Action news, delaware valleys leading news program. With jim gardner. Hey everyone im Alison ParkerAlison Parker and adam ward, two journal tv journalists now the center of a tragic story that is Dominating Television sets across the country. Both with shot and killed during a live broadcast this morning. A tourism official being interviewed was shot and wounded. This is the killer, a former station employee who is also dead tonight. Wednesday night, the big story on action news tonight is the execution seen live by Television Viewers in the area of roanoke, virginia. Abc news correspondent Kenneth Moton has the full story. Jim, we are getting a better look into the disturbed mind of the suspected shooter who made accusations of Sexual Harassment and racism against his former colleagues. Tonight this community is remembering the victims. A parking lot full of Law Enforcement officers sifting through potential bags of evidence. What drove a man to gun down a reporter and her cameraman on tell vacation. Alison parker and adam ward in a live interview when Vester Flanagan known on areas Bryce Williams opened up and opened fire. Did not register as gun shots. It probably should have, but doing a feature story. When i walked or ran into they them made me smiled. Vicki gardner seriously injured. Flanagan fled the scene, but allegedly spotted driving on a local highway. He crashed and later died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. In some point in his life it would appear that things were spiralling out of control. A man identifying himself as flanagan fax add suicide note to abc news. Why did i do it . The shooting in charleston was the Tipping Point but my anger has been building, a keg of powder waiting to go boom. Focusing on the victims. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims family. A similar sentiment as the nation mourns. Flanagan said that ward, the cameraman complained about him before he was fired. He sued the station but we learned the lawsuit was dismissed. Kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. Jim . Thank you, kenneth. It turns out tragedy is tied to this area. Both victims areas partners were from here. Alison parker was dating coworker chris hurst, the 11 00 anchor at wdbj. He went to Conestoga High School in Chester County and later lived in philadelphia. Photo journalist, adam ward engaged to the morning show producer, melissa ott hailing from gibbstown, new jersey and graduating from penn state. In a horrific state of circumstances today was supposed to be her last day at the station. She accept add new job in charlotte and she was producing the show in the control room as her fiancee was murdered on live tv. Action news anchor Monica Malpass was at the white house today for a oneonone interview with president obama. They discussed a number of topics including the tragic shooting in virginia. What we know is that the number of people who die from gunrelated incidents around this country dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism and were willing to spend trillions of dollars to prevent terrorist activities, but we havent been willing so far at least to impose some common sense gun safety measure that could save some lives. You can see monicas nu null full interview tomorrow on action news. The latest statistics, workplace shootings are not uncommon in the united states. The Labor Department says violence accounted for one in every six deaths at work. 397 people were the victims of homicide while on the job in 2013. That is more than one a day. Coworkers are responsible for 17 of these deadly acts of workplace violence. Action News Reporter dann cuellar live in the Satellite Center tonight. One question that we tried to answer at the television station in virginia, were there any signs they could have picked up that might have predicted the shooting today . Thats right, jim. And you can bet that in the wake of this incident, there are many workplaces that are assessing the threat assessment of current or former employees. What, if anything, can we learn from this terrible tragedy and there are signs that people should be looking for . Lack of motivation. Change or dip in performance. We look for sudden outburst was anger . A Human Resource specialist traveling around the World Consulting on Human Behavior in the workplace. Following the news in virginia, saying there is disturbing of trouble. And looking for hypersensitivity to criticism, when people dont want to accept criticism or constructive feedback about their performance. Many businesses are becoming increasingly interested in assessing employees at threats in case of the workplace violence. 2010, hiller burst into kraft and shoots and kills two coworkers and wounds a third. And an employee in bristol shoots and kills his former boss and coworker. There are some cancers that cant be cured unfortunately to draw an analogy. Psychiatrist karla rogers says in the shooting of flanagan the station did the right thing firing him for not getting along with coworkers. It is not just a matter of kicking the guy out. He showed signs of being disturbed. But oftentimes when they are fired no one keeps tabs on them. The employer did what they could to get them out of the workplace but that is not all enough. I think we as a society need to take more care of disturbed individuals because if we dont, this is the outcome. Overall dr. Rogers believes Companies Need to reevaluate the notion just because you fired a troubled employee he or she is no longer your problem. Often as we have seen time and time again that is not the case. Today tragically so. Our coverage of the tv news crew killings continues at 6abc. Com. We will also post updates on our action news twitter and facebook accounts. And please watch nightline after Jimmy Kimmel Live for the latest reporting on the gunmans manifesto that was sent to abc news. We have breaking news in the germantown session of philadelphia. The police in a gunbattle with a man on east pastor i cant pastoria street. When they spotted suspect he fired at him and at least four officer fired back. When it was over no one was hit but the police captured a suspect and say they recovered two semiautomatic weapons. A man who allegedly committed an arm robbery being treated at the hospital tonight after being shot by police. Authorities say he robbed a man at 60th and spruce in West Philadelphia and was then spotted by the police a few blocks away. It ended at 61st and walnut when according to police, he refused to drop his gun. An officer shot and hit him in the stomach and the lawmen recovered a gun. And he has a record for assault and narcotics. Police in philadelphia are investigating the murder of a 21yearold man. It happened just before 9 30 tonight on the 1600 block of rowen street in the Tioga Nicetown section of the city. The man shot several times, twice in the face. No word on a suspect or motive. Cumberland county Authorities Say a man responsible for a gruesome crime, killing and dis membering his own brother. Charging him with numerous counts including murder, desecration of human remains and tampering with evidence. His brother steven disappeared from millville. Acting on tips they excavated sites finding remains spread across the city. 30 people lost their homes when fire attacked an Apartment Building overnight in king of prussia. No word on what sparked the flames. They damaged 16 units, half destroyed. The red cross is helping 14 people with food, clothing and a place to stay. Others are staying with relatives or at hotel. In harrisburg, Court Officials today unsealed thousands of documents in the case of attorney general kathleen kane. They include the evidence of what has come to be known as porngate. Action news Investigative Reporter wednesday yiep saltzman has the story tonight. The emails at the crux of the criminal investigation threatening her career. Hundreds of pornographic i s se throughout the administration into the handling of the Jerry Sandusky case. It includes obscene images, some homeophobic and others racially offensive. And releasing the emails known as porngate. I called on judge carpenter to once and for all authorize the Immediate Release of all graph, racially offensive and religiously offensive emails. One. Emails allegedly distributed by the prosecutor titled new Office Motivation Posters including multiple attachments of pornographic photos. Kane maintains wrongdoing of linking to documents to an are the rower and claims to be a victim of retaliation saying that they were peddlers of pornography and accuse them of protecting their own jobs and reputati reputations. The individuals whose participation in this email chain. Now a prosecutor under seth williams, the da released a statement saying they received a court filing. They have a clear human relations policy and a thorough review is required to determine employee involvement. Ill be there, thats what mayor Michael Nutter wants people and businesses to say when the pope comes to down in exactly one month. Today city officials launched the ill be there campaign. Trying to ease peoples frustrations over the security restrictions that will be in place. And on monday, teams will deliver kits to business he is including signs, brandoned buttons and other resources. The mayor says the city is hoping to plan delivery of supplies. Theyre warming up their pipes for the pope of the tonight the st. Charles seminary choir held its first rehearsal for the hymn they will sing to welcome the holy father. Pope francis staying at the cemetery in winwood during his trip to the area next month. And still to come, walmart explains what it will be removing. It will be removing assault rifles from its gun shelves. Plus, something you havent heard us say for awhile. Stocks surge on wall street. The facts and physician. Happy news to share about the 8 boy with a double hand transplant at Childrens Hospital. Plus, video from inside of the hospital. Its clear and comfort plea cool. Overnight 50s and 60s. The return of heat and humidity. Letting you know about the shifting track of Tropical Storm erika in the forecast. Can the phillies finally beat their Division Rivals . Action news continues i the wall street roller costar changed directions today going up for the first time in over a week. The Trading Floor was a chaotic place to be today as the Dow Jones Industrial average soared almost 620 points. That is the biggest oneday gain in seven years and the third biggest of all time. But, of course, it follows a week of stunning losses. Wall street professionals warn that more rough days lie ahead because of the problems with chinas economy. Vicepresident joe biden continues to mull over a run for president. Biden calls Democratic Leaders in Congress Today and told him hes trying to determine if he has what he called the emotional fuel to run. He told his fellow democrats he would have to give his whole heart and soul and right now they are pretty banged up, that in the aftermath of his sons death. Walmart says it will stop selling automatic rifles, but it is not some gun control stand by the Worlds Largest retail chain. A Company Spokesman today said sales are down. Fewer people are buying the socalled modern sports rifles. Walmart says the move is for the upcoming fall hunting season. The company did not mention todays onair shooting of the Television News crew. One of the panda cubs born at the national zoo in washington died. The smaller cub born saturday night weighed just 86 grams. Zookeepers were caring for it because the mom refused to let go of the other cub born just a few ours earlier. The zoo says that cub appears to be strong and behaving normally. Healthcheck at 11 00, the first child to receive a double hand transplant last Childrens Hospital in philadelphia today and is back home with his family tonight. You will remember 8yearold zion harvey. He captured the hearts of millions around the world last month showing off his immense spirit and charisma in the wake of lifes challenges. Today they released this video of zions recovery over the past several weeks as he learned to use his transplanted hands. Playing the keyboard, grasping footballs and playing with Action Figures like little boys love to do. Good squeeze. Ok, he comes down. Oh got it . Good man. All right. Pretty soon its going to be onehanded pass, right . Zion lost both hands and both feet to an infection. His therapy team captured some extraordinary moments, like him playing soccer on his prosthetic legs, bicycling through the halls of the hospital. The surgery took 11 hours in july and involved a medical team of 40. And he is back home in suburban baltimore, he will continue to receive therapy outside of the hospital, likely for the next two years. Doctors say they are very optimistic about zions future. An extraordinary young man. What an extraordinary medical procedure. Thats right. The team of doctors and the physical therapyists, great news. What a kid. A good smile, too. A little on the chilly side. Showing Clear Conditions out there. And what a perfect night for the last of the summer Concert Series in harvey cedars. The Police Department tweeted out this photo it is packed in sunset park and now the sunsetting at 7 41 and our days getting shorter. Almost feeling like fall. Millville 62 degrees. 59 the poconos. The poconos dropping down into the 40s tonight. Allentown right now 63. Wilmington 65. Philadelphia 73 degrees down from the high of 83, which is 1 degree below the average high this time of year. Satellite 6 and actions radar showing we dont really have a cloud up ahead tonight. What this will do is bring us another day full of sunshine. Foam mostly sunny skies, some clouds late in the day. Low humidity many you like today, youll like tomorrow with a high of 83 degrees. On friday the High Pressure builds right over us, and that will bring us another day of bright sunshine. Seasonable 85 degrees. As the High Pressure pushes to the east over the weekend and early next week, well get a return flow out of the southwest. And that will bring us building heat and humidity. In the meantime, Tropical Storm erika maximum sustained winds 45 miles per hour. But if you look at this infrared satellite imagery you see how the convention, the thunderstorms are really blowing up and beginning to look like a much healthier storm. It looks like it will be heading over the Leeward Islands and heading towards the bahamas by the end of the weekend. The big question, where does it head from there . Could strengthen into a category i hurricane and the cone making a big shift to the north and east by monday, could be hitting any from florida to the carolinas. So well have to be watching it. It is five days out. A lot can happen, but that track is it continuing to shift to the north and east and if it continues it will curve out to sea, so i will keep you posted. We are five days out from that happening, something that i will continue to monitor. Back at home, the exclusive accuweather forecast, another gorgeous day tomorrow. Loads of sunshine and low humidity. 83 degrees. Friday, a little warmer but a great day. 85 degrees. Saturday, it turns warmer, 88 degrees. A nice night for the union game. On sunday is when you feel the difference in the air mass. More humid. It gets hotter with a high of 90 degrees. Monday and tuesday could also hit 90 with a few afternoon thunderstorms. If we get three days of temperatures in the low 90s, thats officially heat wave five. It is going to be close. Wednesday warm and muggy, a chance of a thunderstorm with a high of 89 degrees. If you like the comfortable temperatures, enjoy the next two days. Early next week it gets hot. Obviously five heat waves are a substantial number, but it hasnt seemed excessively hot. A little bit move normal as far as the number of 90degree days but we are in the low 90s. Is celebrating National Dog Day today. And on independence mall, which is petfriendly. And proceeds benefit the local nokill shelter, save me. Day three the philliesmets series. Can they snag a victory . This is comical, not tonights game but the overall picture they say the first step is to admit you have a problem. The phillies cant beat the mets. And the mets take it to the phillies again. The team photo before the game, a lot of faces that werent here when the season began. Eighth inning, Michael Cuddyer 2run homer. He has 6 r. B. I. S and they have a 60 lead. The bottom half of the frame, 63 and francoeur with the single and rupp scores, 64. And sweeney up, two on and it goes by him. And in the ninth, this will go for an r. B. I. Triple to the rightfield corner. The phillies lose 94. They drop eight straight to the mets. The same two teams tomorrow night. I am not real thrilled about losing, you never want to lose games. The mets had our number all year. We want to beat them. The best thing to do once again is put it behind us and beat them tomorrow. We have to salvage a game out of this. Franco working his way back. These are the picture to prove it taking grounders. On the d. L. Since last week with a broken bone in the wrist. A good chance he returns before the season end and today is his 23rd birthday. 23rd, that was a long time ago. Still ahead, the Little League team from philadelphia rolls. Exact the eagles starters to play at least a half when they travel to green bay. And speaking of starters, chip doesnt have an official depth chart anding a and asking if he has done enough though earn a starting job. No. I have more practicing to do, more repetition. Great guys in front of me. When my number is called to make a play. My job is to make that play. No matter what group it is with. The eagles have a lot of inside linebackers, just not a lot of healthy one. Demeco ryans coming off a torn achilles tendon hoping to be ready for the opener. I think i am progressing. If i can get out there and get a few reps in in a game, a game situation that would be good. He is ahead of schedule, ahead of where most guys would be with that. I think it will be close and i think hopefully we can get him out there a little bit there week, for his sake and ours. Just see where he is. A reminder the eagles linebacker graham joining us live. And breaking down the performance sunday at 11 35 here on 6abc. Little league world series, the team from pennsylvania making noise. Apparently too much for this young lady. Philadelphia facing texas and the winner advances to the u. S. Championship game. And cole wagner with the big blow in the second inning. The solo homer and pennsylvania advances with this 30 victory. They are rolling. They are tough. Students will once again fill the hallways of the school in fort richmond. It is reopening nearly four years after it closed, this time run by nhs human services. It is for students with autism or emotional support needs. And the open house on east tucker street, the 160yearoldschool officially opens september 6. Jimmy kimmel live next on channel 6 followed by night line. Jimmys guests are miley cyrus my, Ali Wentworth aland music from andy grammer. Action news continues at 4 30 with pamela edwards, matt odonnell, david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. For the entire action news team, im jim gardner. Good night