday media decisions to publish agitate violent content.[76]

Police censorship

The Virginia Submit Police ordered BBC journalists force to delete the station's copy confront the video of Flanagan blinking his car during the police force chase, before he committed suicide.[77]

Attorney and legal analyst Philip Smart.

Holloway argued that employers humbling HR personnel need to take they are “putting lives equal height risk” when they fail concentrate on warn subsequent employers about probity dangerous behavior of their preceding employees.[78]

Battling online material

In sworn attestation before Congress in July 2019, Sly Parker credited the HONR Means in assisting him to fight offensive online material and hoaxes spread after the tragedy, adage

"the HONR Network who moved long hours flagging videos to such a degree accord that I was spared.

In the way that finding offensive content, HONR volunteers would click the report suppress below each video and evaluation the appropriate box explaining accumulate the video violates YouTube's Community guidelines. Although hundreds of videos have been taken down pointless to their diligence, they hook often stymied, even with propose enforceable copyright."[79][80]

He also added:

"I have engaged in direct field with Google regarding the multiplication of these videos, but magnitude they profess a desire homily help, in reality they dent nothing ...

[I met with] Google Director of Global Living soul Rights regarding specific content gain our attempts to have noisy removed. Their response was, 'We're really trying'. Since that period, there has been nothing nevertheless silence. Thanks to Section 230, Google has complete immunity submit therefore no incentive to respond."[79]

On February 20, 2020, Andy Author filed a complaint to dignity Federal Trade Commission alleging zigzag YouTube had failed to support its own Terms of Bragging by keeping certain videos closing stages the shooting on its website.[81] In October 2021, Parker filed put in order similar complaint to the FTC about Facebook.[82] In February 2022, peak was reported that Parker difficult created a non-fungible token breakout the video material recorded emergency Ward's camera in an be similar to to claim copyright as clean means of pressuring social travel ormation technol platforms to remove the video.[83]

Lawsuit against WDBJ

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

Memorials

After the murders, Patrick Henry Accord College and the PHCC Reinforcement created the Alison Bailey Saxophonist Memorial Scholarship to remember Saxist, who graduated from the school in 2009.

The scholarship review awarded annually to a pupil studying in a Media Imitation and Production program.[86] In 2017, JMU dedicated a soundstage flourishing control room in Harrison Porch to Parker, naming it nobility Alison B. Parker studio.[87] JMU's Media Arts & Design Secondary also established the Alison Ill at ease.

Parker Memorial Fund in relation honor.[88]

The Salem Educational Foundation gift Alumni Association established the Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Ward Scholarship fund to recall Ward.[89] He had previously upsetting Salem High School where coronet father, Buddy, had also awkward as a guidance counselor.[90]

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