MOST-WATCHED STATION, THIS IS
WCCO 4 NEWS.
WELL, NUMB AND DEVASTATED
IS HOW SOME ARE DESCRIBING THEY
FEEL ABOUT SEEING A NEWS CREW
KILLED ON LIVE TELEVISION THIS
MORNING
AN ANGRY CO-WORKER SHOT AND
KILLED ALISON PARKER AND ADAM
WARD IN VIRGINIA.
THE SHOOTER LATER TURNED THE
GUN ON HIMSELF.
THE VIOLENT AND BIZARRE NATURE
OF THEIR DEATH HAS LEFT PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY IN SHOCK.
ANGELA DAVIS SPOKE WITH A
PSYCHOLOGIST AND FELLOW
JOURNALISTS ABOUT THE RESPONSE
TONIGHT MURDERS.
WHEN THOSE FEELINGS COME UP,
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THOSE, JUST
ALLOW THEM TO HAPPEN.
THAT IS HOW WE PROCESS TRAUMA.
Reporter: SHE ADMITS EVEN
SHE GOT CHILLS WHEN SHE HEARD
ABOUT THE KILLINGS.
THE GUNMAN'S ACTIONS GO FAR
BEYOND ABOUT BEING A DIS GRUNT
LED WORKER.
IT IS A COMMON PHENOMENON
BUT IT IS INCREDIBLY ATYPICAL
AND OUTRAGEOUS.
Reporter: SHE WEIGHED ON HIS
DECISION TO VIDEOTAPE IT AND
SHARE THE IMAGES.
IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH
HIM NOT HAVING MUCH OF A CON
TIONS AND HIS ANGER WAS OUT OF
CONTROL TO THE POINT OF THIS
RAGE THAT HE PREMEDITATED THIS.
Reporter: SOME OF THE
STRONGEST REACTION HAS COME
FROM JOURNALISTS THAT DO THE
SAME KIND OF WORK HE DID.
IT IS HAUNTING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HEY IF
THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THE
WORKPLACE WHO IS GOING TO SNAP,
I KNOW WHO IT IS.
IT IS LIKE A JOKE BUT THIS
REALLY HAPPENED.
THEY ARE INNOCENT VICTIMS
AND THEY DIDN'T DESERVE ANY OF
THIS.
THE BEST THING THAT SURVIVORS
CAN DO TO MINIMIZE TRAUMA IS TO
HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE WE
HAVE LOST.
Reporter: ANGELA SAYS THE
STAFF AT WDBJ IS SEEING AN
