Join is not in a moment of silence the morning newscast marked 24 hours since two of the stations journalists were killed during a live broadcast. Polo sandoval she was in relationship there remembered as a go getter she was also shot her condition has been upgraded to good her husband was watching when the shooting happened the gunman was a former reporter where were at the rotation or was fired two years ago he later died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound and a 20 page faxon to abc news the rice was a powder keg and his words wedding to go bloom were also learning today than the close to several protest of its previous job in Television News before yesterdays shooting. Mark man who shot the tv news crews connected to bay area is an oakland native and we learn more or child of he went to montero middle school and graduated from Skyline High School or in 1991 he grabbed also should be the he was homecoming princess he went on to attend San Francisco state and at one point he was an in
Good evening, ill julie haener. And im frank somerville. He was a Television News reporter, but today, he made news for all the wrong reasons. A graduate of bay area state, fired by a television station in roanoke, virginia two years ago. Today he emerged from the shadows and ambushed two former colleagues, as they were carrying out an interview on live television. Were going to begin our coverage, not by talking about the gunman, but by talking about the victims. Reporter three victims were shot, frank. The reporter, the photographer, both killed, and the woman that they were interviewing is in the hospital tonight. Alison parker was doing her job. A routine interview on tourism. Her friend and colleague photographer adam ward was behind the camera. A team who worked closely together, rising stars at wdbj and then as viewers watched on live tv, the gunfire began coworkers, shocked, in horror watched it all. The station general manager later delivered the news. We have determined throu
What biden says it will take for him to enter the race. In his own defense owen labrie takes the stand. Closing arguments set for today. Well be live at the courthouse. On alert the southeastern u. S. Preparing for erika as the Tropical Storm strengthens. Could florida be in for the first hurricane in ten years . Today thursday, august 27, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is todayed with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Matt is on assignment. Willy here. I think were in shock about what happened an unfolded at the television station in virginia. We have the latest on the shooting. Tributes pouring in for adam and alison. They were shot and killed while live on the air. Vicky gardener, their guest at the time, is recovering in the hospital after undergoing energy surgery. Were learning more this morning about the gunman, a selfdescribed human powder keg waiting to explode who clai
A brief High Speed Pursuit of flanagan followed. Police finding him in his car with a selfinflicted gunshot. As i was air lifted to a hospital wdbj went back on the air at noon. We have determined through the help of the police and our employees that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6 45 when the shots rang out. Reporter in a 23page documented faxed to abc news, a man claiming to be flanagan said he had been discriminated against for being gay and motivated by a shooting at a Historic Black Church in charleston. Why did i do it . I put down a deposit for a gun on june 19th. Ive been a human powder keg for awhile, he wrote. Just waiting to go boom. Reporter as the day surreal excruciating events settled. Those closest began to mourn them including parkers boyfriend chris hurst. Outside the apartment the couple had moved into together. Ill carry it with me for the rest of my life. Shes made these past nine months i shared with her the best time of her life. Reporter her fa
Shock and grief in a newsroom after a photographer was killed live on the news it was it. At the two victims identified as 20 fouryearold Allison Parker and adam ward worked together for almost a year on that morning shift. The governor the shooter was an exemployee he worked as a reporter with the name Bryce Williams and he later shot and killed himself but not before posting his own video of the murders on social midi media. Dan joins us now with the latest on the investigation. Allison and steve this was an attack that played out on my television in front of thousands of viewers. That that manifesto this godman described himself as a human powder it was an attack on the charleston shooting. While investigators the deeper into his motives people are remembering the victims. Allison parker and adam ward were doing their jobs on an interview about tourism. Then out of nowhere, gunshots on live television, the reporter and photographer killed. The women there interviewed was badly injur