Lets tell you about the victims. 24yearold Allison Parker on the left, 27yearold adam ward on the right. The two reporting from a Shopping Center about 25 miles southeast of roanoke at the time of the shooting, doing a story about tourism. As for the suspect, you see him here, hes been identified as 41yearold vesterly flanagan ii. Hes in very Critical Condition following a self inflicted gunshot wound but he does have a pulse. He used to work at the same tv station under the name bryce williams. He grew up in the bay area. We have several reports on this breaking avny3st. B bob redell and Stephanie Chuang are tracking the local ties. Reporter a suspected gunman is in custody after shooting himself along the side of a road in Northern Virginia. Police say Vester Flanagan allegedly shot and killed a local Television News crew during a morning broadcast. The shooting happened live on cbs affiliate wbdj at 6 45 a. M. This is the broadcast right up to the point of the shooting. Killed in th
Thats correct, dara. From the Roanoke Community and the Journalism Community at large. New details about the troubling mindset of the shooter are emerging. A man claiming to be him faxed a 23page document in which he described himself as a human powder keg waiting to go boom. Colleagues describe Allison Parker and adam ward as special people. The kind who were up before sunrise to put in long hours reporting the news. Their offcamera lives were just as busy. Parker had recently moved in with her boyfriend and ward was engaged to be married. If i walked in the morning, the first person i saw was either adam or allison. I got a smile on my face because they were always that way. They were interviewing a local official live when Authorities Say 41yearold vester flanagan, a former colleague, opened fire, killing parker and ward. He also filmed the shooting. Posted it to social media later. As he was pursued by police before he turned the gun on himself. Its obvious there was this gentleman
Flanagan ii. He killed a reporter and camera man live on the air in virginia today, and hes from the bay area. Flanagan cited the Church Shootings in South Carolina as one motivation for actions today. He described himself as a powder keg, ready to explode. And that is apparently what happened this morning when a reporter and photographer he used to work with were conducting a live interview. This is as much of the video we feel comfortable showing. He is described as a 41yearold disgruntled employee of the station. He shot himself after the pursuit and died a few hours later. Laura anthony is live with reaction from his family. Laura, lets start with you. Reporter that is right, dan. Flanagan lived and worked on the east coast, but he grew up in oakland and still has family here in vallejo. We heard from a very somber family spokesperson. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims families and Wdbj Television station family. Reporter a spokesperson for the family read
The dogs are sort of in protector mode at this time. So there was some talk about if the dogs werent going to back off they might have to useless lethal weapons on them maybe a beanbag gun to get them away from the woman. So that they are able to grab that woman and bring her to safety. But the goal still is to bring the woman and both dogs to safety with their coast guard helicopter. Well continue to watch it for you. Right now live in daly city, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Plans are now in the works in sacramento for a parade to honor the hometown heroes who took down a gunman on a train in france. As teri okita tells us one of the three men is now back home. Reporter Anthony Sadler is home in sacramento safe and sound days after he and his two childhood friends helped foil a suspected terror attack on a train headed to paris. The soontobe Sacramento State senior managed to slip past reporters at the airport tuesday leaving College Friend john dixon, who coincidentally was on board the sam
Bit warmer thantoday that is what we can plan on as of right now temperatures on the cool side we have mid50s for this coastal spa looking the lower 60s as of right now crossed the bank and then 64 degrees as you read it to head off to work it is going to be on the mild side for the inland location looking at the upper seven is to near 80s by 11 00 a. M. Right before lunch time if you have any areas that december to you can expect 54 claude it likely will look into the mid90s for those inland spots if you are across the bay by the afternoon low or seven is here is a live look outside from the studios looking at the bay bridge the sun will not come out until after 6 1 3 before the into but the still continue to fall before the sun comes out here is where we stand with the temperatures mid to upper 50s across the peninsula daly city 56 and francisco 58 we have the mid fifties or out of the authors of did the lower 60s across the east of the shoreline and for areas that is all coming up i