carolina church shooting was a tipping point motivating his actions today. that 23-page document which abc news describes as a suicide note. he made a deposit two days after the shooting. joining me now, the reporter from norfolk, virginia. mike mather is in virginia tonight. i have to imagine this is absolutely devastating. for everyone in that community, reporters particularly, journalists, how are people processing this this evening? you re right. it is absolutely a shock. it is a very solid station. the station himself said he was watching the morning newscast and knew the reporter from the previous interview and saw the shooting as so many did. there are prayer vigils. and all day long at the wdbj studios. people have been holding prayer circles themselves.
he had been dismissed two years prior. soon after he started tweeting about his act, uploading his own video of the shooting. he was tracked down in part through the use of a license plate reader. the police attempted to pull him over in northern virginia. he later crashed. officials indicating he may have shot himself in the head while driving and later died. prior to that, approximately two hours after the shooting, abc news received a 23-page fax. from a man claiming to be claiming the charleston south carolina church shooting was a tipping point motivating his actions today. that 23-page document which abc news describes as a suicide note flanagan said he made a deposit of the gun two days after the shooting. mike mather is in virginia tonight. i have to imagine this is absolutely devastating.
acting. so the voices of the american people have to be heard in this dialogue. and today may not have been a mass shooting. but i can tell you to the families of the victims, it felt like a mass shooting. every time we lose a life and it happens too often in our country, it should be another wake-up call. when do we say enough is enough? and for the family and the friends and the colleagues, you in the media put your lives on the line often. and you should be able to do your job without the threat that s out there. the fact of the matter is, the united states is unique. why is it in our country that we have so many of these incidents compared to the rest of the world? the developed world for sure? so if there are steps that we can take as a country, why aren t we taking them? part of my interview with valerie jarrett. and here with me, the author of a second amendment. now out in paperback.
claiming the charleston south carolina church shooting was a tipping point motivating his actions today. that 23-page document which abc news describes as a suicide note. he made a deposit two days after the shooting. joining me now, the reporter from norfolk, virginia. mike mather is in virginia tonight. i have to imagine this is absolutely devastating. for everyone in that community, reporters particularly, journalists, how are people processing this this evening? you re right. it is absolutely a shock. it is a very solid station. the station himself said he was watching the morning newscast and knew the reporter from the previous interview and saw the shooting as so many did. there are prayer vigils. and all day long at the wdbj studios. people have been holding prayer circles themselves. area businesses were bringing in
dialogue. and today may not have been a mass shooting. but i can tell you to the families of the victims, it felt like a mass shooting. every time we lose a life and it happens too often in our country, it should be another wake-up call. when do we say enough is enough? and for the family and the friends and the colleagues, you in the media put your lives on the line often. and you should be able to do your job without the threat that s out there. the fact of the matter is, the united states is unique. why is it in our country that we have so many of these incidents compared to the rest of the world? the developed world for sure? so if there are steps that we can take as a country, why aren t we taking them? part of my interview with vall valerie jarrett. and here with me, the author of