Viewers of an Arizona car chase which ran live on Fox News at 3:30pm EST were shocked when during the live feed the man being persued by the police shot himself in the head. Newsanchor Shep Smith attempted to cut away before the individual killed himself but instead the graphic footage ran live nationally on Fox News. It was also streaming on the internet.
Within minutes, Fox News deleted the page for the live feed off of their site.
Here’s the video (absolutely NSFW):
September 28, 2012 at 7:52 pm, Teresa Fuessel Castronova said:
Looks like another victim of the wonderful Pills that the drug companies and the doctors push! guarantee he is on oxy's or roxy's!
September 28, 2012 at 7:57 pm, Patrick Tanksley said:
Yeah because crack, smack and or PCP would never make a human do this…
September 28, 2012 at 8:03 pm, Jeff Benson said:
Yup. Rule out all the other illegal drugs and blame Big Pharma first.
September 28, 2012 at 8:06 pm, Patrick Tanksley said:
I get tired of reading anti big pharma bullshit.. My wife is epileptic, her meds per month come out to be about $1200. To say the least we cannot afford it, big evil pharma gives her the meds for free.
September 28, 2012 at 9:33 pm, Fabian Anthony Rivera said:
And do you know why people hate big pharma? Becasue they lobby to perpetuate the drug war which gives power to the thugs across the border and jails users…which make up more than have the prison population. They are part of a raquet to keep drugs illegal so that they can sell theirs.
September 29, 2012 at 5:10 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
If your wife does illegal drugs, it'll cure her epilepsy.
google it.
September 29, 2012 at 4:40 pm, Doug Boales said:
Patrick Tanksley they're not free dude. somebody is paying for them, namely the folks who don't get their drugs for free. maybe the problem is that the big pharma charges $1200.00 for a hand full of pills that arent really worth $12.00
September 28, 2012 at 7:56 pm, Anthony Wallace said:
So true
September 28, 2012 at 9:29 pm, Roger L Craig said:
so much for the 10 second delay!
September 28, 2012 at 7:57 pm, Lauren Gleason said:
Just watched this. totally crazy!
September 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm, Amy Chrisman said:
Holy crap….
September 28, 2012 at 8:06 pm, Rachael Leissner said:
Wow!!!! Crazy!
September 28, 2012 at 8:21 pm, Lilibeth Jumawan said:
Oh that was crazy!!
September 28, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Angie Kasten Piper said:
Just watched this
Crazy… The anchorman seemed pretty angry that it was being aired!
September 28, 2012 at 7:57 pm, Jonathan Davies said:
I just watched this live in Thailand. Shocking!
September 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm, Leslie Nicholas said:
ohh man that's sad….Amanda check it out.
September 28, 2012 at 8:00 pm, Anthony Speak Maidana said:
meh….not nearly as bad or graphic as a highway stand off this dude had with the cops here in california back in 98. He was posted on the freeway with a a sign that read "HMOS are corrupt" or some shit…he got out of his truck and blew his head off with a shot gun.
September 28, 2012 at 8:04 pm, Jeff Benson said:
It read "HMO's are in it for the money". He lit his car on fire with gas and his dog was inside the car. What a disgusting person.
September 28, 2012 at 8:04 pm, Carlton Purvis said:
I live in Cali at the time. Watched that one live on TV.
September 28, 2012 at 8:15 pm, Major Gape said:
That shit interrupted spiderman. Such a wake up call for kid. What was even a bigger trip the anchor man from the cartoon spiderman was the same anchor man on fox 11 at the time.
September 28, 2012 at 8:53 pm, Amy Fell said:
in Fontana. to be exact on the overpass I'd go over after school
September 28, 2012 at 8:55 pm, Julio Paz said:
Maaaaaan everybody at school was talki g about that on Monday. Right on the 110 freeway too. So much blood.
September 28, 2012 at 9:21 pm, Kenny Amaris Garcia said:
GADAFI! GADAFI! GADAFI! GADAFI! *kicks back his feet with a disappointed look on face*
September 29, 2012 at 4:13 am, Jarrod Kurtnehh Beck said:
Jeff Benson Oh no, not the dog!
September 28, 2012 at 8:02 pm, Josh Heredia said:
Should anyone be saddened by this? Or did dude do the community a favor? Let me guess, he was just an oppressed pillar of the community harassed by the man and cops eh? Good riddance!
September 28, 2012 at 8:20 pm, Taylor Carvalho said:
You're scum.
September 28, 2012 at 8:23 pm, Josh Heredia said:
More like I am not saddened by some criminal doing society a favor! Or do you defend this person and what he did? Please do let everyone know how your feelings are more important that your better judgment that this guy car-jacked a car, shot at cops, posed a serious danger to everyone involved in that chase and then decides to end it all is somehow deserving of any sympathy! That will tell us all we need to know about you Taylor and the scum will be….YOU…for defending criminals! Enjoy!
September 28, 2012 at 8:02 pm, Lauryn Colangelo said:
hes on on bath salts.
September 28, 2012 at 10:32 pm, Brian Lucas said:
Not anymore…
October 03, 2012 at 2:56 am, Nunyer Binnis said:
Not any more.
September 28, 2012 at 8:04 pm, Christopher Houser said:
Meh…don't see the big deal. Get over it. More air for us to breathe.
September 28, 2012 at 8:28 pm, Taylor Carvalho said:
You're also scum.
September 28, 2012 at 8:30 pm, Christopher Houser said:
LOL…coming from a young college student with no concept of the real world…your opinions mean less than nothing.
September 28, 2012 at 8:32 pm, Taylor Carvalho said:
You are a sad and foolish man.
September 28, 2012 at 8:40 pm, Christopher Houser said:
Yawn…wake me when your version of a tough day is something other than getting out of bed or a 10am class, getting your nails done, and deciding what to drink at this Friday's sorority bash.
September 28, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Taylor Carvalho said:
Sad.
September 28, 2012 at 9:10 pm, Georges Roy said:
Christopher Houser actually there are a lot of young college kids who have a very good concept of the real world, and btw if your alive your opinions do mean something whether you agree with them or not, so lets try to think outside of generalizations.
September 28, 2012 at 9:45 pm, Fabian Anthony Rivera said:
This guy jacked a car then he killed himself..screw him. Unless I find out that he was an amazing jersey wearing philanthropist at stole a car to give to an orphanage..I won't think otherwise.
September 28, 2012 at 11:05 pm, Michelle Weber said:
Have to say I agree with you and don't care who likes it, I am not a college student, or anything else they were accusing you of to put reason behind them not agree with your opinion! I'm glad the taxpayers have one less person to pay for! Very happy he didn't kill an innocent person in the process!
September 29, 2012 at 3:08 am, Leland Shanle said:
Hey Taylor, you're also a dumb cunt.
September 29, 2012 at 5:17 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
You guys need to look on the bright side.
That dude got his car back.
October 03, 2012 at 2:55 am, Nunyer Binnis said:
Who are YOU to say?
October 08, 2012 at 12:09 am, Bern Lilla said:
people who devalue others' opinions are definitely sad and bitter.. wah wah life was so tough you have no idea cuz ur young wahh
January 16, 2013 at 10:37 pm, Nicholas Boyum said:
What the hell is "wah wah, wahh" ?
September 28, 2012 at 8:05 pm, Brian Burleson said:
wow. way to go FOX.
September 28, 2012 at 8:11 pm, Curt Traynor said:
WTF?!
September 28, 2012 at 8:16 pm, Susie Richardson Ulrey said:
geez. way to go Fox news.
September 28, 2012 at 8:34 pm, Robert Monge said:
i mean its got nothing to do with fox… not their fault a man decided to take his own life while they were showing a live broadcast of a car chase (which news stations always do).
September 28, 2012 at 8:48 pm, Levi Richards said:
Crazy! I thought they stopped showing car chases live for this reason?
September 28, 2012 at 11:52 pm, Brian Burleson said:
Actually Robert, there is a 5 second tape delay for "live" news and other events for this exact reason. They didn't stop it from airing. So, yeah, it is their fault and they know it. They have issued an apology.
September 29, 2012 at 5:57 am, Conor Logan Rowe said:
Yeah man you woulda been on that shit if you were working the camera
September 28, 2012 at 8:09 pm, Shawn Reilly said:
Wow ya he was def on something! Leave it to fix to air that live!
September 28, 2012 at 8:17 pm, Kimberly Abjornson said:
You bet Shep is going to get someone fired for not pulling that when he was yelling for that to happen.
September 28, 2012 at 8:37 pm, Roger Mayer said:
at least there will be 1 less vote for Obama in November…
September 29, 2012 at 12:36 am, Holly Hatfield said:
What the fuck is wrong with you? That's the first thing that comes to mind? Do yourself a favor and don't ask them how to show you how to vote in November.
September 29, 2012 at 5:12 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Romney voter's are too busy fucking their cousins in the back of rusty trucks in church parking-lots while drinking domestic beer and scattering car parts all over their lawns.
September 28, 2012 at 8:11 pm, Brian Michael Presutti said:
my name is doug.
September 28, 2012 at 8:41 pm, Austin Beattie said:
and I have mesothileoma
September 28, 2012 at 8:36 pm, Rust Uponthegears said:
Just saved Arizona residents tax money. They should all do that.
September 28, 2012 at 8:40 pm, Joel Williams said:
Damn!!,my man just said "the hell with it"
September 28, 2012 at 8:43 pm, Curt Thomas III said:
WOOOOOOOOW!
September 28, 2012 at 8:46 pm, Andrea Aylward Vaccaro said:
Wow thats rwal tv for once
September 28, 2012 at 8:57 pm, Isabella Kestner said:
I'm callin bath salts or pcp…
September 28, 2012 at 9:10 pm, Rust Uponthegears said:
Nice. Wish all criminals would do this instead of going to jail and getting three hots and a cot on our buck!
September 29, 2012 at 7:59 pm, Paris Coleman said:
This is one of the most crude & disgusting opinions. Are you advocating that any criminal should blow his/her head off rather then go to prison? Are you really basing someone's life (past/present/future) off of how much money you are putting towards their consequence? What a sad way to view the beauty of a human life.
September 29, 2012 at 10:22 pm, Adam Spaulding said:
yeah cause why should criminal's get a place to sleep,three meals a day,free tv,etc
as their consequence
September 29, 2012 at 10:48 pm, Rust Uponthegears said:
I honestly could not care any less.
September 30, 2012 at 8:33 pm, Paris Coleman said:
I'm sorry, do we all seem to think there's one type of criminal and that anything they do is irreversible? It's pathetic how close minded we are.
September 30, 2012 at 8:54 pm, Adam Spaulding said:
It depends on the crime
September 30, 2012 at 11:59 pm, Brandon Hernaez said:
You've probably j-walked, you criminal!
October 01, 2012 at 12:06 am, Paris Coleman said:
my point exactly
October 03, 2012 at 2:55 am, Nunyer Binnis said:
Paris Coleman Why not? Criminals are SCUM.
October 08, 2012 at 12:31 am, Bern Lilla said:
the way our country/society handles criminals is totally wrong anyway. ideally there should be a total prison system reform. i am sure you're all for the death penalty too..who are we to say what behavior is appropriate in our society and have it dictate whether you deserve life? We are not "god"! i think we should go back to exiling people, and addicts/criminals with mental health disorders should be rehabilitated. jail is nearly useless..and don't even get me started on those for-profit prisons.
September 28, 2012 at 9:23 pm, Mike Kirkhoff said:
I would say this guy saved the state some money.
September 28, 2012 at 10:03 pm, Eric Eastman said:
Idiot…
September 28, 2012 at 10:41 pm, Beth Parks Lester said:
You gotta love Arizona! We put the "wild" in West!
September 28, 2012 at 11:38 pm, Billy B Wallace said:
Mike K, wish more perps would take this route than sit on death row and have time for a change-of-heart and claim they are not guilty.
September 29, 2012 at 12:42 pm, Shannon Harvey said:
Terrible thing to say.
October 02, 2012 at 8:38 am, Sharon Baughman said:
Do you have absolutely no common decency? That guy was someones son, brother, maybe father. How would you feel if someone made jokes about the death of one of your loved ones? I don't know how old you are, but that comment sounds like it was made from a immature, self absorbed twelve year old. Grow up; Please.
October 04, 2012 at 6:11 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Sharon Baughman Welcome to the fucking internet.
October 04, 2012 at 6:24 am, Sharon Baughman said:
Stop making excuses for people. Just because this is the internet doesn't mean you can do whatever the fuck you want. If it was a pedophile talking about kids it would be wrong, and I'm sure you'd have something to say about that.
September 28, 2012 at 5:50 pm, Remember That Time Fox News Aired a Car Chase Suicide? said:
[...] Fox News was airing live coverage of an Arizona car chase when things took a turn for the worse. The suspect shot himself on air before the network was able to cut away. [Death+Taxes] [...]
September 28, 2012 at 9:51 pm, Don't click 'Like' on everything you read! It makes you look like a DORK said:
Hey this guy just reduced his carbon footprint permanently… that should make a bunch of the environuts out there happy. And this has nothing to do with Fox…
September 28, 2012 at 10:20 pm, Flyin Ryan Davis said:
Photoshopped lol.
September 28, 2012 at 10:31 pm, Ron Whitten said:
Though Shep could still see the video, the producer had cut away as quick as anyone could have in that situation. What? Isn't this why you like to watch car chases? The producer and Fox have no fault here.
September 28, 2012 at 10:48 pm, Sthomas Ford said:
If you put it that way,Same thing as nascar which i hate,But your right.i was sitting in the docs office and watched it live an no one there did not even blink an eye.
September 28, 2012 at 10:45 pm, Rambo Deochenta said:
Why Censor it?that the full incident,on camera!
September 28, 2012 at 10:46 pm, Kevin Lomasang said:
Next time. If there is a chopper on it. Let them go. Track em down later. Avoid all the risks and unnecessary statistics.
September 28, 2012 at 11:02 pm, B Hussein Obamination said:
How come these blow by blow commentators always sound like jackasses.
September 28, 2012 at 11:08 pm, Lisa Sanchez said:
Is it bad that Jesse Pinkman from 'Breaking Bad' came in mind when I saw this? o.O
September 28, 2012 at 11:24 pm, Jason Vaughan said:
Keep in mind, there was no one around him at the time. The cops where no where in sight. Only the helicopter. Yet, he seems to act like he is being chased.
September 28, 2012 at 11:39 pm, Tom Burris said:
one less idiot on the earth
October 02, 2012 at 5:41 am, Sean Dye said:
^ good to know there is one less caring person still on the earth
October 03, 2012 at 2:56 am, Nunyer Binnis said:
Sean Dye Aw, there there.
September 29, 2012 at 12:00 am, Christian Nascimento said:
He was bitten and infected, becoming a zombie so he opted out as jenner would say.
September 29, 2012 at 12:36 am, Liam Knights said:
you're all gay. america sucks balls. you should all tek a leaf out of this guys book and all shoot yourselves. rest of world will be well happy =).
September 29, 2012 at 12:37 am, Liam Knights said:
p.s- 9/11 was funny
September 29, 2012 at 2:37 am, Tom Schwarz said:
Tek? Wtf does tek mean? Are you retarded?
September 29, 2012 at 2:52 am, Liam Knights said:
it means take obviously dickhead. i am retarded yeah, whats your fucking problem
September 29, 2012 at 5:14 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Go pick up some more skin tight V-necks, faggot.
September 29, 2012 at 10:35 pm, Liam Knights said:
it's clearly a female tshirt dickhead. i like to dress up in womens clothes, what's your fucking problem? is it cos you live in a country where an xxxxxxl t shirt classes as skintight?
September 29, 2012 at 10:37 pm, Liam Knights said:
ps- your presidents black, and your army is basically an orgy of homosexuality in the desert
September 29, 2012 at 10:41 pm, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Your entire country is just completely irrelevant. You just plain don't matter on the geopolitical stage.
We're too busy running the planet, generating a disproportionate amount of the planet's wealth, being the very model of racial equality and freedom, exploring the solar system, trying to put down world wide chaos and disorder and making strides in medicine and discovery to give a fuck about public opinion.
September 29, 2012 at 10:44 pm, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Liam Knights The fact that you managed to weasel your way into the G20 is nothing short of a miracle.
September 29, 2012 at 11:04 pm, Liam Knights said:
bro, you're using the internet right now, invented by a brit. the language you're speaking, pretty sure it's english. the tv, penicillin, theory of gravity, theory of evolution, they're just a few more british things. when you guys go starting bullshit wars it's usthat sorts out the shit for you. fuck man, most of your towns and cities are named after ours. and racial equality? what the fuck was all that lynching about? and seragating the blacks? that was what hitler did. the kkk? they're all about racial equality aren't they. cops beating people cos they're black? that shit doesn't happen over here you know
September 29, 2012 at 11:16 pm, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
I don't know why you seem to think that your insignificant roles in proxy wars and inventions by SOME PEOPLE justify your asinine faggotry. Your police force lacks the power ours has. They couldn't even stop a bunch of thirteen year old chav retards(which is most of your country's youth today) from rioting for a week and stealing everything that wasn't nailed down.
Sure we've had a bit of trouble with civil rights but what country hasn't? the fucking dutch were a hundred times worse in south africa, and they just recently stopped.
Great Britain had their time in the sun, step aside, its ours now. And we're gonna live it up until we get superseded by China in the next couple decades.
September 30, 2012 at 12:55 am, Liam Knights said:
well everything that makes america "great" is done by SOME PEOPLE also. so yeah. better to have our teenagers as chavs than obese cunts playing world of warcraft in their mums cellar, at least our teenagers are out the house =D And our teenagers would kick the fuck out of your teenagers, bunch of pussys. in these "proxy wars" at least our troops actually shoot the enemy and not our own guys. and using words like faggotry? what happened to your equality? using homosexuality as an insult is pretty much bang out of order for a citizen of such a "tolerant" country like yourself
September 30, 2012 at 1:44 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
There are homosexuals like Ellen DeGeneres and such. And there are attention seeking nationalist faggots like yourself. I don't like my country at all. But the fact of the matter is, anything you can do. The United States can dump tens of billions of dollars into an endeavor and do it better. We've got all the money and all the military power to do whatever the fuck we want.
I noticed you keep making referencesto the obeisety problem in America. When by BMI you're the fattest fucking country in Europe and only slighty skinner than us.
I don't know how you all managed to get so fat when you've got rotting crooked, decaying teeth.
September 30, 2012 at 1:47 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
I wish it would let me fix my spelling errors.
September 30, 2012 at 1:50 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Because you're more than likely going to attack that next. When a troll runs out of arguments they always do.
September 30, 2012 at 2:01 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
Oi, m8. This bloody cunt was givin' me shit, yeh. So I threw me Burberry hat at his packet of chrisps and he fuckkin' took off. . Whadda ya say we go to tha Tesco and Shoplift us some Keyboard Cleenah and Cough medicine. #Sixteenth street massiv 4 lyf
September 30, 2012 at 6:08 pm, Liam Knights said:
your countrys that shit that you al believe your own goverment did 9/11. we might have bad teeth but at least we got free healthcare to sort it out =D i dont really like britain tbh, but i really hate america, your like a shit version of canada. those guys know how to party. thing is, i got bored a long time ago, but your clearly bothered by what i said otherwise you wouldnt have jumped in getting all defensive cos some random guy slaggd off your country. gonna go watch xfactor (not the shitty us version that you stole off us) so while im doin that go suck a dick or something while singing your national anthem unde a flag or whatever the fuck you guys do
oh yeah, and fuck your ellen degenres. we got stephen muthafuckin fry. so suck on that you inbred hillbilly sister shagging prick =D
September 29, 2012 at 12:44 am, Shaun Morris said:
I watched this live and laughed my ass off lol.
September 29, 2012 at 1:15 am, Samantha Irene said:
Wow
September 29, 2012 at 4:16 am, Cam Hicks said:
This is very sad I will pray for him and his family and all of you who commented.
September 29, 2012 at 12:21 am, Man kills self on LIVE TV as Fox News covers car chase | Bazaar Daily News said:
[...] BREAKING: Man kills himself on FOX NEWS after car chase (deathandtaxesmag.com) [...]
September 29, 2012 at 5:09 am, John DjPoisontype Mourning said:
I'd say this was handled perfectly by all involved. Especially the shooter.
September 29, 2012 at 5:40 am, Crystal Stępień said:
and bath salts it is..
September 29, 2012 at 7:30 am, JR Folk said:
That wasn't the only thing Fox News and Shepard Smith apologized for…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w51antOCtM0
September 29, 2012 at 7:38 am, Mussellina Sparx said:
Hope politicians did the same. Here's me hoping….. -____-
September 29, 2012 at 6:41 pm, Brad Curtis said:
Se la vive
September 29, 2012 at 8:04 pm, Paris Coleman said:
I'm so disappointed to read that some of the people who have commented on this are happy that this man was so crazed that he committed suicide on national television. Let me ask all of you one question: What did you want to be (as a child) when you grew up? Firefighter? Princess? I don't recall any child I know announcing that he/she wanted to embarrass himself by ending his life on national television. Regardless of what he was doing, there was a reason he was doing it. If I had to place my bet, it probably had something to do with money. Which I can clearly see from all of your comments about saving a few bucks that money, the root of all evil, is the only thing were concerned about. Not the fact that someone just blew his brains out on tv while his family was watching from home. How heartless.
September 29, 2012 at 8:27 pm, Gabriel J Alexander said:
Who Fucking Farted!
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September 30, 2012 at 2:34 pm, Lisa Marie Wilson said:
U see worse in movies
September 30, 2012 at 5:59 pm, Donald Madzoma said:
why were they still showing this graphic shit wen he this mother fucker was pointing a fucken gun to himself? huh?
September 30, 2012 at 6:31 pm, Jamenice Davis said:
I hope god forgives him. Words can't explain. How sorry a am for him.
October 01, 2012 at 1:29 pm, Elizabeth Johana Acosta said:
Good boy
October 01, 2012 at 4:56 pm, The Blanch Law Firm said:
As many people you see who you think are guilty of something, there are as many more who may not be. Many of the comments here are to be extected. We live in a world of over stimulation, sound bites and trite comments about crime and "criminals" – I put the quotes in just so you realize no one is a criminal until found guilty. How many of you have had a relative unfairly arrested? Unfairly charged? Unfairly convicted? And might I ask how many would rather be in the Middle East? China? Would you prefer the "scum", who could be your little brother arrested on a DWI ( now is your little brother "scum"?) all shoot themselves or not? And I hope all of you living in the USA realize that when your little brother is arrested, you thank the USA for granting the right to a fair trial, equal justice and representation. Yeah, it's imperfect. But would you really rather live somewhere else when your little brother gets arrested?
http://www.rblanch.com
October 02, 2012 at 12:42 am, Christine Her-Era said:
Holy…..
October 02, 2012 at 12:48 am, John Mcgriff said:
i saw this a few days ago. soo messed up
October 02, 2012 at 12:50 am, Michael Da Archangel Perez said:
I heard about it but never saw the footage.
October 02, 2012 at 1:02 am, Ashley Rushing said:
Yeah. Thank goodness it didn't show like… blood, brains, etc.
October 02, 2012 at 1:23 am, Christine Her-Era said:
I can't imagine what in the hell he was thinking. He was either on something or he really thought there was no going back…
October 02, 2012 at 11:20 am, Philip Hernandez said:
Probably on something and had nothing to lose it was crazy…sad but crazy that people would do that…smh
October 03, 2012 at 2:54 am, Nunyer Binnis said:
I hope he starts a major trend.
December 26, 2012 at 1:25 am, Africangirl Divine Infinitelove said:
sad..
February 13, 2013 at 4:19 am, Heather Kleiner-Hancock said:
Viewed you disgust me. It is not Christain to revel in another's families' grief. Go take a look at YOURSELVES …
are you better than Our Savior? SHAME ON YOU!!!