Gunmans past. Jr stone has the chilling final words he left behind. Pam the shooters bay area family spoke to kron 4s alecia reid. We will check in with her in a minute. But first, we go to ryan nobles. Pam he is live tonight in roanoke. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Reporter tonight were learning more about the shooter Vester Flanagan who went by the name Bryce Williams on air. He was a native of oakland. He was not going to leave willingly on his own free will permit it was a tough situation creek reporter 1 would have guessed disparate this is the last image before the feed stock split seconds before, Allison Parker and cameramen ward was on location. People that were among the kindest nicest people that work here. Reporter about two hours after the attack desexed a suicide note to abc news creek he says he was voted for being gay and black. And was inspired after the Charleston Church shooting. France and families are now remembering the
Theyre looking closely at the shooter as background to see what could have led him to commit this crime on live tv. He bounced around the country working as a journalist, he was fired. Two years ago the management had to call police after firing him. he actually had to be escorted by the police out of the building because he was not willing to leave. Ryan but nobody would have guessed this, that he would shoot the reporter and the cameraman who were interviewing a local he ambushed the team while filming with his oncamera, he shot all three people, telling the reporter and the cameraman killing soon he posted his video to social media, and he then faxed a suicide note he blamed it on fraught persecution for being gay and black and now 2 people are killed simply for doing their jobs the father of the reporter came to the crime scene and was joined by her boyfriend, also an anchor at the station he said that when he they learned the name of the shooter they were not surprised and describ
Live, where you live. This is abc 7 news. To be with us here as we learn to deal with this in the days to come. 26 people dead. Why this church . Why people i grew up with . You cant explain it. Try to help as many people as i could. Tonight, we stand with a grieving small texas community. Lets not be people of anger. Lets not be people of fear. It is the worst mass shooting at a church in american history. Good evening, everybody. Here are the latest developments at this hour. 26 people were killed in the attack. About 20 others wounded. It happened at the First Baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. The gunman was found dead after leading bystanders on a short chase. Tonight, a local sheriff says, there was likely no way for parishioners to escape once the shooting began. We get the latest from courtney fisher, who is in suterlands springs, texas. Reporter investigators will work through the night at the First Baptist church. Residents here in this small texas dotown are coming
Lets swing around to the eastern portion of our bay area. 60s and 70s will be common back to the delta. Discovery bay, orwood, also mountain house, brentwood, tracy, low 70s. Upper 60s vallejo, benicia, martinez. North bay numbers stacking up into the 60s and 70, as well. 72 in napa. Far reaches still have cloud cover and chance of sprinkles into lakeport. The full forecast coming up. Roqui, we are going to be talking about the pollen report. You know, you told me get ready for sniffles. Lets check mass transit. Ace train one Union Pacific shares a train track so they are doing track work around Great America, and thats going to cause an hour delay on train one after its fremont stop between Great America and san jose. So its good right now. But once it comes time for fremont stop, make sure you expect delays and plan accordingly. But bart, muni and caltrain are on time. Lets head to our roads now in the santa cruz mountains. Roadwork on northbound 17, thats from glenwood to laurel dri
The congresswoman is also planning to hold a town hall meeting about saving the Affordable Care act this sunday. It will be from one to three in the afternoon at the ed roberts campus in berkeley. Thats across from the ashley bart station. Nancy skinner, rob bunta and the berkeley mayor are taking part in the meeting. Today women across america are proving how much they are needed in the workforce. Many are taking a stand by going on strike. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in San Francisco on the local and national rallies for this day without a woman. Anne. Reporter they are calling it a National Strike at day without a woman today is coinciding with International Womens day. That is being celebrated across the globe. This is quite a movement as you see on social media this morning. We have some big rallies going on here in the bay area one year at San Francisco city hall that starts at 11 a. M. Theres a gathering between noon and 5 00 at Justin Herman plaza for San Francisco. Also a ral