The events that occurred on Wednesday, august 26, 2015, of the WDBJ shootings were terrible. Vester Flanagan, was an emotional and disgruntle ex-employee, who went a shooting rampage and ended two young journalist lives on live television. The gunman was identified as 41 years old, Vester Flanagan, and was located thanks to a license plate reader hours after the incident happened. Vester was fired from not only WDBJ- TV, but also was fired from WTWC-TV. Flanagan was fired from both stations for lack of respect in the work place and poor performance. The victims, Alison Parker, 24 and Adam Ward, 27 died on site. The WDBJ reporters were filling a live interview for their station when gun shoots started to go off.
The events that occurred on Wednesday, august 26, 2015, of the WDBJ shootings were terrible. Vester Flanagan, was an emotional and disgruntle ex-employee, who went a shooting rampage and ended two young journalist lives on live television. The gunman was identified as 41 years old, Vester Flanagan, and was located thanks to a license plate reader hours after the incident happened. Vester was fired from not only WDBJ- TV, but also was fired from WTWC-TV. Flanagan was fired from both stations for lack of respect in the work place and poor performance. The victims, Alison Parker, 24 and Adam Ward, 27 died on site. The WDBJ reporters were filling a live interview for their station when gun shoots started to go off.