TV killer ‘was part of social media trend’

Social media posts by the man who shot dead two television journalists during a live broadcast in Virginia in the US show a disturbing trend of unashamed exhibition of his crimes on the internet, the partner of one of the victims said.

Chris Hurst told NBC that 41-year-old Vester Flanagan “obviously was in a state of mind that was not reasonable or rational”.

“What we are starting to see is continued boldness from people who want to commit murders in cold blood for notoriety”, said Hurst, who was a news anchor at WDBJ7 and was dating one of the slain journalists, Alison Parker.