Car Theft Suspect Shoots Self While Being Televised On National TV
Wonders shall never end as we would say.... But the
impossibility is someone shooting himself on national TV. Here's what
huffingtonpost reports:''A long car chase
with a Dodge Caliber in Phoenix, Ariz., ended with the suspect shooting himself
in the head on live TV, appearing to commit suicide.
The driver, recorded
live news helicopters, led law enforcement on a dangerous chase, traveling at
speeds of nearly 100 mph.
Around 3:30 p.m. ET,
at the end of the hour-long pursuit, he drove off the road, got out of his car
and ran down a dirt path for a short period. He then appeared to shoot himself
in the head and collapsed
Fox News quickly cut
away from the shot and went to commercial after the gruesome incident. Host
Shepard Smith immediately apologized for airing what looked like a suicide.
"We really
messed up," Smith told viewers after the flop. He said the footage was on
a 5-second time delay and shouldn't have been aired. "We're all very
sorry. That didn't belong on television."
The suspect reportedly stole the car and fired shots at officers before the
chase, according to a Fox News affiliate. His name and condition haven't been
released.
In a statement
emailed to the media, Fox News executive VP Michael Clemente said:
'We took every precaution to avoid any such live
incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five second delay.
Unfortunately, this mistake was the result of a severe human error and we
apologize for what viewers ultimately saw on the screen. ''
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HuffingtonPost
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