Were praying for the recovery of vicky gardener. Sometimes, the pressures of life will get to you. Reporter earlier, virgel barker says hes known him since he was a baby and saw no signs of what he would do. Very quiet. Educated. I never seen it coming. Reporter parker grew up in this house, attending skyline high school. A school mate told us he was a popular, out going student, named to the Home Coming Court in 1989. Chris dobb was senior class president when flanagan was a junior. That is unbelievable. He was hapy person, our prom king. And at the time everybody loved him. Reporter after graduating from skyline, he went to San Francisco state and then to kpix. Most recently, working under the name Bryce Williams in roanoke, virginia. Tragedy. Just sad. Sad. I mean, i saw the brief video clips of it. And what happened is just mind blowing. Now, flanagans father lives here in vallejo. Vester flanagan senior played for the Green Bay Packers under vince lombardi. He lives here and a sis
Returns to Northern California tonight. The unassuming College Senior has a lot of people thanking him for stepping up in a scary situation, to help take down a suspected terrorist. Cheryl hurd is there with the heros welcome. Reporter as you can imagine, Anthony Sadler is getting a lot of attention. His family is getting muchneeded rest. But the good news is, sadler is on american soil. Sadler and family members flying on a private jet to oregon to turn around and get a flight home. His sister cant wait to see him. Its weird to be my brother. I dont know what to expect. I just want to hug him. If you want to talk about it, lets talk. If you want to act regular for a minute, lets act like something happened for a minute. Reporter that will be difficult. Sadler and two friends, u. S. Armym foiled a terrorist attack on a france plan last week. They were given frances medal of honor on monday. Later, he received more honors by walking on the red carpet in france. This is unreal. Two days
Flanagan ii. He killed a reporter and camera man live on the air in virginia today, and hes from the bay area. Flanagan cited the Church Shootings in South Carolina as one motivation for actions today. He described himself as a powder keg, ready to explode. And that is apparently what happened this morning when a reporter and photographer he used to work with were conducting a live interview. This is as much of the video we feel comfortable showing. He is described as a 41yearold disgruntled employee of the station. He shot himself after the pursuit and died a few hours later. Laura anthony is live with reaction from his family. Laura, lets start with you. Reporter that is right, dan. Flanagan lived and worked on the east coast, but he grew up in oakland and still has family here in vallejo. We heard from a very somber family spokesperson. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims families and Wdbj Television station family. Reporter a spokesperson for the family read
He cited the Church Shootings last month as part of his motivations for the violent actions today. He described himself as a powder keg ready to explode, and thats apparently what happened this morning when a reporter and a photographer he used to work wi with. We have reaction from his bay area family. Our thoughts and prayers are at this time with the victims family and with Wdbj Television family. Reporter a spokesperson for Vester Flanagans family read a statement in front of the home of flanagans sister in vallejo. It is with heavy hearts and sadness we express our deepest condolences to the family of Alison Parker and adam ward. We are also praying for vicki gardner. Reporter earlier, Virgil Barker told us hes known flanagan since he was a baby and saw no signs of what he is accused of doing in virginia, shooting a cameraman and reporter to death on live tv. He was very polite. Well spoken. Educated. I never seen it coming. Reporter according to barker, flanagan grew up in this h
Still a camera, and shot a victim from thailand in the shoulder. The suspects meanwhile fled the scene in a red cadillac and the vehicle was spotted a short while later. The Highway Patrol protrudepursued the suspect into emeryville and the suspect was caught here in oakland. One suspect was arrested immediately and the other was taken about an hour later the suspects displayed a blatant disregard for Public Safety and wanted to make sure there were taken into custody i saw it when i got back into my hotel and it made me second guess were to walk and just to be more aware and i definitely made me make sure to keep everything in my pockets it is the same here in it as it is in any major city even in the u. K. , just keep your stuff with you pam one of three Northern California heroes. Who helped stop a terror attack on a train headed to paris. Is back in california. Anthony sadler arrived at Sacramento International airport tonight. He was joined by his parents. Sadler and fellow americ