Warning signs were present
and thanks for?? joing us. i’m james jarman. and i’m heather skold. first tonight, a nation stunned by a horrific act on live television. a disgruntled, former employee at a virginia t-v station shot and killed a reporter and cameraman. 24-year-old reporter alison parker .. and 27- year-old photogpraher adam ward .. were killed during a live report in roanoke this morning. a vigil continues to grow tonight outside of the t-v station where the two worked. friends and family of the victims gathered there eariler tonight. the two were doing a report on local tourism when suddenly the suspected gunman, vester flanagan opened ?? fire. a chamber of commerce member was also injured. investigators say flanagan is a former station employee who went by the name bryce williams. co-workers say ward was about to start a new life with his fiance’. and parker was dating a news anchor at the t-v station. when we had our six-month anniversary, she made a scrap book for me and put in all the pictures that we spent together for the first six months. even pictures i didn’t want to be in there, she put put them in there. we were a perfect couple.” investigators say flanagan?x e?u perfect couple.” investigators say flanagan tweeted video of the shooting he f$ took… and tweeted while being chased by police. he then shot himself.. and later died from his injuries. abc news received a 23- page document this morning.. allegedly from the shooter. in it, vester flanagan wrote he was motivated to kill by the charleston church shootings in june. flanagan also says he bought a gun two days after that shooting and the incident was the tipping point. he also accused employees at the virginia t-v station of making racists comments toward him. the station’s general manager couldn’t confirm the accusations. “alison was the nicest, kindest person. not a person given to any kind of picking of a fight or any kind of racial or other harassment. that’s just not believable. and he did work with adam. adam was a news photographer when this fellow was a reporter and there may have been some back-and-forth, but frankly he had back- and-forth with several people in the newsroom flanagan also referenced the virginia tech and ? the columbine shootings. a former f-b-i profiler in colorado springs says those two shootings had a lot in common with today’s attack. also tonight.. a former southern colorado news director … knew the virginia shooter very well.. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller talked to both of them tonight. james since we’ve learned more about flanagan’s past – some noticed the warning signs… including a colorado springs man who hired and fired him. we ended up terminating in february of 2013 for performance issues. chilling accounts from vester flanagan’s former boss, dan dennison, hours after the former reporter opened fire and killed reporters alison parker and adam ward. he had leveled a long complaint of series of co- workers..nearly from the beginning of his employment at the tv station… all of his allegations were unfounded. greg: before working at wdbj – dan dennison worked here, as the news director at krdo. he calls the day he fired the shooter – a rough termination. “i was the only time i will tell you that it was recommended that i have a police escort out of the building in a termination procedure and did have it. he was not going to leave willingly on his own free will, it was a tough situation.” a manifesto from the shooter showed praise for the virginia tech shootings and the colubmine shootings. 12:23 they tell us what they’re going to do something, in advance. but despite the warning signs, we ignore and we don’t do anything. former fbi profiler pete klismet says mass shootings have become more common. 11:44 the key is you’re dealing with a certain unique type of individual. 12:05 to have power or authority over people who they perceived to have hurt them. a fact difficult to bear as friends, and family of the two victims, grieve now. free will, it was a tough situation.” a manifesto from the shooter showed praise for the virginia tech shootings and the colubmine shootings. tell you that it was recommended that i have a police escort out of the building in a termination procedure and did have it. he was not going to leave willingly on his own free will, it was a tough situation.” a manifesto from the shooter showed praise for the virginia tech shootings and the colubmine shootings. 12:23 they tell us what they’re going to do something, in advance. but despite the warning signs, we ignore and we don’t do anything. former fbi profiler pete klismet says mass shootings have become more common. 11:44 the key is you’re dealing with a certain unique type of individual. 12:05 to have power or authority over people who they perceived to have hurt them. a fact difficult to bear as friends, and family of the two victims, grieve now. klismet also says while the manifesto claimed this was workplace violence, he and other profilers would consider it a rampage. greg miller, nc 13.
