Staff Reporter John Bennett
This week the news world suffered a dramatic
loss. Alison Parker and Adam Ward's lives were taken live on-air. The shots
came from a disgruntled ex-employee, Bryce Williams. His motive came from Alison
allegedly making racist remarks. He was asked to leave for anger management
issues. He came onto the set and recorded his actions. He recorded himself
lurking on the set and mocking the reporters before he shot 15 times, killing cameraman
Ward and anchor Parker.
Williams later died after five hours of being hunted
from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was driving a rental car that he had booked
for that day. He wrecked the rental into a roadside embankment.
Adam Ward's fiance was watching the live show. She watched her future husband be killed. Both of them were just days from retiring at that
station and moving to North Carolina and starting a new life and job there.
This story saddens everyone, and the news force
is dramatically hit. We are sending thoughts and hope to everyone affected.
This incident brings up the issue of workplace safety.
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