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Via FTVlive:

 

http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/8/31/pittsburgh-news-crew-shot-at-by-paintball-gun

 

Sources tell FTVLive that a news crew from WPXI in Pittsburgh were fired upon this morning with paintball guns immediately before or after a live shot.

 

Word is the Reporter was hit, but not hurt.

 

Police are investigating.

 

No word if this is a very sick joke or a copycat idiot, be FTVLive hears that management is meeting right now to determine future of live shots and how to handle them.

 

The station has made no mention of the incident of their website.

 

Stay tuned....

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An update:

 

http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/9/1/pittsburgh-reporter-shot-with-paintball-gun

 

Yesterday, FTVLive told you that a new crew from WPXI in Pittsburgh was shot at by some idiot(s) with a paintball gun.

 

Sources tell FTVLive that the Reporter hit in paintball attack was Jennifer Tomazic (pictured). The Photographer who was with her was Moe Jetter. Word is that Jetter quickly intervened alerting Jennifer it was a paintball that she was hit with.

 

Our source says that initially, Tomazic did not know what hit her. She was heard over her mic in the control room: "I'm hit, I'm hit." She had just raised the microphone to give a mic check when the shots came from a passing car around 4:30 a.m.moments before a Pittsburgh schools back-to-school story.

 

Since the attack, WPXI management has made some policy changes. Live shots are now per the Reporter and Photographer's judgment call. There is now a no-knock policy on doors that has also been implemented.

 

Interestingly, WPXI has made no mention of the paintball incident, either on the air, or on their website.

 

Now, you could argue that the station is not mentioning the attack as to stop some copycat, but the station covered 3 other attacks ( No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) in the past on people that were not affiliated with the station.

 

It seems that if you are going to cover the others, it seems you should do the same when it involves your station.

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