gave details about flanagan s incident-plagued time at the station. his manager said he generally showed poor news judgment. he confronted an anchor in the hallway. at that point management made the determination that it was the appropriate time to separate him from the company. reporter: according to court documents, following his termination, an altercation ensued, parts of which were actually recorded by victim adam ward, flanagan insulted him and flipped the camera off. a similar conflict existed more than a decade earlier at a local station in tell has sallahassee, including a reporter who said he confronted her for making a slight on-aramis tak. he wanted to take it outside and i was stunned. it always appeared to be personal with him, which it really wasn t. reporter: today the medical examiner told the associated press that both adam ward and alison parker died from gunshot
incident-plagued time at the station. his manager said he generally showed poor news judgment. he confronted an anchor in the hallway. at that point, management made the determination it was the appropriate time to separate him from the company. according to court documents, following his termination, an altercation ensued, parts that were recorded by adam ward. flanagan insulted him and flipped the camera off. similar conflict existed more than a decade earlier at a local station in tallahassee, florida. i think he had a short fuse. including a female coworker claiming he physically confronted her for noting he made a mistake. he wanted to take it outside. i was stunned. he didn t handle constructive criticism well. it appeared to be personal for him, which it wasn t. meanwhile, the station has really reallied to stay on the air, jose, and they have been getting help. a reporter was sent in from their sister station in missouri
for the first time since the trip began, wheeler turns off his camera. right after i turned my camera off, that s when i get shot. it destroys my bone. i was bleeding. i was going to die if i didn t stop it. as wheeler lies bleeding in the back of his truck, a united states drone flying overhead records the violence taking place around him. they re running around sasha s body. they re kicking him and throwing big rocks at him. taking some of his stuff off his body. inside his truck, wheeler sends what he thinks will be his final radio dispatch. no, sir, i m not going to make it out of this one. i said, you tell my son i love him. about 1:00 in the night, i woke up immediately, and there was just something told me to pray for preston, that he needed help. i m shot. you know, i m bleeding to death here, and i ve got four men walking to my truck right now. they re fixin to kill me.
tragic day. she s the author of waking the sleeping demon: 26 hours of terror in atlanta. brian nichols was escorted from the holding cell in the basement of fulton county courthouse by deputy cynthia hall to a holding cell. nichols befriends 51-year-old hall, who was assigned to guard him in two previous trials. other deputies offer assistance, but they say deputy hall says she s comfortable enough alone with nichols and declines any help. she brings the 33-year-old defendant to this confined space to change clothes for a retrial in his rape case. hall removes one cuff and turns to remove the other when nichols attacks, violently shoving hall into another cell. brian nichols overpowered deputy hall and severely beat her. off camera, hall is brutally beaten. within four minutes, nichols
wasn t there to protect them and die with them. and i wish i was. to be honest with you, i would rather be dead right now. we finished the interview. nick turns his camera off, and i m real happy, texting my news director, saying i got a good story. and two seconds later, those doors come open and a huge brawl breaks out. jamiela west s brother, louis, reaches across the divider and punches howard brutally. handcuffed and chained around the waist, he s completely vulnerable and can t defend himself. i grabbed the chains that he had and pulled him back. the deputy slams lewis west against the wall, trying to get the situation under control. suddenly, jameila west s cousin bolts in and hurdles the railing and belts howard. it seemed like it was going on forever, and i was like, is anybody coming in? a deputy is not far behind and is able to restrain the cousin.