they are up there investigating what, exactly, happened. as you mentioned, the officer was called here to check out a situation and things went terribly, terribly wrong. officer needs, i need, i need, i need.i have been struck in the head by the suspect. mcarthur and van buren, mcarthur and van buren. police. i have been struck. i need an ambulance. it appears the subject, the person who was shot, came at the officer with some sort of metal implement, possibly a tire iron and she suffered a head wound before she opened fire with a service weapon. more now from the spokesperson. this was some time of a disturbance, an assault, and the officer was calling on that investigation. did you know the aim of the man? we do not know the exact age but it is an adult male who appears to be to his 20 s. there is also talk that the person involved here might have been mentally disabled with the neighbors saying that. there have been, as we know, well publicized police shootin
straight days of losses, is a rally really on? fast food friends, burger king offering to komg up with the ultimate burger together. are you ready for the mcwhopper? welcome today. this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. we want to talk about this breaking news in virginia. you ve seen the video, i ve seen the video. a local news crew from wdbj ambushed by a gunman as they interview a woman live on television. the video is incredibly disturbing to watch. we aren t showing it in its entirety. the victims have been identified now as a 24-year-old reporter alison parker and 27-year-old photo journalist adam ward. to say this is a shocking occurrence is an understatement. we want to get right to justice correspondent pete williams. what do we know? good morning, savannah. this happened at 6:45 at a shopper center 25 miles southeast of roanoke. the reporter, the one you j
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let s tell you about the victims. 24-year-old allison parker on the left, 27-year-old 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, he s been identified as 41-year-old vesterly flanagan ii. he s 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 t
with the family how we do this. as hillary clinton weighs in on her potential new challenger. he should have the space and the opportunity to decide what he wants to do. what biden says it will take for him to enter the race. in his own defense, owen labrie takes the stand. i didn t have sex with her. closing arguments set for today. we ll be live at the courthouse. on alert. the southeastern u.s. preparing for erika as the tropical storm strengthens. could florida be in for its first hurricane in ten years? today thursday, august 27th, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. matt is on assignment. willie is here. i think we re all in shock about what happened and unfolded at the television station in virginia. we have the latest on that shooting. tributes pouring in this morning for adam ward and alis