And, flipping out. A massive humpback whale weighing more than 80,000 pounds doing a backflip just feet from tourists. The incredibly rare jump caught on camera. Jump and good morning to our viewers in the west. Just a terrible situation unfolding right now in virginia. Near roanoke. That reporter and cameraman killed on live tv. A third person shot. It was a routine interview before 7 00 a. M. This morning. It was a very fluid situation. As you said, the shooter still on the loose. New details coming in moment by moment. Lets go to abcs Pierre Thomas who does have the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning. Its unthinkable. A tv reporter and her cameraman fatally shot while people at home were watching. It started as a routine interview on television. Then shots rang out. [ gunfire ] wdbj in roanoke reporting that the reporter, allison parker, 24 years aold was killed along her cameraman, adam ward. She was everything, brightened up every room and no matter what was going
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A gunman filled with anger. He described himself as a human powder keg opened fire on two young journalists, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward of our cbs affiliate in roanoke, virginia. Both were killed. The 41yearold gunman took his own life after a police chase. We wont show you the most graphic part of the shooting but we caution what you will see and hear is disturbing. Jeff pegues begins our coverage. Reporter the gunman posted his own video of the shooting on twitter and facebook. In it, Vester Flanagan is seen approaching the three victims who apparently do not know hes there. He lefts gun once, but then waits. When the photographer turns his camera back to the reporter, flanagan begins to shoot, as many as 14 shots can be heard. Wards camera caught a picture of the gunman as it fell to the ground. Alison parker, and adam ward diedt scene. The person being interviewed, Vicki Gardner of the chamber of commerce, was badly wounded. Police say flanagan, a former reporte
Someone using the name posted video of social media that appears to show the actual shooting shot by the gunman himself. The post also includes accusations of racism against the reporter and conflict with the cameraman. There were a lot of good things happening for adam and allison. Oh, wow shes a rock star. She has really done a wonderful job reporting, filling in and organize, you throw anything from that girl and she could do it. Parker graduated from James Madison university and just moved in with chris anchor chris hurst who tweeted this morning being she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved her back. She loved her family, parents and her brother. Cameraman ward was engaged to producer melissa ott who was in the control room watching at the shooting happened. She had gotten another job. President and general manager of the station jeff marx described the scene as chaos as state police block off the roads around the perimeter and locked down schools i
He described himself as a human powder keg opened fire on two young journalists, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward of our cbs affiliate in roanoke, virginia. Both were killed. The 41yearold gunman took his own life after a police chase. We wont show you the most graphic part of the shooting but we caution what you will see and hear is disturbing. Jeff pegues begins our coverage. Reporter the gunman posted his own video of the shooting on twitter and facebook. In it, Vester Flanagan is seen approaching the three victims who apparently do not know hes there. He lefts gun once, but then waits. When the photographer turns his camera back to the reporter, flanagan begins to shoot, as many as 14 shots can be heard. Wards camera caught a picture of the gunman as it fell to the ground. Alison parker, and adam ward diedt scene. The person being interviewed, Vicki Gardner of the chamber of commerce, was badly wounded. Police say flanagan, a former reporter at the station, fled in on