Not to make a statement. Reporter this case may be over but for some their fight to change the nations gun laws is just beginning. We dont have to go through this ever again. Enough is enough. Reporter for a brief moment though, they are celebrating together. Get the defendant out of my courtroom please. Thank you. Reporter the District Attorney believes this may be the longest prison sentence in colorado history. And holmes against team says he will not appeal his conviction. Reena and phillip . Thank you. Former plo Football Player ray mcdonald is now facing rape charges. Mcdonald, former member of the San Francisco 49ers was indicted by a grand jury in california yesterday in connection with an incident involving a drurveg woman the an his home last december. If convicted, mcdonald could pace face up to eight years in prison. Current 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks has also been charged with a misdemeanor stemming from the same incident. Closing arguments began this morning in the rap
Others, thinking about those two young journalists on the air. Alison parker and adam ward were known at their station as the a team, both of them just a few years into their careers. Vicki gardner shot while being interviewed is hospitalized in stable condition. Last night, candlelight vigils held to honor and remember the victims. Abcs Kenneth Moton has more from moneta, virginia. Kenneth, good morning. Reporter good morning. You can see behind me Virginia State police are still watching over the scene because the investigation will continue. Meanwhile, this community is honoring the fallen journalists who had Bright Futures ahead. Late into the night investigators searched for clues and answers at the home of the man accused of gunning down two roanoke, virginia, journalists on live television. It did not register it was gunshots. It probably should have, but shes doing a feature story. Reporter wdbj reporter Alison Parker and the man behind the camera, adam ward were in the middle
Good morning to you on this thursday. Im reena ninan. Im phillip mena. We will begin with the top story of the day, the on air murders of two journalists in virginia. Their colleagues going back on the air this morning with heavy hearts. Allison parker was a rising star just a few years into her broadcasting career. Adam ward a photojournalist. Together they were known at their station at the a team. Vicki gardener shot while being interviewed, hospitalized and in stable condition. Police looking into the troubled life of the gunman, vester lee flanagan. They say his shooting spree and what followed was thought out. Our coverage begins with jim avila. Reporter a live tv interview on local tourism fatally interrupted. [ gunshots ] gunfire. Theres no warning, just bullets followed by screams. After the victims fall, the shooters image briefly captured on camera before he flees. Okay, not sure what happened there. Reporter the anchor back in the studio is stunned. I heard a pow, pow, pow
Allison parker and adam wards coworkers are wearing ribbons tonight in memory other fallen colleagues. They lined up outside the studios about two hours ago as the station general manager addressed questions about the man who killed them. Vester flanigan shot them while they were on the air live in virginia. He was eventually caught along interstate 66 near markham and later died at a hospital. Brad bell is live with the latest of what we learned about flanigan today. It seems that every hourly goes by your nine we are learning a new wrinkle about this guy. Reporter and none of it is pretty. The station general manager confirming that Vester Flanigans time here was so troubling he was ordered to seek counseling. His behavior did not improve and he was fired. On the way out the door the general manager said flanagan essentially made a red against the station made a threat against the station but never thought he returned to the sort of violence we saw yesterday. The memorial continues t
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