From the photographer who was killed is still disturbing. The victims 24 cereal Allison Parker and 27yearold adam ward third victim the subject of the interview is in surgery. We get the latest now from cbs news correspondent kenneth cra craig. Reporter reporter Allison Parker and her photographer adam ward were in the middle of a live shot at bridge water plaza this morning when a gunman opened fire killing them both. The shooting happened while parker was interviewing a woman on life television. The anchor was rattled when the station cut back quickly to the studio. Shortly afterward the stations general manager addressed viewers. They are working very diligent toll track down both the motive and the person responsible for this terrible crime against two fine journalists. I cannot tell you how much they were loved. The camera kept rolling and caught a glimpse of the shooter. Schools in the area are on lock down as Police Search for the shooter. Kenneth craig cbs news. Once again that
Parker and war, both social networking sites quickly suspended the account. Station offices say flannigan was fired from wdbj7, two years ago. He had a reputation of someone that was difficult to work w he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. Reporter after several hours of running from the authorities, flannigan turn the gun on himself on the side of the virginia highway. Officials say that he was pronounced dead at the hospital by 1 30. The governor of virginia spoke out about the the shooting. It just breaks your heart. When you think of the family, so many friend and coworkers who were impact by what happened today report report man identifying himself as Bryce Williams, faxed a 23 page manifesto to abc news explaining his action, we will have more coming up at 6 00. We are live, Syma Chowdhry for cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right, syma, thank you. Allison parkers boyfriend is a news anchor at wdbj and graduate of Conestoga High School in tr
Gunshot wound. Families and coworkers mourn. They were special people, they would brighten up a room every morning. Two people in the prime of their lives, gunned down early in their promising careers. In monday etta, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news. As dave reported there, the general manager of wdbj described Vester Flanagan as an unhappy, angry man who was eventually fired. He had trouble at previous jobs. He sued a former employer of race discrimination 15 years ago. The lawsuit claimed a producer at a tv station called him a monkey. He also claimed a white supervisor called black people lazy. Nbc10 has learned the significant others of both journalists have ties to our area. The reporter who was killed was dating the stations evening news anchor. Hurst is from the philadelphia area, he went to Conestoga High School and attended Temple University. He tweeted this photo today saying, she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. He says the two rec
Interview, shot and killed as viewers watched. This is the broadcast right up to the point of the shooting. Alison parker and 27yearold photographer allen ward are dead. The woman being interviewed seriously wounded. As the photographer fell, his camera captured the killers image, an early lead that helped Police Identify the suspect. A former reporter who went by the name of Bryce Williams. Flanagan had been fired and filed a complaint of discrimination. He was an unhappy man. After many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. And he did not take that well. He used his own video camera to capture the killings, and within hours posted that shocking video to facebook. As police searched for flanagan, he was live tweeting derogatory remarks. Something snapped in his mind, i dont know. Virginia state Police Spotted the suspects car on i66 in northern virginia. Pfrq he ran off the road into the median. When trooper neff approached the vehicle she found him suffering fr
Gunned down on live television. The shooting sent shock waves across the country ton night authorities are still trying to piece together why this happen. Hello, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. The gunman shot and killed himself after leading police on a chase and tonight new details are owing about him and his connect to the victims. We want to come together reporter Allison Parker and photographer adam ward were on the live wednesday morning conducting an interview when their former coworker ambushed them. Both died. The woman they were interviewing was wounded. Police identified the shooter as 41yearold Vester Flanagan. He posted his own view of the shooting on social mia. Police say he shot himself as they closed in on his car about 200 miles away. He later died. Flanagan used the name Bryce Williams on the air. Live in henry county Bryce Williams. Wdbj7. They fired him in 2013 and police had to escort him from the building. Toward the end, there were issues with temper and ab