After he was fired in february of 2013. When his rental car was pulled over after the shooting, flanagan had an extra license plate, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. When police tried to pull over the car. The Morning News Team at wdbj was back on the air 24 hours after their colleagues were killed. They embraced and shared memories about Alison Parker and adam ward. Within the last hour, an extraordinary show of support. Station employees stood side by side wearing ribbons with parker and wards favorite colors on them. Our coverage begins with fleischer. Tim . Reporter they are in mourning this day. They have been left numb by the cold blooded ambush of this reporter and photographer. Family and colleagues are remembering those young potential. Holding on to each other for strength, the Morning News Team who watched in horror the brutal killing of Alison Parker and adam ward started this day paying contribute to them. Of silence. The performance of this staff has been incredible. They cri
The growing memorial behind me is proof of that. Many here in southwest virginia were tuned in for what was supposed to be a live feel good story. It turned into anything but. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms arnold it and around it ask realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanag
It is starting to develop a centric eye wall, which means it is close to that eye wall replacement, which means we could see temporary weakening as we head through the next hour or so but after that, it is likely that will intensely, rapidly intensify and continue to work its way toward the gulf coast, as a category 3 storm, as we head through the rest of your friday, expected to make landfall later this evening. So well show you here, its exact track, as it continues to track really to the north of Corpus Christi, is where we are expecting that heaviest impact as a category 3 storm, before it swoops down, back into the gulf of mexico, as a Tropical Storm early next week. So heres what were tracking in terms of rainfall, because weve been talking about it all day, flooding will be the primary threat, as we head through the next couple of days. So here are those impacts again. A major impact for wind. This will be a category 3 hurricane. Winds in excess of 111 miles per hour, storm surg
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