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
Looks like a very nice blue sky kind of an afternoon. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s this morning. 79 at lunch time. 82 by the time youre coming home from work and school. And 77 by 8 00 tonight. A perfect day to be outside today. A perfect day to do anything except sit in traffic. Melissa mollet with more on that. Its never a perfect day to sit in traffic. No good time for that at all. Branch avenue at auth road, a bit of a slowdown there near the beltway. Top of the beltway, no problems. B. W. Parkway, 95 and 29 flowing just fine. 270 looking quite good. Sometimes we see a slowdown at the top part of 270. Were okay, 66 west of ox road, inbound, out bound, just fine. Remember, the ramp to the key bridge is closed through friday. Take roosevelt bridge instead. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. Coming up on 5 02 now. A developing story this morning. Police are searching for a missing teenager in Fairfax County. The 16yearold boy was fishing with friends in the Little Hunting Creek area in th
A developing story, the search is underway for a 16yearold boy who went missing after fishing in Fairfax County. He was fishing with his friends in Little Hunting Creek near where it joins the Potomac River. News4s Megan Mcgrath has the latest on the search. Reporter well, aaron, the boats have been moving around all morning long and theyre actually in the spot right now where we cant see them from the vantage point. But three boats are out there. From the Fairfax County Fire Department and the police and the coast guard. What we were told earlier this morning, this is now considered a recovery effort. It was a little after 8 00 last night, Three Friends were fishing on the little Huntington Creek where it meets the Potomac River. Were told that the 16yearold went into the creek and appeared to be trying to swim across the creek at the narrow spot where its about 40 feet wide. He got halfway across, began to struggle. There was apparently another couple that was in the area. They witne
Now. Im Megan Mcgrath live in alexandria where you can see behind me the search continues for a 16yearold who went out fishing with friends on Little Hunting Creek. He went into the water to swim to the other side of the creek but he never made it back to shore. It is a beautiful spot where Little Hunting Creek meets potomac river, popular with anglers. This morning, there are police boats instead of fishermen, for the search of a missing 16yearold continues. The coast guard brought in their search and rescue chopper, boats equipped with sonar are searching the water. Shortly after 8 00 last night when a teenager went into the water trying to cross from one side of the creek to the other. He got about halfway before he began to struggle by the channel marker where the water gets deep. The current was going out at that time. He was drifting out. While he was struggling, he then submerged again and was not seen above the water. Complicating the search, underwater plants, quite thick in t
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