Newspaper Mourns Another Random, Tragic Casualty: Their Own Carrier
Jennifer Rooney was a faithful employee and married mom of two.
One of the countless tough reporting assignments this week belonged to Tammy Childress and Robert Sorrell, reporters for Tennessee daily newspaper the Bristol Herald Courier. Early Thursday morning, Jennifer Rooney, a 44-year-old married mother of two who delivers the paper, was shot on the Volunteer Parkway while driving in her SUV to pick up that day’s batch. She later died of her injuries.
The black Army veteran accused of randomly targeting Rooney, a police officer and several other drivers told investigators he was troubled by this week’s shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling.
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