A gruesome ambush that unfolded around 6 45 a. M. This morning as wdbj, near the end of its morning newscast. The news crew was conducting an onair interview, something they do every morning, at a Shopping Center in moneta, outside of roanoke, when the gunman attacked, firing off, again, at least eight rounds that shooter was tracked to the north and was eventually found off of i66 in Fauquier County suffering from a gunshot wound. We have Live Team Coverage for you at both locations this evening. We begin with david culver and the latest from investigators in roanoke. David . Reporter jim behind me, you can see a very active scene several hours after that attack, as you mentioned, captured live on tv. This is the plaza, a scenic place that overlooked Smith Mountain lake. The sheriff, we just heard from him a short time ago, the sheriff in Franklin County, pointing out how close knit a community this s he recently done a similar live interview with the reporter Alison Parker and photog
In this area, they were part of our community. Reporter the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Parker and ward died. Colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. Parker is described as an ambitious reporter. Anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. They were set to move to charlotte, where his fiancee had just got an new job. As you saw in that story, the press conference has reporters from all over the nation, i want to show you here what is going on along the side of the road here. You have just as many reporters, dozens and dozens of reporters here, the one reporters not missing not here, missing at this house, wdvj 7, they are not out here and i turned to one of my colleagues at the local affiliate here in the
Take a look at thehe l cone of uncertainty. The storm, the center of the storm can really travel anywhere in between those two white lines. But notice that now it is staying out to sea. It is not clipping the yucatan peninsula areas like cancun. So, as it entered the warmer waters of the gulf, that will help to feed the storm and likely increase it to a category 1 hurricane later tomorrow, very early sunday. You can see as it makes land fall, likely somewhere around louisiana or mississippi, so parts of louisdreyfus lieu, mississippi, the alabama and florida coast line really under the gun with this storm. The biggest concern will be storm surge flooding. Take a look as it continues to move toward the north, northeast eventually. And then get this easterly component impacting our area on monday. Here we are looking at rain, not seeing a lot of wind in the forecast, but it could be a weather alert day. More on the impacts from nate coming up. Now to doug thank you, it has been 12 hours
Report being witnesses to this. The suspect we are told by nbc news, suspected of jumping out of his home depot truck after ramming through people yelling, allahu akbar, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in new york. There are reports he had some type of faux firearm, a thing that looked like firearm, and there were gunshots. Police shot him, and took him into custody according to our reporting. Our sister station in new york reports the suspect is in the hospital, is expected to survive, but is very much in custody. Not clear whether the suspect was acting alone, whether he had help. We expect an update from investigators, a 5 15 News Conference is scheduled 10, 15 minutes from now. Well bring it to you live when it happens. So, a suspect in custody. At least six dead. At least 15 hurt. This incident in a very busy part of a very busy city lower manhattan. For now, wendy and leon, back to you. All right, thank you, scott. Thank you, scott. And dont go anywhere because our live covera
Overseas. Hes heading to asia this friday. Hell be gone for about two weeks. This is something the president is going to continue watching from the white house. We know that the white house is going to keep watching as well. They are going to continue briefing the president throughout the evening as necessary, and we could expect to hear from him on this sometime tomorrow. Guys, back to you. Blayne alexander, thank you. Bike paths, restaurants, shopping malls, all soft targets. Unprotected places. Packed with people where you and your family are vulnerable. Police protect these places with patrols and extra officers are brought in for events that draw big crowds. Drills are held for emergency workers to practice responding to emergencies at soft targets. Federal, state and local governments worked together to find people plotting attacks, but the best line of defense is often you. If you see something unusual, you should Say Something to police. Our Team Coverage continues [000 01 58;0