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
But we are tracking the story you can get updates as soon as we get them online and on the social media platforms. Another manhunt tonight. Escaped during a Palo Alto Court hearing. They had help. They took off in a get away cure. Damian trujillo joins us live in palo alto with the latest. Reporter this is just another head scratcher here for the sheriffs offers. This is the sally port where the inmates are brought in for the Court Hearings taken upstairs to the courtrooms. The inmates were restrained but managed to get away from the deputy guarding them and tonight the manhunt continues. This is one of the get away cars deputies say the inmates used when they ran out of the courthouse in palo alto in full jail gash. I cant speculate where theyre heading. I dont know that information. They were restrained. They were in a mechanical restraint when they were able to evade the deputies. People witnessed the natuna in disbelief. Everybody has a heightened sense of awareness. The Sheriffs O
Cleared by 5 00. Lets get to the maps. Willow is closed. Use marsh or yuruniversity on t other side. Northbound 280, debris in the roadway. Not specific to chp. Watch the area. We dont see slowing there. A couple issues for the trivalley. Well talk about the altamont coming up. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Now, a developing story in the east bay. The Investigation Continues into a bizarre homicide case in concord. A teen gunned down near his high school by a shooter dressed as a clown. Pete suratos is live where a memorial is now growing. Pete . Reporter good morning to you. Students and faculty deal with this tragedy. Concord police tell us it appears to be targeted. The question is why the student was targeted. You can see the memorial set up for the student that was shot and killed near campus. You can see the candles down there. Theres a picture above the candles of that student. Here is information that we know at this time. We know the students were just getting out of school for t
According to Concord Police yesterday afternoon. Now the name of that student is 17yearold lawrence janson, a student here at olympic continuation high school. Youre looking at video here, guys, and he attended the school and according to Concord Police, witnesses are saying a gunman wearing a clown shoot targeted janson while he was with a group of students. We saw a noticeable Police Presence near school grounds. A very emotional day for students, for Family Members showing up at that growing memorial. We got a chance to speak to the parents. Here is the stepfather and what he had to say a little bit earlier this morning. Sorry for your loss. Thank you. He didnt deserve this. He was a good boy. My son is gone. Someone took his life. Reporter a lot of raw emotion as you can see in that interview. I want to take you guys back out here live to this memorial, a growing memorial. Id say a few dozen candles out here. Weve seen people in and out of the high school here standing there honori
He was currently out on bond awaiting sentencing in a drug case and had been rearrested in october for leading police on a car chase. Crashing that car and then tossing a handgun in the grass. Prince georges county Police Posted photos on twitter showing the handgun and rifle they found inside of thomas lexus this morning. As for his front seat passenger, he ran away in the shooting. The police later caught and arrested that man in his 30s. So far, he isnt facing any charges. But that could very well change. The vehicle does match a transcription for a vehicle believe to be involved a robbery and shootings in this vicinity. That is not for southern but its one of the investigative leads were actively working on for you. Kevin its worth noting that the two men were camped out in where someone murdered a 23yearold man just last month. There are a lot of moving pieces to this policeinvolved shooting. Investigators still putting them all together this afternoon. Live in Capitol Heights im