In a cycle that is now familiar to Americans, the horrific, made-for-media shooting was immediately followed by calls for changes to the country’s lax gun laws that have enabled so many similar tragedies. The final segments of the film showed Parker screaming and running away. The interview continued for approximately 20 seconds before shots rang out. Concentrating on the interview, she appeared not to notice. The gunman walked slowly toward the trio, stood behind the cameraman, whispered “bitch” and pointed his handgun at the reporter.
They were mid-broadcast, and Gardner was telling WDBJ7 viewers about the benefit to local tourism of the nearby lake. It showed the gunman approaching Parker and Ward as they interviewed Gardner on a wooden deck at the Bridgewater Plaza, near Smith Mountain Lake. The disturbing video Flanagan posted on Facebook was filmed from the perspective of the shooter. Seconds later, there was a chilling update: “I filmed the shooting see Facebook.” “They hired her after that?” In a reference to Ward, he added: “Adam went to hr on me after working with me one time!!!” “Alison made racist comments,” he said of Parker. After the shooting, Flanagan tweeted disparaging remarks about both of his victims. In recent weeks Flanagan had posted dozens of images of his life, going back to his childhood. Occasionally, the anchors had to fight back tears, or just expressed their disbelief at what had happened. WDBJ7 interspersed updates from police about the hunt for Flanagan with emotional, hastily pulled-together tributes to their murdered colleagues. Shocked and distraught and barely able to compute what had happened, WDBJ7’s news team continued to broadcast through the day, telling viewers they had news of a story “that has affected our WDBJ7 family very deeply”. Court filings showed he sued TWC, the NBC affiliate in Tallahassee, alleging racial discrimination in a case that was settled out of court in 2001.
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On the youth of the victims, he said: “Why was I not targeted? Why was Kelly not targeted? We are the ones who actually put this guy out of a job.”įlanagan, who had experience in local TV news across the country, had made similar allegations against another employer, in Florida, more than 15 years ago. “This is the worst day of my career – worst day of all our careers,” Marks said in an interview with the Guardian outside the TV station on Wednesday evening. Marks added the EEOC complaint was not upheld. A copy of the suit, filed in 2014 and obtained by the Guardian on Wednesday, shows he was disciplined by the Virginia station. Lyons moved south to attend the University of Central Florida, where he studied journalism and political science while reporting and anchoring for the student-run news station.Marks added that Flanagan filed an action against the TV station with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in which he alleged staff at the company had made “racial comments”.
He was taken too early from us." Remembering an enthusiastic and ambitious reporter "He was a happy soul and wonderful person in life. "Dylan would have been 25 years old in March," she wrote. The organizer, who identifies herself as Lyons' older sister Rachel, describes him as a loving fiancé, devoted son and acting father to his niece and nephew. Now Lyons' loved ones are sharing more personal tributes, emphasizing how much he loved his job, his community and his family - which has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral expenses. The tragedy has sent shock waves across and beyond the Orlando community, with condolences pouring in from local law enforcement officials, state politicians and the White House even before Lyons' identity was released. Spectrum News remembers our fallen colleague. A dedicated and motivated reporter, Dylan was shot and killed while working at the scene of a homicide.
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