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Fox News Airs Car Chase Suspect Shooting Himself in the Head on Live TV (Edited Video)

Sep. 28, 2012 3:44pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Fox News on Friday aired an Arizona car chase suspect shooting himself in the head on live television.

The suspect had emerged from his car, ran down a dirt road and then put a gun to his head and fired. The network quickly cut away once the man crumpled to the ground, with anchor Shepard Smith shouting, “Get off it! Get off it!”

After returning from a commercial break, Smith apologized to the viewers, saying the network had gone into a five-second delay but failed to cut away in time.

“We really messed up and we’re all very sorry. That didn’t belong on TV, we took every precaution we knew how to take to keep that from being on TV, and I personally apologize to you that that happened ,” he said. “That was wrong and that won’t happen again on my watch and I’m sorry.”

Prior to the shooting, Smith had been expressing his unease over how the situation might end.

“Well you know you wait for the end of these things and then you worry about how they may end. There’s no one else around him,” he said. “This makes me a little nervous, I gotta tell you.”

According to KSAZ-TV, the man was wanted for a suspected carjacking and had earlier fired shots at officers as they pursued him. His name and condition were not immediately released.

Al Tompkins, senior faculty for broadcasting and online at the Poynter Institute for journalism, told TheBlaze in an email there was “no excuse” for Fox to air what it did.

“These delay systems ultimately depend on humans to make them work,” Tompkins wrote. “There simply is no excuse for this kind of thing to happen over and over and over as it has for a decade and a half on TV stations across the country.”

He noted that California news stations, particularly in Los Angeles, “have the worst record but they are not alone.”

Smith’s full apology:

“Well, some explaining to do. While we were taking that car chase and showing it you to live, when the guy pulled over and got out of the vehicle we went on delay so that’s why I didn’t talk for about 10 seconds. We created a five-second delay as if you were to bleep back your DVR five seconds, that’s what we did with the picture we were showing you. So that we would see in the studio what was happening five seconds before you did so that if anything went horribly wrong we’d be able to cut away from it without subjecting you to it. And we really messed up and we’re all very sorry. That didn’t belong on TV, we took every precaution we knew how to take to keep that from being on TV, and I personally apologize to you that that happened . Sometimes we see a lot of things that we don’t let get to you because it’s not time-appropriate, it’s insensitive, it’s just wrong. And that was wrong and that won’t happen again on my watch and I’m sorry.”

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UPDATE: Fox News Executive Vice President for News Michael Clemente called it a “severe human error” in a statement released Friday night:

“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.”

This post has been updated since it was first published.

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allen0617
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:07pm
good job Shep! No really a good job. If our news people and the media in general would show more of the results of these actions as they happen then maybe less of them would happen. Quit coddling the american people and show the outcome. We ARE strong and can take it. The people that take it…….. well there is the off switch. Its news so show it notjust talk about it, I’ve heard enough talking.

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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:13pm
  …
  Shepard Smith was a bit too slow calling “get off it”.
  The guy had already pulled the trigger and was on the ground by the time he yelled.
  
  CAUTION: Graphic at 1:08 mark
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUJK0f6GZI
  
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- ConservativeMomofFour
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:19pm
  I just watched this live, it was disturbing. Was there anyone in the car with him? He was fumbling around the backseat I hope there wasn’t anyone in the backseat.
  
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- Chrison
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:20pm
  I was watching on the live video feed on the fox news internet site (not on cable t.v.), so it was totally uncut. While it was a bit stunning to see the guy put a gun to his head and pull the trigger, I didn’t think it was any more “shocking” than what’s aired on the news just about every night. In no way was the video “gruesome” or “sensationalized” in any way, so I fail to see the need for an apology of any kind.
  
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- LetUsReason
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:21pm
  I hate how the media thinks they have to shelter us from the truth and reality. If there is an unpredictable event airing on live TV, you have to make the choice of whether the risk is worth allowing minors to see. Leave it playing for the rest of us.
  
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- BigSky
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Seems to me that they had it backwards. He was watching it on delay and we saw it live.
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:26pm
  when you show every high speed chase on the news to try and get some excitment and a interesting finish… sometimes you bite off too much… MABEY IF YOU COVERED MORE SERIOUS NEWS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SHOW PEOPLE AN EPISODE OF COPS LIVE… do the news… thats your job, its being filmed and if you want to watch what happens later, YOU CAN SHEP… DO THE NEWS… GET OVER YOURSELFS TRYING TO GET RATING FROM CHASES… you more ons
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:26pm
  LEADNOTFOLLOW, And, that was on their five second delay too. To have been purposely put on the delay, somebody did really screw up. But, to me it’s no big deal.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:30pm
  I saw the live feed from the helicopter on Fox. Fox showed it all the way up to where he landed face down on the ground.
  
  What happened to the 7 second delay like they have on the radio?
  
  I guess TV doesn’t have that. : (
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Guess what happened today?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwNXQMoNps
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:34pm
  Apology accepted.
  
  Sad for this young man and his friends/family. Actions have consequences.
  
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- hlcole
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:38pm
  @LEADNOTFOLLOW
  It may have taken a couple of seconds for the brain to process what happened and the mouth to speak the words. As it stands it’s not entirely his fault they used the network delay system (I believe the standard is 5 seconds) in an attempt to prevent this from airing live. Obviously something or someone screwed up and it aired. I don’t think Shep had a magic button to press to stop it’s airing, likewise the only reason it stopped airing had little to do with Shep’s “Get It off” comments and the timing of them.
  
  The fact he had no control over it’s being aired is clearly evidenced in the fact that he was continually requesting it be taken off (rather than just doing it himself). There was someone sitting elsewhere who had control of that and either didn’t realize what had happened or was in shock over seeing it themselves. Of course this day in age there is also the aid of computer programs to help with video processing (i.e. youtube uses it every time a video is uploaded).
  
  Now I saw you commented elsewhere that perhaps a 10 second delay might be used. Which given that children my be in the room watching wouldn’t be a bad idea depending on their age.
  
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- BigSky
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:39pm
  @ConservativeMomofFour: The owner of the car was in the passenger seat.
  
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- BigSky
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:41pm
  @Chrison: The Fox News website was getting their video from Fox 10 in Phoenix. I was watching on myfoxphoenix.com and as soon as the carjacker offed himself they cut the video of the chopper off 10 seconds after that.
  
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- JUSTANOTHEROPINION
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:42pm
  @ALLEN0617:
  Absolutely dead on spot sir.
  
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- godlovinmom
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:43pm
  Allen…I agree…good job Shepard…I was passing by the tv and heard him say this and was wondering why he was saying that…now I know…bummmer this dude felt as tho he had to do that…kudos Shep!
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:47pm
  Shepard Smith puts these live car chases on his program all of the time. He loves them. His show is car chases, any Gulf of Mexico coverage, bear stories, sensational court drama and lib lecturing. Red Eye has better news content.
  
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- Old Truckers
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:49pm
  We are going to see things worse than this.
  
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- kcurtis
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:53pm
  No Kidding, this is what the war on Drugs should look like, obviously this guy was meth-ed out for several days, but you watch it will be the gun that gets the attention.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:57pm
  Before anybody whines about my comment…
  
  He shot at police and carjacked an innocent person. Now the cops wont have to be sued by his family for shooting him.
  
  No apologies.
  
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- shockingnot
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:58pm
  Thank you ALLEN0617: this is what happens when people are in,LA,LA-land life is hard “deal with IT” I hope he is the only one and did not take another LIFE!
  
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- Yeah_Buddy
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:11pm
  Not Shep’s fault. Live car chases are broadcasted on tv all the time. I figure this saves the taxpayers a bunch. Lesson: Don’t commit crime if you can’t do the time.
  
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- lisalake
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:19pm
  Really! I was DISGUSTED with his apology and his explanation about how they “shield” us from what they consider “not appropriate”!! These.basttardds.make me sick!!
  
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- hoopsgulch
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:32pm
  Saw it live. No big deal. He put something up to his head and then dropped. Camera was too far away for any brain and blood footage.
  
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- BSdetector
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:37pm
  I guess we’re just weak little children who need our innocence protect by being shielded from what happens in R E A L L I F E.
  
  Fox is becoming less relevant by the day.
  
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- richman67
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:53pm
  I was watching it live with my two young children unfortunately. It seemed as if Shepard was actually watching the delayed feed because his remarks came several seconds after the man shot himself. Not sure exactly how it works but it seemed like the feed we were watching was the actual live feed and the feed he was watching in the studio was the one we were suppose to be watching. Would not like to be the person in charge of that blunder
  
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- Cemetery
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:58pm
  Three words: Bath Salts.
  
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- ERP
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:01pm
  I don’t understand what the big deal is. It’s a real life event so there is no need to be apologetic about capturing it live.
  
  Imagine if they felt this way during 9/11/01??
  
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- brezzeone
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:02pm
  Right on
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:24pm
  The camara man probably expected the guy to demand escape or he would shoot himself. It made me think of blazeing saddels and the black guy holding his pistol to his head making demands or he would shoot the N_igger.
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:31pm
  I agree I think after all of the realistic movies we have all watched and the gorey video games what,s the big deal. People should see the end of these things.
  
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- its_time_to_arrest_our_government
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:32pm
  hey life happens good and bad. our military sees this kind of thing daily get over it!
  
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- Pucci
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:39pm
  As I’m getting older, I seem to getting alot more empathy for people. I keep imaging people as babies. I can see a special innocense in everybody- before they made all the bad decisions. Dear Lord I’m turning into a woman.
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:49pm
  Another nominee for the Darwin Awards. At least he just shot himself & not anyone else. Nothing to see here, move along.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:56pm
  So, Shep what Saudi Prince owns 10% of News Corp/Fox News…..Alwaleed.
  
  Best written story on this connection: http://www.maggiesnotebook/2012/09/vernon-jarrett-connection-to-khalid-al-mansour-to-obama-and-harvard-black-power-movement-middle-eastern-money/
  
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- swamp_donkey
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 7:55pm
  the true crime here is that fox is allowed to use the word news in their name , shocking that you teabeggers are all for watching people die lol
- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:03pm
  I don’t think it is coddling. It is repugnant. Several years ago he, Shepard Smith ran an entire chase for nearly the complete hour at 6 o’clock. That was a question mark of who was in charge of the news. And further car chases over the years as this one. I am totally amazed at his fascination and deciding the public in Texas has to see a chase in Calif. Maybe it’s his guy thing but I began to “get over” Shepard a long time back. He uses the radical rules when he made fun of the girl singer over and over and over, then Blagovich was his personal punching bag. The time he questioned the nurse who refused to take a flue shot she was dispensing to others he tried his level best to make her out a fool. Doesn’t take away from Fox News but Shepard is not a nice guy, just another hack lawyer. in my opinion of course. What goes around comes around. Watching a suicide on tv is not pleasurable. On his watch, indeed. It was his watch, wasn’t it?.
  
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- patrioteveryman
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:13pm
  This happened at 12:31 PT. While adults are capable of “taking it,” the restrictions in daytime are to protect the children in the audience. All you people that are saying “no big deal” OBVIOUSLY do not have children, or do not care about them.
  
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- Targettarget
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:22pm
  Amen.
  
  There is NOTHING to apologize for.
  
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- Sirfoldallot
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:28pm
  He saved the tax payer so much money , thx u dumby.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 9:33pm
  This incident was no worse than the murder and mayhem shown enery night on all network stations or in many of the major “Action” movies produced in Hollywierd. I’m glad he didn’t hurt anyone else.
  
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- BOMUSTGO
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 9:33pm
  Once upon a time, hangings were a public event.
  
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- nurseheidi
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 9:43pm
  I watched it live and knew he had a gun and knew it would probably end that way. I agree, stop deciding what we should and shouldn’t see and let us decide for ourselves…right?-You Report, We Decide. If kids were watching it was a teachable moment for both the parent dumb enough to not think this was a possibility, and the child who needs to learn bad decisions like this usually don’t end well. No apology needed from Fox other than an apology for the apology, and I thank the car jacker for sparing us the expense of his trial and jail time. I wish they would all be so selfless.
  
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- sta
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 10:18pm
  Bigsky – I think you are absolutely correct. The feeds were reversed. Smith was seeing the delay and the suicide had already been broadcast.
  
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- Freedombeliever
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 10:47pm
  What a pile of steaming BS! They are reduced to a pile of drivel over this while tragic it isI I admit. But again another media source is just perfectly fine with perpetuating lies that will eventually bring America to ruin in their continued suppoert of barry – while posting the small stories. The ignorance of America over the big picture is astounding in their support of the man who calls himself our president and what our country will become if he is elected.. We will only hope to die by gunshot.
  
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- Deadbang
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 11:01pm
  BIg deal! Some loser blew his brains out on LIVE television. I guess this is so much worse than the gratuitous violence on video games or r rated movies that people let their children see. I sar R Bud Dwyer litteraly blow the back of his skull off and shower the stage with brains when he pulled a 44 magnum out of a manilla envelope and ate it during a LIVE news conference here in Pennsylvania. It was a news conference people he was standing at a podium and believe me it was a close up.
  
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- Freedombeliever
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 11:23pm
  If Mitt Romney had a gun to his head, would they show it?
  
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- lawrench
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 12:34am
  I agree. Show the outcome of these events. Just like on 9/11, we need to see the people jumping from the building because they had no other hope. These types of things need to be seen, we need to know that there is consequences for our actions.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 12:35am
  Seeing that guy kill himself on live TV made me throw up my lunch from last week…
  
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- OlefromMN
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 1:07am
  I felt the need to watch the entire video. There is no way Shep could have seen the outcome any quicker than he did. It is horrid to watch as a Christian, but is innocuous to non-believers. Shep is not the one to accuse or make the focal point. He showed his ability to see things unfold and by the time the “incident” actually happened he was the first to catch it. There is not really much more to say. We are living in a horrible time and suicide is unfortunately becoming an option to those who feel they want a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
  
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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 1:40am
  Shep Smith is a Liberal idiot and I could really care less about him. It is actually due to him and his slanted B.S. that I quit watching Fox News.
  
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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 7:09am
  Sorry but I watched this live by chance and it is what it is. I have lost a few freinds to suicide due to addiction and depresion and that is sad.
  However this guy carjacked someone, shot at police and could have killed someone on the road.
  Although it is sad that he chose this path it is not sad that he is no longer a threat to anyone else. If he was willing to shoot at police and shoot himself odds are he would have no problem killing someone else.
  
  Tax dollars were saved and problem eliminated. I know that sound like I am just cold but in todays world it is what it is and fox news did nothing wrong.
  
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- seanscythe
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 8:33am
  one less person that will be rotting away in jail on tax payer money.
  
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- scruffycat
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:28am
  Yeah they had Sheppie’s audition channel on delay and their main program channel on live, so we got to watch the crazy Running Guy put his pistol up to his head and then in high rez we watched most of the right hemisphere of his head rise up and burst outward. Its amazing technology that rarely gets credit. From the helicoptor borne, microwave yagi linked, remote controlled high def steady cams with ultra clear telephoto lenses, to satellite uplinking and satellite downlinking and putting that digital signal right into my bigass plasma panel. “Oh, so you only have the one wall converted into a screen eh Montague?” yeah, just the one…
  
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- just the facts
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 10:55am
  For all the good FOX News is and does, this incident as sad and grafic as it was, was still ‘real’. We live in an ugly, misinformed, screwed up, fearful, and cluttered world. Maybe we should air some real time disasters. Death, no matter how it happens is so much a part of life. It is not escapable.
  
  No harm done Shep.
  
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- MittensKittens
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 11:34am
  I watched this unfold live yesterday…what a trip.
  
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- DoGooder
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Life is…tell and show us the truth no matter what it looks like!
  
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- shogun459
  Posted on September 30, 2012 at 11:23am
  LEAD NOT FOLLOW
  
  It was censored, the video was removed.
  
  What’s next?
  
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NDPINDNT
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:07pm
I thought it was handled professionally. Apology accepted. It will probably raise the rating for Fox News too.

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- SHASTADIANE1
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:17pm
  I saw it all happen. It just happened so fast when it came to the last few seconds. I don’t think anyone saw it coming?
  
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ssbstspd
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:07pm
I just missed it and heard the apology from shephard smith. Wondered what the heck happened. Then saw this video and heard the explanation and apology again from shep. As liberal as he is he was hinting to something. What is he talking about not airing news if it is not time appropriate ? I think he was getting at something about the media. Call me crazy!!!

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2gregory5
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:05pm
No need to apologize Mr. Smith. The network revealed the truth. Believe me, THIS society can handle it. No reprimand needed for anyone at FOX. If the network feels the need to air car chases in their entirety, they might as well air the entire chase, including the very ending.

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- DDD
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:18pm
  At least it wasn’t a close up.
  
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- BigSky
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:42pm
  @DDD: It was close enough.
  
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freenj
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:03pm
I viewed it live on Fox and quite frankly the camera shot was from a distance and all you saw was the guy putting the gun to his head, and he falling to the ground. No blood, no brain matter, just someone ending their life. I just wonder if he killed someone in the car or was there another crime scene. You see more blood and guts in the movies made today.
Shep is too darn dramatic.

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- chalkdust
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:14pm
  But this was a real person.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Saw it too. Having responded to several head shots, mostly suicides, this guy must have been too cheap to buy a quality manufactured box of rounds.
  Geez, did metro sexual Shep Smith have a cow! Think back to the 1984 father who was waiting inside the airport for his son’s homosexual kidnapper to return. He pulled out a .357 and shot the guy, live on the air.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi3Hyxuf5AE
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Either it was a small caliber weapon, or it was staged for the cameras. Interestingly enough, even if it was a small caliber weapon you’d think there’s be some indication of a discharge. I saw NO smoke, and that helicopter was pretty close and clear on the camera work.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I agree with you. Shep is such a DRAMA QUEEN.
  
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- exposejesuits
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:21pm
  If only Shepp, knew what his Catholic Church, has done to Protestants, for hundreds of years.He wouldn t be so shocked.Fox is run by Jesuits and Catholics, that hate non -Catholics.Most of the news anchors, are bias Catholics, like O Rilley.
  
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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:23pm
  @ RJ
  
  That father should be given a medal. Looked like a head shot to me, and no innocent people were harmed in the making of that video :)
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:31pm
  TSUNAMI_22, I remember seeing that live, but probably with a minor time delay in Germany right after they had set up the SatNet that allowed us to get up to date news from the states. I had just gotten off duty and was in my room changing clothes at the time. Just can’t forget that.
  Yeah, he got off in court even though he plead No Contest. The jury just would not convict him.
  
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Smokepole
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:02pm
Screw the apology! There is MUCH worse on TV at night.

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- shockingnot
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 7:03pm
  “SMOKEPOLE”:on a good note, muzzeleloader opens tomorrow in my state.love the name and good luck on the “BIG BUCKS!”
  
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korbin
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:01pm
I left Iraq in 05 went to Thailand their news is live haha, and they show everything why? because that is life this country has raised a bunch of poo cees who have no idea where their own food comes from like beef and chicken, some magical way it gets de-feathered and neatly packaged for consumption this is related all of our news agencies have to water down life because no one can handle the truth..

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- CK1911
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:19pm
  @Korbin-I thought the grocery elves put the chicken and beef in the stores! Damnit!
  Seriously people, stop with the bleeding heart crap. It’s not like he accidentally ran a stoplight. I live in AZ and if it had been earlier or later in the day he would have endangered many more people on the road.
  This piece of crap carjacks a vehicle, shoots at police, and drives for over 45 minutes at super high speeds on the interstate endangering motorists. And there are reports that the owner of the carjacked car was in there with him. F-him. Saved the taxpayers the money of a trial and incarceration.
  
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rexriley
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:00pm
I watched it live… WOW! The guy was apparently on bath salts or something. Poor soul.

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Voter713
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:59pm
he looks like he is running from something – freaky

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- sgtstubbs
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:08pm
  They should have headline this video “This is your brain on Drugs”.
  
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- exposejesuits
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:09pm
  kill and ruin the lives of Americans. This is what the mexican drug cartells and Jesuits want.Destroy Americans, and take over our country. Keep as many as possible on cheap , mind altering DRUGS.
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:30pm
  Someone on another site said he could see guys in the field and thought they might have been firing on the guy.
  
  I saw it live too.. made me sick. Whoever he was or whatever he was on, his life is now over and that is a very sad thing. Hopefully he was alone in the car.
  
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- swamp_donkey
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:07pm
  apparently mitt romney was trying to get him to go for a beer !
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:58pm
If only we could get all our news live and unedited.. LIKE OBAMACARE ON CSPAN ! Even that was a farce of obama’s

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- tipofthespear42
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 7:26pm
  GHANDI: THANK YOU!!! FOX did NO WORSE than the LAME STREAM MEDIA that outright LIES everyday b/c OBAMA is lining ALL their pockets!! WHERE is this so-called journalism expert on ALL of their liberal biased butts?!!! HMMMM???
  NO APOLOGY WAS NEEDED FOR ACTUALLY TELLING & SHOWING “THE TRUTH”!! WE DO NOT NEED PROTECTION FROM ANYONE,…BUT OUR OWN GOVERNMENT!!
  
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toomuchgovt
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:56pm
I was actually watching, I never watch Shep, but I was cleaning and had it on. I turned to see and there it was. Shep is not a good liar. He didn’t miss a beat.

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sparkyrules
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:56pm
Somebody please give Shep some vaseline.He’s about as dry as a tree stump.We’ve been around the block,IDIOT.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Ole Shep is well acquainted with the many uses of vaseline.
  
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- sparkyrules
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:15pm
  PROGRESSIVESLAYER….no doubt ! LOL
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:55pm
Shep’s a candyass reporter and should be fired for excessive groveling.

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- neverending
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:22pm
  He is nothing more then just a liberal wimp.
  
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- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on September 29, 2012 at 4:03am
  What groveling Slayer? The man bogied the hole running through all those sandtraps and took it a little hard, that’s all. He should’ve done that before he teed off. It would have saved a lot of people a lot of work.
  
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Ars21689
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:54pm
I saw it happen. It wasn’t that bad but I can understand the apology.

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- Restored One
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:58pm
  I saw it too and totally anticipated it. I covered my eyes than did a rewind. I agree with some other posters, saved the tax payers with legal fees. I just hope when he kept leaning back in the car that he did not have anyone in the car with him.
  
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- king1
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:00pm
  As the shooting I will pray the man what I am really just shocked you never hear anyone apologize
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:10pm
  Would BSLSD apologize or make some kind of fun of it? It must have been pretty visually disturbing, because it looked like it shook Shep up some. We don’t always have to see the gruesome details
  A friend of mine sent me an email about a sniper and his .50 cal rifle and the effect of a terrorist bomber who got shot with it. I could have done without seeing a man’s head split in half and his brains all over the ground..
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:24pm
  ANONYMOUS T. IRRELEVANT, Believe me, and I have been spot checking BSNBC. They now have Martin Basher mostly bashing Mitt.
  
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reevess1
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:54pm
it was terrible..

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Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:54pm
Whole vid and Sheps apology explanation are up on STR

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UNALIEN
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:53pm
saw it,, the guy ran from the car, looked out of it, drugs maybe, nobody else around the police were tracking by chopper, he lifted the gun and shot himself in the head…

Shep claimed the delay was messed up…

so, a suicide broadcast live… you could sense that something bad was going to happen

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sheerterror
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:51pm
Shep stinks…. he was getting off on it. Seen it live

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- exposejesuits
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:02pm
  Good. One less criminal. Now if we can get our congress and senate to do the same we would be better off.
  
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- Viewer52
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:11pm
  You are incorrect, Sheer.
  
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DollyMD
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:51pm
Ugh. I saw it live on Fox News. My stomach is upset, which I really didn’t expect. The guy stole a car & drove 100+ mph endangering everyone’s lives. Well, at least I know I am not desensitized to violence. I hope no one else was hurt.

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Cavallo
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:49pm
This is what you do when you screw up. Notice they took instant ownership of their mistake and groveled for it. Pay attention NBC.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:49pm
That’s must see TV

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Dirty Harry
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:48pm
And while I’m trashing Fox News, y’all check out Glenn Beck on Dish’s 212, opposite that moron Hannity. It’s a really really good show. Even the commercials are interesting, which has ruined my pee breaks, btw.

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:00pm
  Beck RULES.So doe’s my dog Sparky:)
  
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- Wango
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 7:09pm
  Cash that paycheck.
  
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randy
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:48pm
Where’s the video? Why not show it? It’s news.
That’s the problem, let’s sugar coat everything in this PC world.

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- betterthantv
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:04pm
  Drudge has it
  
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- Exidor
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:12pm
  It’s not that bad…..
  
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:48pm
….and then Shep comes out and apologizes for when things go wrong sometime.

WRONG SHEP, WHAT HAPPENED WAS A CLEAR CASE OF WHEN THINGS GO RIGHT !!!!

Thug = 0
Society = 1

No taxpayer subsidized court, lawyers, jail time, appeals.

Just F’ing dead !

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- The-Monk
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:46pm
  Hi TSUNAMI_22,
  
  Yep; he did the crime, judged himself guilty, set sentencing and executed the sentence.
  
  Hope all is well with you.
  
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Dirty Harry
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:47pm
Stick it, Shep. You’re the worst on Fox News.

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- chips1
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:58pm
  Did Shep faint? That’s what they do best. He should have been happy that the guy didn’t give the liberals the benefit of blaming the police for anything. It was the guys life and he can spend it anyway he sees fit. His choice. Good call!!!
  
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- HKS
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 3:58pm
  Shep would fit right in at Obama’s place, apologize his butt off. It’s OK shep, were mostly big folks out here, we don’t need protected to death.
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on September 28, 2012 at 5:11pm
  Yep, he’ll be hugging his significant other, a little tighter tonight.
  
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