Maybe in its sights. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We have reported so many senseless acts of violence but never have we seen it unfold on Live Television as it did in roanoke, virginia this morning. Two young journalists murdered and a woman they were interviewing injured in a hail of bullets by a man with a gun in one hand and a rolling video camera in the other. Anyone who saw it live or later on the internet has been left shaken to the core. And yes, it hits close to home. Were going to be very careful about what images we show you tonight as we take you through what happened, describe the killers twisted social media postings and tell you about the lives he took or left shattered. Lets begin with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter a Live Television interview that started like any other ended in horror at 6 43 this morning. Gunshots, screams, then silence. The broadcast quic
List. Right now a man hunt is on for the man who shot and killed a local News Reporter and photographer live on the air near roanoke. The governor says an arrest is imminent and that police are closing in on the suspect on i64. The shooting happened in virginia in flank lin county. That is about four hours from d. C. Now, the news crew was at a Shopping Center this morning. These are pictures from their reporting. They were doing a report on tourism for their morning show. Wdvj reporter Allison Parker was doing a live interview, 6 45 this morning. That is allison. He was talking to a woman from the local chamber of commerce when the man came up and started shooting her and adam ward, the camera man. They talked about how the tragedy played out on live information. Someone with a gun, we believe it was a man, barged into where they were and fired several shots, six or seven, it sounds like. We heard screaming. And then we heard nothing. And the camera fell. After the shooting, the camer
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We have reported so many senseless acts of violence but never have we seen tun fold on Live Television as we did in roanoke virginia this morning. Two young journalists murdered and a woman they were interviewing injured in a hail of bullets by a man with a gun in one hand and a rolling video camera in the other. Anyone who saw it live or later on the internet has been left shaken to the core. And yes, it hits close to home. Were going to be very careful about what images we show you tonight as we take you through what happened, describe the killers twisted social media postings and tell you about the lives he took or left shattered. Lets begin with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter a Live Television interview that started like any other ended in horror. Gunshots, screams, then silence. The broadcast quickly cutting to a stunned anchor. Okay. Not s
Moments before and after that shooting. Reporter we learned at that video, it is so disturbing we chose not to show it here. Vester flanagan even made his own recording of the shooting and his words reveal what many consider a twisted motivation. Reporter wdbj7 reporter Alison Parker and wdbj7 photographer adam ward never saw him coming. Their camera caught an image of the man who shot them. Police say it was a former reporter Vester Flanagan known on tv as Bryce Williams fired from the tv station two years ago. He took social media posting the video of the attack and complained about the people he just killed. They think he headed to the airport where he switched out his car for a car he rented. 4 hours later a trooper identified the vehicle on i66. Minutes later Vester Flanagan crashed and shot himself. Obvious that there was dis he was disturbed in some way, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. Reporter more evidence of thatane manifesto he fax that ma manifesto he
Happened. I will take you to some video from earlier this morning, the fire started at 5 25 at this home inside of the Mission Bay Community in san leandro, by the time that the firefighters arrived at the scene, the mobile home was fully engulfed with flames, it was a huge fire, they knocked down the flames and when the firefighters were able to go inside of the home, thats when they found the victims in the back of this mobile home, we talked with neighbors this this area, one gentlemen lives across the street, he described what he saw this morning. I saw a bright light coming through the window. I peaked out and saw the front side going up. It started to pop and went really quickly. Reporter again, two people were found dead in the back of this mobile home after firefighters knocked down the flames, the two people have not been identified but some neighbors are telling us they know who lives in that home, an elderly couple, there will be a full investigation to figure out how the fi