Not to make a statement. Reporter this case may be over but for some their fight to change the nations gun laws is just beginning. We dont have to go through this ever again. Enough is enough. Reporter for a brief moment though, they are celebrating together. Get the defendant out of my courtroom please. Thank you. Reporter the District Attorney believes this may be the longest prison sentence in colorado history. And holmes against team says he will not appeal his conviction. Reena and phillip . Thank you. Former plo Football Player ray mcdonald is now facing rape charges. Mcdonald, former member of the San Francisco 49ers was indicted by a grand jury in california yesterday in connection with an incident involving a drurveg woman the an his home last december. If convicted, mcdonald could pace face up to eight years in prison. Current 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks has also been charged with a misdemeanor stemming from the same incident. Closing arguments began this morning in the rap
Denying the charges against him, confronted with deleted Facebook Messages that prosecutors say should put him behind bars. An abc news exclusive. A little boy hit by a 1345u8 plane crashing on a beach tells his story for the first time. The amazing survival story from the kid his friends call the miracle dude only on gma. We do say good morning, america and we want to get right to that tragedy that unfolded on live television. Two young journalists gunned down. We have a live look right now at the memorial where people are paying respects to Alison Parker and adam ward, of course, they were gunned down by a former colleague, an angry former colleague. That community and their families are in a state of shock and their station held a moment of silence in their memory this morning . Theyre back on the air this morning, the morning team which they were so much a part of. We have much mo to get to. Many questions about what drove this former reporter to commit such a terrible crime. We ha
Not a couple of individuals waking up and committing the crime. Police say up to four men using flashlights focused on the back of the building that sits on a rail yard. Edgar medina, the only suspect in custody, was allegedly caught with the 1. 8 million in cash in the trunk of this car. The break in went down around 9 30 august 16th. Police say Surveillance Video shows the group casing the building and at one point appears to tamper with the security system, an elaborate network of cameras. These are the tools left behind, jacks used to open a steel door. When inside they broke through doors and concrete, reached the vault and were in the process of moving the cash when you see here an officer on routine patrol spotted medina who took off in the car but was eventually caught. Not cool at all. Reporter she lives next door to this home in brentwood where medina lives, a man with ten prior arrests out on payroll. We did reach out to loomis but did not here back. Police are offering a 25
Moment. Meantime, the top story, tragedy on the air. A young repair and photographer gunned down during their live report. Alison parker was 24 years old, adam ward 27. They worked at wdbj in roanoke, virginia. As journalists, the heartbreak strikes close to home. Deny, we hear from their loved ones and we learn more about the man who took their lives. Jay korff is digging into the suspects past, Richard Reeve is talking to people who the victims, but we start with brad bell who has been covering the investigation from the start. Agonizing day today. What can you tell us . These are the last moments before the brutal attack. Isoutine interview about or a met Smith Mountain lake. We will not show you what happens next, the ambush isonting of reporter al parker and photographer adam ward on live tv. The interview subject, vicki gardner, was shot in the back and will survive, but the station mix a horrible announcement about its morning team. Alison and adam died this morning. Wards camer
Good morning to you on this thursday. Im reena ninan. Im phillip mena. We will begin with the top story of the day, the on air murders of two journalists in virginia. Their colleagues going back on the air this morning with heavy hearts. Allison parker was a rising star just a few years into her broadcasting career. Adam ward a photojournalist. Together they were known at their station at the a team. Vicki gardener shot while being interviewed, hospitalized and in stable condition. Police looking into the troubled life of the gunman, vester lee flanagan. They say his shooting spree and what followed was thought out. Our coverage begins with jim avila. Reporter a live tv interview on local tourism fatally interrupted. [ gunshots ] gunfire. Theres no warning, just bullets followed by screams. After the victims fall, the shooters image briefly captured on camera before he flees. Okay, not sure what happened there. Reporter the anchor back in the studio is stunned. I heard a pow, pow, pow