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 of th
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local chamber of camera live when a man we now know to be a follower reporter at that same station walked up and shot all three people. we re not showing you the video of the shooting. the station says 24-year-old alison parker and award died die and 27-year-old adam ward died at the scene. the gunman is identified as vester lee flanagan. he was a reporter who had been fired from the station some time ago. at a news conference that just wrapped up in the last 30 minutes or so, authorities in virginia said the motive is still a mystery. but flanagan had sent a lengthy fax to abc news expressing anger over the charleston shootings and for years believed he was the victim of racial discrimination. obviously, this gentleman was disturbed in some way of the way things had transpired at some point in miss in his life. it would appear things were spiraling out of control. he was found in the car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he died at a hospital. you see earlier vi
the suspected gunman is also dead after shooting himself following a police chase. what next for the euro? in a weeklong look at the future of the eu, we will get a look at the perspective on the currency. is it helping or hurting relations? i m sarah kelly, thank you very much for joining us. we begin with the deepening migrant crisis in europe. the people risking their lives to reach the eu and those telling them to go away. numbers keep growing. some 50 dead bodies have been found in the hall of a boat rescued off the coast of libya. they were discovered by the crew of the sweetest swedish ship that rescued over 400 survivors. 2400 people died this year trying to cross the mediterranean to europe. many who do reach the other side try and make their way to western europe through the balkans. hungary now says that they will send the army, police, and dogs to the border to stop the influx of migrants. asylum-seekers are making increasingly desperate attempts to cross the ne
both were in relationships with colleagues at the station. alison s boyfriend and anchor christ hurst tweeting we were together almost nine months. it was the best nine months of our lives. we wanted to get married. we just celebrated her 24th birthday. one other person was shot in the incident and is in the hospital. the fbi is helping local law enforcement with the investigation. out of an abundance of caution, the nypd is increasing security outside of tv stations here in new york city including wabcment police have identified the person of interest as vester flanagan. he is a former reporter at that tv station that went by the professional name bryce williams. on top of that, sometime between last night and this morning abc news received a fax from someone who says he is bryce williams. it is a lengthy document, 23 pages long. the network turned the document over to authorities. more disturbing than that, bryce williams as apparently posting to facebook and twitter includ