Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- July 13, 2019
- Targets
- Unidentified journalist 1 (WTVG)
- Equipment Broken
- Actor
- Unknown
Equipment Damage
While returning from a news event, a WTVG news crew van was shot at on July 13, 2019, in Toledo, Ohio.
WTVG reported that the crew member was heading back to the station at around 8:30 p.m. following an event at the Toledo Museum of Art when multiple shots were fired at the station’s vehicle.
Investigative reporter Shaun Hegarty posted a photo of the damage to the vehicle to Twitter following the incident. Hegarty later told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that there were two members of the WTVG news crew in the van.
The Toledo Blade, WTVG’s media partner, reported that police at the scene collected multiple shell cases. No members of the news team were injured.
Hegarty later posted to Twitter that the police believe they’ve identified the silver Ford Mustang involved in the shooting.
The Toledo Police Department was not immediately available for comment. The department’s investigation is ongoing.
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