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New York Daily News draws scorn for graphic front page showing Virginia reporter being shot

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WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed during an on-air interview Wednesday in Moneta, Va. Authorities identified the suspect as fellow journalist Vester Lee Flanagan II, who appeared on WDBJ-TV as Bryce Williams. Flanagan was fired from the station in 2013.
WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed during an on-air interview Wednesday in Moneta, Va. Authorities identified the suspect as fellow journalist Vester Lee Flanagan II, who appeared on WDBJ-TV as Bryce Williams. Flanagan was fired from the station in 2013. Courtesy of WDBJ-TV, via The Associated Press AP

The New York Daily News is taking heat for using three images on its front page from the alleged shooter Vester Lee Flanagan II’s video showing the moment that WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker was shot and killed, along with videographer Adam Ward, on Wednesday morning in in Moneta, Va.

This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 11:25 PM with the headline "New York Daily News draws scorn for graphic front page showing Virginia reporter being shot."

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