Heather Myers, a weekday morning anchor who worked with Williams in Florida, tweeted Wednesday that their news director at the time fired him in 2000 for “bizarre behavior and threatening employees.”įederal court records show that he sued WTWC in 2001 for “discrimination and retaliation,” but the case was settled, according to the Associated Press. In addition to working in Virginia from March 2012 to February 2013, Williams worked as a multimedia journalist and general assignment reporter at a number of stations throughout the South, including WNCT in Greenville, NC, WTWC in Tallahassee and WTOC in Savannah, according to WDBJ. Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward Facebook The shooter is seen in this still shot firing during the live broadcast.ĪBC News received a 23-page fax from someone purporting to be Bryce Williams, which was turned over to authorities. During the video, he can be seen holding what appears to be a machine pistol. 20, the on-air reporter can be seen doing a story about guns. In a demo reel posted to Facebook on Aug. In two videos posted to Williams’ Facebook and Twitter pages, which were later deleted, he can be seen opening fire on Ward and Parker as Parker reports live from the Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Va.Īt one point, Williams’ pistol appears to be no more than 6 inches from Parker’s face as she unknowingly continues her interview. “Adam went to hr on me after working with me one time!!!” “Alison made racist comments,” he tweeted at 10:09 a.m. In a Twitter rant just hours after the killings, Williams complained about the way Parker, 24, and Ward, 27, treated him because he was black.
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The 41-year-old Roanoke resident worked with the station for about a year before being fired in 2013 after becoming increasingly “difficult” to deal with, the station’s manager, Jeffrey Marks, said Wednesday during a live TV segment. Vester Lee Flanagan II, a former on-air reporter who worked under the name Bryce Williams, killed Alison Parker and Adam Ward from the Roanoke affiliate WDBJ. Passionate.The suspect in a deadly on-air shooting of a reporter and a cameraman in Virginia was a disgruntled former colleague who posted videos of the murders to Twitter and accused the pair of racism. “Pierre was as good as they come,” Trey Yingst, a Fox News foreign correspondent, said. Such a fantastic war photographer and so much more,” Jennifer Griffin, a national security correspondent, tweeted. Other Fox News colleagues shared tributes on social media. John Roberts, a Fox News host, was the first to share the news of Zakrzewski’s death on social media, calling Zakrzewski “an absolute treasure.” The number of civilians and soldiers killed is believed to be in the thousands, though exact figures are difficult to verify amid the ongoing fighting.
The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 3 million people had fled Ukraine since the fighting began. Now in its third week, the cost of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has been catastrophic. American journalist Brent Renaud, a Peabody-winning filmmaker, was shot and killed by Russian forces while in his car Sunday. Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova are the third known journalist casualties in two days in Ukraine. “Our thoughts, our prayers are with family, and with the entire community, as well,” Psaki said in a briefing. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Russia has targeted journalists during its war on Ukraine, but said she couldn’t make an assessment in regard to Zarkrewski’s death in particular. “She was incredibly talented and spent weeks working directly with our entire team there, operating around the clock to make sure the world knew what was happening in her country,” the network’s statement said, adding that it held off on delivering the news out of respect for her family. Friling called Kuvshinova “beautiful” and “brave,” saying “she loved music and she was funny and kind.” She helped the Fox team navigate Kyiv and surrounding areas, reporting and speaking to sources on the ground, Fox News said. Kuvshinova was a Ukrainian journalist who worked with Fox News reporters for the past month, Fox News senior field producer Yonat Friling said. He covered wars in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq during his tenure at Fox News. Zakrzewski was based in London but had been in Ukraine since February.