Thats correct, dara. From the Roanoke Community and the Journalism Community at large. New details about the troubling mindset of the shooter are emerging. A man claiming to be him faxed a 23page document in which he described himself as a human powder keg waiting to go boom. Colleagues describe Allison Parker and adam ward as special people. The kind who were up before sunrise to put in long hours reporting the news. Their offcamera lives were just as busy. Parker had recently moved in with her boyfriend and ward was engaged to be married. If i walked in the morning, the first person i saw was either adam or allison. I got a smile on my face because they were always that way. They were interviewing a local official live when Authorities Say 41yearold vester flanagan, a former colleague, opened fire, killing parker and ward. He also filmed the shooting. Posted it to social media later. As he was pursued by police before he turned the gun on himself. Its obvious there was this gentleman
In this area, they were part of our community. Reporter the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Parker and ward died. Colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. Parker is described as an ambitious reporter. Anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. They were set to move to charlotte, where his fiancee had just got an new job. As you saw in that story, the press conference has reporters from all over the nation, i want to show you here what is going on along the side of the road here. You have just as many reporters, dozens and dozens of reporters here, the one reporters not missing not here, missing at this house, wdvj 7, they are not out here and i turned to one of my colleagues at the local affiliate here in the
Looks like a very nice blue sky kind of an afternoon. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s this morning. 79 at lunch time. 82 by the time youre coming home from work and school. And 77 by 8 00 tonight. A perfect day to be outside today. A perfect day to do anything except sit in traffic. Melissa mollet with more on that. Its never a perfect day to sit in traffic. No good time for that at all. Branch avenue at auth road, a bit of a slowdown there near the beltway. Top of the beltway, no problems. B. W. Parkway, 95 and 29 flowing just fine. 270 looking quite good. Sometimes we see a slowdown at the top part of 270. Were okay, 66 west of ox road, inbound, out bound, just fine. Remember, the ramp to the key bridge is closed through friday. Take roosevelt bridge instead. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. Coming up on 5 02 now. A developing story this morning. Police are searching for a missing teenager in Fairfax County. The 16yearold boy was fishing with friends in the Little Hunting Creek area in th
A developing story, the search is underway for a 16yearold boy who went missing after fishing in Fairfax County. He was fishing with his friends in Little Hunting Creek near where it joins the Potomac River. News4s Megan Mcgrath has the latest on the search. Reporter well, aaron, the boats have been moving around all morning long and theyre actually in the spot right now where we cant see them from the vantage point. But three boats are out there. From the Fairfax County Fire Department and the police and the coast guard. What we were told earlier this morning, this is now considered a recovery effort. It was a little after 8 00 last night, Three Friends were fishing on the little Huntington Creek where it meets the Potomac River. Were told that the 16yearold went into the creek and appeared to be trying to swim across the creek at the narrow spot where its about 40 feet wide. He got halfway across, began to struggle. There was apparently another couple that was in the area. They witne
Tonight mostly clear with lows in the middle upper 20s friday mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s lower 50s saturday sun clouds with at our timesaver traffic system this morning. As we follow breaking news in wythe county. Police say interstate 81 is this morning. As we follow breaking news in wythe county. Police say interstate 81 is shut accident. You can expect major delays. All northbound lanes are closed. One southbound lane is open. And backups are about two miles. Virginia state police say the accident does not have serious injuries. But traffic is being detoured. If youre heading northbound. Youll be diverted off exit 84 onto north at exit 86. The accident happened at 1 45 long the interstate will stay closed. This morning, the defense calls witnesses for the first time in a federal trial. Stemming from the murder of Waynesboro Police reserve captain kevin quick. Prosecutors rested their case. After twelve days of presenting evidence. Against six alleged gang members. Four