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
Reporter the first accused Alison Parker of making racist comments. Then that he had filed a complaint. Then questioned her hiring. Reporter they were followed by a similar accusation against her photographer. And most chilling. I filmed the killing. See facebook. A short time later, flanagans car was spotted on an Interstate West of washington, d c. Reporter the killer ended up crashing the car and when police approached, he shot himself. Flanagan was flown to a nova Fairfax Hospital where he died at approximately 1 30 pm today. Reporter this afternoon. The family of the gunman. Vester flanagan. Made this statement quote pam it is with heavy hearts. And deep sadness. That we express our deepest condolences to the families of Alison Parker and adam ward. Pam we are also praying for the recovery of Vicki Gardner. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims families. And the wbdj7 news family. Pam words cannot express the hurt that we feel for the victtims. Our family is a
I think tomorrow morning we could be five to ten degrees cooler than this to start all thanks to that cool air thats shifting in right now. But, still, right now this is a fairly cool start to your morning. You might want at least a light jacket out the door or an early run. Heres radar and satellite, so we will have some clouds in and out today. Again, the backside of that storm system is going to roll some clouds and isolated showers over us. Isolated being the keyword. This is nowhere near a washout. Many of us wont see any rain today. Its focused more so todays forecast on the temperatures. Take a look as we go through your morning into your afternoon, only about the mid 60s. And thats where we stop. Then it gets cool overnight. So coming up in a few minutes were going to talk about what to expect as we go through today into tomorrow and your workweek ahead. Krystal, thank you. Happening now, power is out to hundreds of people in marple township, delaware county, because of this fi
Good morning to you. First the all important halloween forecast. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here to help you plan it all out, glenn. Yeah. It looks nice but it is pretty chilly out there. Temperatures going up in the low 50s. At least its not nearly as windy as it has been. Satellite and radar shows nothing. Nothing threatening the area today or tonight. In the philadelphia area we have a lot of sunshine today, a high of 57. We start cooling off even by 5 00. By 7 00 down to 51. By 9 00 down to 49. Now, thats in the city itself. Just as an example we go to other neighborhoods. The temperature really dropping fast between 5 and 7, down to 47 degrees and then 44 degrees by 9 00. So everybody is getting fair weather. Everybody is getting pretty chilly weather and ill let you know when the warmer air is going to return and even a look ahead coming up. Children are looking forward to trick or treating later today. This is one of the most dangerous nights of the year to be on the road. Pame