claim was made to the equal opportunity employment commission. he doesn t know why flanagan attacked victims parker and ward. i cannot figure out any connection with those people who were morning the kindest, nicest people who worked here. and i m not exaggerating when i say that. we ve got all the information. 24-year-old alison parker was a reporter for about a year. a graduate of james madison university. adam ward, 27 was a camera man and a graduate of virginia tech. they worked as team. i m alison parker. we re putting the final touches on a special report. parker was dating a station anchor. ward was engaged to a producer for wdbj s morning show. she was in the control room when this happened. they were preparing to move and today was supposed to be ott s last day at wdbj.
morning. reporter: the shooter is vester flanagan. former name bryce williams. fired by wbdj two years ago. he apparently shot himself upon confrontation with police on a highway. we had an unhappy employee, but this happens, and usually they move on. reporter: shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account under his name said alison made racist comments, eeoc filed a report, they fired him after that. adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. then this. i filmed the shooting, see facebook. wbdj station manager jeff marx found a claim was made to eeoc, but the claim dismissed. he told cnn he doesn t know why flanagan attacked victims parker and ward. i can t figure out any connection with those people who are among them, the kindest