Gunned down on live television. The shooting sent shock waves across the country ton night authorities are still trying to piece together why this happen. Hello, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. The gunman shot and killed himself after leading police on a chase and tonight new details are owing about him and his connect to the victims. We want to come together reporter Allison Parker and photographer adam ward were on the live wednesday morning conducting an interview when their former coworker ambushed them. Both died. The woman they were interviewing was wounded. Police identified the shooter as 41yearold Vester Flanagan. He posted his own view of the shooting on social mia. Police say he shot himself as they closed in on his car about 200 miles away. He later died. Flanagan used the name Bryce Williams on the air. Live in henry county Bryce Williams. Wdbj7. They fired him in 2013 and police had to escort him from the building. Toward the end, there were issues with temper and ab
The live wednesday morning conducting an interview when their former coworker ambushed them. Both died. The woman they were interviewing was wounded. Police identified the shooter as 41yearold Vester Flanagan. He posted his own view of the shooting on social mia. Police say he shot himself as they closed in on his car about 200 miles away. He later died. Flanagan used the name Bryce Williams on the air. Live in henry county Bryce Williams. Wdbj7. They fired him in 2013 and police had to escort him from the building. Toward the end, there were issues with temper and ability to work with other. This is hard day for all of us here. 27yearold ward was engaged to the morning producer who was in the control room when her fiance was killed. 24yearold parker had just moved in with anchor chris hurst. We wanted to get married. We were determined to be a news couple. Parker family said in statement although her life was brief she was so happy with it. Parkers boyfriend chris hurst who you saw in
How is weather. It is chillier this morning. No humidity. We have that low humidity thing going on again and we are in line for another gorgeous day out there, everybody. It is just great news again in the weather department, and, i love to be the the one to bring it to you. And we are at 63, up in mount pocono, 67 in philadelphia and, 62 in at atlantic city. Nice and calm. That makes it a lovely day. So is this, radar that looks like this, storm scan three picking up barely anything on the radar, you can see a little bit through great lakes. That means more blue skies coming our way. We will see highs very close to yesterday, very lovely in philadelphia. High of 83. Seventynine heading to the shore. Another fantastic, beach day, the the park knows, 72 degrees, a a few cloud work their way in there but we are looking good. Sunny stretch continues, heat and humidity will, creep back in toward the the weekend and will we start september, with some 90degree weather . I will answer that qu
You. Kid will have to pack some water in those lunch boxes. Yeah, absolutely. Good morning everyone. Happy thursday to you if you are just waking up. Things are looking really nice out there. Nice and calm which is a nice, new pattern so far this week, right. Heres a live look at 422 eastbound at oaks, looking nice, roads are dry, and it is a really nice drive, especially considering what we have been dealing with. Monday through wednesday were very busy. Heres the blue route southbound at mid county looking great here. Have one traveling in and around the area at posted speeds which is exactly what we want to see as we start this 5 00 oclock hour. We have an update on the vine construction. We had construction on the westbound side that has been cleared. Have one traveling the vine really nice. Both the vine and the schuylkill right now look really nice and calm, as well. The the phillies verse mets tonight at 7 05. Van halen plays at Susquehanna Bank center for those who love music.
I think anybody that has to walk toward their work place or want to get outside, sit outside for your lunch hour this is day to do it. It is gorgeous. Temperatures are nice, breezy, but not bad. Lets look live. 64 degrees in philadelphia 56 in mount pocono. Reading at 57. Atlantic city about 57 degrees as well. We are off to a nice start. Look at this, here we go with storm scan three. Im used to this nice happy radar all the time. Just clear skies, beautiful. That means we will see another day of those pretty blue skies out there. Look at your, forecasted to go through the day here and you can see that stay with us. We will work our way in the 80s again but thing you will notice is it just feels nice out there once more just like yesterday, where humidity levels stayed decent. Our sunny stretch continues today, but, you knew there was a but, heat and humidity do creep back into the forecast, august ending with a 90degree high, september potentially also starting with a 90degree high.