Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. We are all in a state of shock here. You can her people behind us in the news room crying. It is the day i lost the love of my life. A deadly shooting in virginia as cameras rolled. A president arer and photograph a reporter and photographer and third woman injured. The killer is a man who grew up in the bay area. Im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. He was known on air as bryce williams. He grew up in vallejo where his family still lives. We will have more on him in a moment. First his victims, alisof parker, a morning News Reporter and adam ward, a photographer at wdbj, the station where the gunman last worked until he was fired in 2013. Outside that tv station tonight, a tribute. Both beginning new chapters. Ward was engaged to a worker and today was his fiancees last day at work and the couple was moving to north carolina. , paer dated an parker dated an anchor at the station and says the two just moved in together. I told her that losing someone you lo
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Lets tell you about the victims. 24yearold Allison Parker on the left, 27yearold adam ward on the right. The two reporting from a Shopping Center about 25 miles southeast of roanoke at the time of the shooting, doing a story about tourism. As for the suspect, you see him here, hes been identified as 41yearold vesterly flanagan ii. Hes in very Critical Condition following a self inflicted gunshot wound but he does have a pulse. He used to work at the same tv station under the name bryce williams. He grew up in the bay area. We have several reports on this breaking avny3st. B bob redell and Stephanie Chuang are tracking the local ties. Reporter a suspected gunman is in custody after shooting himself along the side of a road in Northern Virginia. Police say Vester Flanagan allegedly shot and killed a local Television News crew during a morning broadcast. The shooting happened live on cbs affiliate wbdj at 6 45 a. M. This is the broadcast right up to the point of the shooting. Killed in th
Within hours, posted that video to facebook. As police searched for flanagan, investigators say he was live tweeting derogatory remarks about the victim. Late this morning, Virginia State Police Spotted the suspects car on i66, in northern virginia. The sonic ran off the road into the median. When trooper neff approached the vehicle, she found flanagan suffering from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Reporter hours later, flanagan was pronounced dead. As investigators searched for answers, families and coworkers remembered their loved ones. They were special people, and t leo said, would brighten up a esom every morning. As investigators search for a motive, they may get some clues from a 23page manifesto faxed re abc news after the shooting by someone using the name of the suspect. It says flanagan was driven crtly by a recent massacre at a ndack church in south carolina. Back to you. Peggy, thank you. Common to see around here and across the country a tv crew mnng a live report. We ts
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