New tonight people found it difficult to work with him. Troubling details of the day the gunman was fired. And a tv station trying to carry on, reporting on a tragedy in their own family. Its just really hard. Holding back too. New video just in from roanoke, virginia tonight where the community gathered to morn Alison Parker and adam ward. The young reporter and photographer were killed this morning on live tv. A memorial is also building outside their tv station. Wdbj. And tonight we have Team Coverage from roanoke to monmon. What could have led to this senseless tragedy. Were looking through records that Vester Flanagans rough exit and the chilling message he left behind for the news director when he was fired. Tonight, were also hearing from flanagans family for the first time, and were watching the outpouring of love and support for Alison Parker and adam ward. Thats where we begin tonight with news4s david culver, who attended that vigil in franklin county. As the sunset over fra
Car license plates. Nbcs dave wagner with the latest now from roanoke. Please join us now in a moment of silence. Reporter 24 hours after their colleagues were shot to death, a time of reflection and a moment of silence at roanokes wdbjtv. The performance this staff has been incredible. They cry, they hug and then they get the job done. Reporter 24yearold reporter Alison Parker and 27yearold photographer adam ward were in the middle of a live interview wednesday morning when police say a former reporter, Vester Flanagan, walked up and opened fire. Parker and ward were killed. Vicki gardner, who was being interviewed, was seriously wounded while her husband watched it all unfold on tv. And i immediately tried call her on her cell phone. There was no response. The next time i spoke to her when she called me from the ambulance. Reporter gunman videotaped the shootings himself and posted that video on facebook. Police say after killings, Vester Flanagan faxed 23page suicide note to abc new
For a while, its turned to anger and im relentless and im not going to stop until something happens, because i dont want to see another alison tragedy like this again. Im just not gonna do it. Reporter as a memorial grows outside wdbjtv in roanoke, television stations across the country are showing solidarity through social media, a sad and senseless crime thats hitting close to home. In roanoke, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news. And our david culver was at the scene of that shooting all day yesterday. He is back here in the studio with us dig nothing some of the search warrants for the car that Vester Flanagan was driving. David . Here is that warrant filed just today in Fauquier County. More than a dozen items pulled and documented from vester lee flanagans crashed rental car. We can show where you that pursuit ended on 66. Officers found a glock happened gun with six magazines and added ammunition. Virginia state police also discovered 17 letters with stamps, its unclear right now wh
With the fouryear drought, the likelihood of tree damage increases and may see Power Outages due to that and gail warning in effect where it could see sand pushed across the roadways. Its the wind direction into moran county and the east bay which will be offshore. Thats the very dry winds that pick up at times and that will be our red flag warning through tomorrow morning and very interesting, the system responsible for this is bringing up a wind advisory for parts of the cierra and winter storm watch as the system continues to drop down closer to the bay area, we could see a chance of showers clipping by parts of the east bay tonight into the south baby tomorrow morning. Well detail how much this will impact the forecast. The gunman at the deadly shooting in oregon. The Douglas County Sheriffs Department says Chris Harper Mercer shot himself when confronted by officers on thursday. Were learning more about his arsenal. Authorities found an additional handgun in the apartment he share
What the Environmental Protection agency calls a threat to public health. Vokes wagon accused of making cars that intentionally violate clean air standards. Nearly 500,000 vw and audi diesel cars built in the last seven years include a device that only turns on full emissions controls during official testing but turns off during regular driving. In a statement vw says its cooperating with the investigation. We are a little more than a week out from the popes arri l arrival. Seven days, 17 hours until pope francis lands in philadelphia and today drivers are starting to see the warning signs. The video Message Boards on the schuylkill expressway are reminding drivers about 76 being shut down next weekend. Nbc 10 found these detour signs posted on city avenue indicating some of the closures on the main line. And on the ben franklin parkway crews continue to set up for the meeting of families. Crews also continue to shut down the inner lanes there. Theyll remain closed until tuesday, septe