flanagan, against wdbj, the tv station here in the roanoke rkt what. the documents describe, for example, the day that flanagan was fired from the station, describing really from the station files what was a violent outburst, flanagan had to be physically removed from his chair by station management who felt that flanagan was such a threat that they had to call 911 station employees were warned at not to allow flanagan on the property and if they saw him to call the police a couple of off-duty officers were even stationed on the property the weekend after the dismiss tall. new details were in addition to the 23-page facts sent to abc news just hours after the shooting from somebody claiming to be vester flanagan who went on air as bryce williams in which he talked about the charleston church shooting back in june as the tipping point for his actions here on wednesday morning. for the first time now we re hearing from flanagan s family releasing a statement via a
wdbj anchor alison parker and photo journalist adam ward live on tv. the sheriff identified the killer as vester flanagan who was kill fired from his job at wdbj for issues. former colleagues described him as difficult to work with. what are you learning this morning? nbc news has obtained court documents, station employment files from a lawsuit filed by flanagan talking about what kind of an employee he was at the station iproanoke, wdbj. we heard the general manager speak to the fact that he was, vester flanagan, was difficult to work. negative interactions there and his performance reviews showed that. we re also learning more about the day he was dismissed from the tv station about two years ago, taking it so badly appar t apparently police had to be called. station employees called 911. flanagan had to be lifted out of his chair by management, and
work, but again, this is just a little more into this man s background, the person they are pursuing right now. well, he claims on this twitter that he filed another eeoc complaint against perhaps one of the current station employees as well. i m sure what s going on here is he wants attention for the shooting and they don t want him to have it. but right now it s unavoidable attention given that there is a pursuit going on right now, and you obviously have national interests in what is an unbelievable thing that played out on live television. it s impossible to shut down all of social media and the responsibility of reporting that we have going on here. let me go to nbc news and msnbc news analyst jim cavanaugh. he s an atf special agent. picking up on that, to pete s point, we run into this
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