Reached a special milestone in her love life. She moved in with her boyfriend, an anchor at the station. He tweeted, while it wasnt publicly shared, we were very much in love. I am numb. He also shared, she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. Came off as a pro, to be as young as she was. Just 24. Reporter alison had interned at the station before getting a job in a smaller city and then moving back to roanoke. Something viewers might not know aboutme, i come from a family t hat absolutely loves the arts. Reporter both were from the area. Both lit up the newsroom every morning before heading out on their story together. When one you love and care about and someone you work with day in and day out, just when someone so young the potential. Alison parkers family issued a statement that reads, not hearing her voice again crushes my soul. Our family can only take solace in the fact that although her life was brief, she was so happy with it. Those hea
Just waiting to go boom. Flanagan had been fired from wdbj 7 two years ago taking the news so badly police had to be called. He was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. He and eventually, after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. Reporter nbc news has obtained Court Documents showing adam ward, one of the victims, videotaped part of flanagans violent outburst the day he was fired. For investigators here this hits home. The local sheriff had been watching this mornings broadcast when the shooting happened and had just been interviewed by alison and adam a few weeks ago. Lester . Hallie jackson tonight, thanks. And we are learning a lot more about these two young victims killed. Many of the details coming from their coworkers, friends, and loved ones who watched in horror, then somehow found the strength to report on a tragedy involving their own. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has that story. Reporter Alison Parker and adam ward
He and eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. And he did not take that well. We had to call the police to escort him from the building. Reporter after the shooting, flanagan went on a rant on the shooting. See facebook. And he accused the reporter and cameraman of racism. Adam went to Human Resources on me after working with me one time. They hired her after that. Eeoc report filed. Alson made racist comments. The station manager says all of the allegations were investigated and it was determined that his complaints were unfounded. Now authorities are saying that flanagan sent a 23page fax to abc network this morning about two hours after the shooting saying that he had shot two people and that police were after him. Now, he also said that it was the recent mass Church Shooting in South Carolina that triggered his carnage today. Were going to have more for you coming up at 6 00. The woman from the chamber of commerce who was wounded is said t
Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david tonight. We want to get right to that deadly shooting in virginia. A gunman targeting two young journalists with cameras rolling, theirs and his. Two journalists killed, another victim expect to survive. The gunman killed himself after a police chase. Well never know why he set out not just to murder but to broadcast the crime on live tv and by filming it himself for social media. Something we wrestled with today, whether to grant the gunman his last wish by playing his video. We will not. Our Team Coverage starts with jim avila. Reporter a live tv interview on local tourism fatally interpreted. No warnings, just bullets followed by screams. After the victims fall, the shooters image briefly captured on camera before he flees. The anchor back in the studio is stunned. I heard a pow, pow, pow and it did not register that it was gunshots. It probably should have but shes doing a little feature at the at the lake. Reporter in the control
A gruesome ambush that unfolded around 6 45 a. M. This morning as wdbj, near the end of its morning newscast. The news crew was conducting an onair interview, something they do every morning, at a Shopping Center in moneta, outside of roanoke, when the gunman attacked, firing off, again, at least eight rounds that shooter was tracked to the north and was eventually found off of i66 in Fauquier County suffering from a gunshot wound. We have Live Team Coverage for you at both locations this evening. We begin with david culver and the latest from investigators in roanoke. David . Reporter jim behind me, you can see a very active scene several hours after that attack, as you mentioned, captured live on tv. This is the plaza, a scenic place that overlooked Smith Mountain lake. The sheriff, we just heard from him a short time ago, the sheriff in Franklin County, pointing out how close knit a community this s he recently done a similar live interview with the reporter Alison Parker and photog