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at 4:00, we will warm to nearly 100 inland and stuffy this evening, 70 at the coast because sunset with a few high clouds. we can see the high clouds over the bay bridge toll plaza in the east bay and right new we have a 20-minute wait to head between the macarthur maze to get into san francisco. we have a problem approaching treasure island, westbound 80, i am looking at c.h.p. and they are saying one lane is blocked with possible accident or a stalled vehicle. we are still trying to find out more information but it looks slow entering treasure island. as i take you over to the east bay, though, we have an accident with lanes blocked with debris southbound 880, at dakota road. more on that ahead. a virginia tv station is marching on a day after one of its reporters and a trafficker were and gunned down. the deaths of allison parker and adam ward captured national attention. the tributes are pouring in. amy hollyfield is in the newsroom with more. they to do a newsc ....
dismissed him. and he did not take that well. reporter: abc news says it received a 23-page fax from someone claiming to be flanagan. the writer said that he was attacked for being a gay black man, the fax also referring to the june church shooting in charleston, south carolina saying the cheat shooting was the tipping point. he said i have been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom! the subject of the tv interview the woman being interviewed there vicki garner was wounded in the back and is expected to recover. but such a waste of life two talented people and so young. thank you. we are learning even more about that gunman. vester lee flanagan grew up in oakland and attended skyline high school. he graduated from sf state in 1995 with his degree in radio and television and worked here at kpix 5 in 1996 as a production assistant and before that he was an intern in our newsroom. kpix 5 s joe vazquez continues our coverage. he is in vallejo in front ....
writes he was a powder keg in his words waiting to go boom. and the last straw was the recent racially motivated church shooting in south carolina. we re also learning more about the gunman this morning. he grew up in oakland and graduated from sf state in 1959 with a degree in 1995 with a degree in radio and television. he worked it the kpix in the 90s as an intern and production assistant. anne makovec has more from the newsroom. reporter: people who worked with him more recently describe an angry volatile man. but we are hearing from some of his former friends who say that s not the vester flanagan they knew growing up here in the bay area. some law enforcement officers have concerned. reporter: there is flanagan collecting a machine pistol on his reporter resume tape an image that took on new meaning after yesterday s shooting. he grew up in the northeast bay. his father and other relatives still live on the block in vallejo. we spoke with one friend who ....
. reporter: word when officer will be released in oakland. pam: this is been a particularly tough year for oakland police department. so far this year officers involved in shootings six times prior to today s case the officer involved shooting happened earlier this month on 27th st. martin luther king way suspected armed robber shot and killed after police chase and alleged carjacking attempt one of the six officers involved shootings this year in oakland of them for our fatal or have been fatal in a row and a vote today virginia the television station w b d j mourn the loss of their two colleagues gunned down by a live broadcast tested at. catherine is your show us how they are trying to cope with this loss. dian catherine: was a morning news team was to honor the reporter photographer killed on air 24 hours earlier. catherine: said parker murder during a live broadcast left behind loved ones with colleagues. parker and relationship with the station s evening ....
thursday morning s incident is the sixth officer involved shooting in oakland this year and the forth deadly shooting officer johnna watson says the uptick in officer involved shootings is a direct reflection of the fact that assaults on officers are up at least 70% in the city compared to last year :there are other ways, you do not need to kill a person as he was already on the ground pam :the officer was wearing a body camera that was rolling at the time. internal affairs as well as the alameda county sheriffs office will be conducting separate this has been a particularly brutal year for the oakland police department. so far. its officers have been involved in shootings of suspects six -times. prior to today s case. the last officer invovled shooting happened earlier this month, on 27th -street and martin luther king junior way. a suspected armed robber. was shot and killed, after a police chase and alleged carjacking attempt. of the six officer- involved shoot ....