Daylong manhunt yields no Zinkhan, more questions

I can now say that I have not only covered national news once, but twice. And today's was breaking news.

Police found George Zinkhan's 2005 Jeep Liberty late yesterday and spent the entire day today canvassing the area where it was found — about 2 miles from his home.

I was covering the happenings alongside reporters from the Associated Press, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Athens Banner-Herald, WSBTV, CBS, FOX News and a few others. It is unfortunate that in journalism the biggest tragedies cause the best stories, but I'm glad I've had the opportunity to get such great experience covering news as it happens.

Click here to read my article based on in-the-field updates of the George Zinkhan manhunt.

Now for my photos, taken with my phone so the quality isn't the greatest:

Bruce 'binding force' to theater

This is such a sad story and it's one that is affecting so many people in the Athens, Ga., community. On Sunday I visited with Marie Bruce's neighbors and spoke to them about how they remembered her.

Click here to read the obituary I wrote for Marie Bruce, who was killed Saturday afternoon at the Athens Community Theater.

*Photo from ajc.com

Athens shooting: my amateur photography

As many have already reported, there was a triple homicide yesterday around noon in Athens, Ga. The suspected shooter has been identified as George Zinkhan, a University of Georgia marketing and distribution professor.

Three people died in the shooting at the Athens Community Theater. They were Marie Bruce, Tom Tanner and Ben Teague.

During the time of the incident, I was visiting a friend in Kennesaw and I received an urgent text message from The Red & Black's editor-in-chief calling all reporters to help. I was able to get back to Athens, but not in time to do much in the way of reporting that day.

Today, a group of Red & Black reporters gathered in the news room and discussed what our coverage of this event would look like for the rest of the week. My assignment was to write an obituary for Marie Bruce, George Zinkhan's wife. Accompanied by a few fellow staffers, I went to the neighborhood and spoke to her former neighbors.

Here is some of the amateur photos I took while on the scene: