Vester Flanagan posted pictures of himself on Twitter under his handle that used his on-air name Bryce Williams. (Photo: Screengrab from Twitter)
In
addition to the video of the shooting, the Facebook
account showed videos of Flanagan as a journalist. Multiple versions of
what appeared to be Flanagan's reporting highlight reel included him
holding a gun in a gun store during a reporting assignment. The videos
also showed him covering stories on security systems at liquor stores,
dead bodies discovered in a bedroom, bears disturbing a neighborhood and
winter weather. Multiple videos are labeled as "test," a few show his
cats, and one video appears to show Flanagan modeling on a runway. The
earliest posts to the account are from Aug. 18.
Most
people who commit a violent crime "have a very distorted view that what
they are doing is a good thing," said Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., a
psychology professor at St. John’s University. These criminals "want to
get the message out to as many people as possible. Social media allows
you to get the message out to people you've never met."
Contributing: Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
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