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as the community mourns, we're learning more about the troubled gunman as abc's pie pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: vester flanagan committed suicide after killing his former colleagues. but newly discovered items in his getaway car suggests he may have wanted to evade authorities. police found a wig, sunglasses, a shawl, a black hat and three additional license plates, along with a nine millimeter glock pistol and six magazines of ammunition. >> bryce williams, wdbj 7. >> reporter: the former tv reporter who would kill his former co-workers in cold blood on live television, by his own accounts was a brooding, ticking time bomb. his broadcast career long marked by struggle, with flanagan repeatedly in the role of malcontent, often clashing with colleagues, claiming to be the victim. in 2014 flanagan filed a lawsuit against wdbj again claiming racial discrimination and sexual harassment, allegations the station denied. >> he said, i'm going to make you pay, i'm going to tell them that you sexually harassed me. i said you know that's a lie and i hung up the phone. >> reporter: in memos
as the community mourns, we're learning more about the troubled gunman as abc's pie pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: vester flanagan committed suicide after killing his former colleagues. but newly discovered items in his getaway car suggests he may have wanted to evade authorities. police found a wig, sunglasses, a shawl, a black hat and three additional license plates, along with a nine millimeter glock pistol and six magazines of ammunition. >> bryce williams, wdbj 7. >>...
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more now from abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: vester flanagan was known as bryce williams. here he is in one of his stories holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. he targeted a television crew when they were most vulnerable. >> you have an individual, a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news that shows a deeply angry man laying out his grievances noting that he had been fired from the station of the murdered television crew. flanagan expresses admiration for mass murders specifically the columbine killers and the virginia tech shooter whom he said he personally knew. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> and do stay with us here at abc news for the latest on the shooting. robin roberts will speak with killed. that's coming up on "good morning america." >>> the faa is investigating a scare involving an allegiant air flight. a plane taking off from las vegas started lifti
more now from abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: vester flanagan was known as bryce williams. here he is in one of his stories holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. he targeted a television crew when they were most vulnerable. >> you have an individual, a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a...
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pierre thomas is with us from washington tonight. pierre, how big is it? what is the scope or it? >> reporter: david, it's really bad. far worse than we knew. three times as many taxpayers potentially affected. the number jumps from 114,000 in may to roughly 334,000 possibly targeted. >> this is taxpayer information. so it's particularly concerning, pierre. what can they do with the information? >> reporter: david, your tax information has information about your salary, the place of employment, where you live, whether you are married. and combine with it your name, date of birth and social security number and you can see how someone can steal your identity. >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> we turn to a campus sex scandal. at one of the country's most prestigious schools. st. paul's. which has graduated leaders for more than a century. and a senior is on trial for luring a 15-year-old girl to a roof and attacking her. he denies it and tells police there is it a tradition of sexual conquest at the school. here is linsey davis. >> reporter: 19-year-old owen labrie in court today. cha
pierre thomas is with us from washington tonight. pierre, how big is it? what is the scope or it? >> reporter: david, it's really bad. far worse than we knew. three times as many taxpayers potentially affected. the number jumps from 114,000 in may to roughly 334,000 possibly targeted. >> this is taxpayer information. so it's particularly concerning, pierre. what can they do with the information? >> reporter: david, your tax information has information about your salary, the...
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with more, here's abc's pierre thom thomas. >> reporter: he was known as local tv reporter are bryce williams. here he is holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> some point in his life, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the crew when they were most vulnerable even using his skills to film the murderers. >> you have a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news at 8:26 nearly two hours after the shooting. it shows a deeply angry man laying out his grievances. flanagan's list of grievances was long. he knowed in a manifesto he had been fired from the station of the murdered television crew. he claimed the camera man complained about him to management, that he was a victim of racism and sexual harassment. he suggested that he was mistreated because he was a gay black man. >> eventually after many incidents of his anger
with more, here's abc's pierre thom thomas. >> reporter: he was known as local tv reporter are bryce williams. here he is holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> some point in his life, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the crew when they were most vulnerable even using his skills to film the murderers. >> you have a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then...
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let's go to abc's pierre thomas who does have the latest. od morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. it's unthinkable. a tv reporter and her cameraman fatally shot while people at home were watching. >> it started as a routine interview on television. then shots rang out. [ gunfire ] >> wdbj in roanoke reporting that the reporter, allison parker, 24 years aold was killed along her cameraman, adam ward. >> she was everything, brightened up every room and no matter what was going on, she was a positive return. >> reporter: those in the local tv station, couldn't believe what they were see egg, the franklin county area on lockdown. police checking reports for others injured. a manhunt for unidentified suspect armed with a handgun. >> and finding a suspect who murdered people in gold blood. parker was the most radiant person it they've ever known. and now, all of virginia is stunned. >> thank you very much. pierre. joining us by web. our affiliate who used to work at that station. new adam and jay. first of all our condolences to you. such a
let's go to abc's pierre thomas who does have the latest. od morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. it's unthinkable. a tv reporter and her cameraman fatally shot while people at home were watching. >> it started as a routine interview on television. then shots rang out. [ gunfire ] >> wdbj in roanoke reporting that the reporter, allison parker, 24 years aold was killed along her cameraman, adam ward. >> she was everything, brightened up every room and no matter...
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. >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> we turn to a campus sex scandal. a senior at st. paul's is on trial for luring a 15-year-old girl to a remote spot and attacking her. he told police there is a tradition of sexual conquest at the school. here is linsey davis. >> reporter: 19-year-old owen labrie in court today. charged with raping a 15-year-old girl at one of the most elite prep schools in the country. it allegedly happened on the roof of a school building last may, just two days before labrie graduated from the prestigious st. paul's school in new hampshire. according an affidavit obtained by abc affiliate wmur, labrie told detectives that it was part of a contest known as "senior salute." what he described as a longstanding tradition of graduating boys competing to take the virginity of younger girls. he says a tally of their conquests was kept in permanent marker hidden behind campus washing machines and later moved online after he claims the school kept painting over the list, telling authorities he was, "trying to be number one." >> it's likely going to come do
. >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> we turn to a campus sex scandal. a senior at st. paul's is on trial for luring a 15-year-old girl to a remote spot and attacking her. he told police there is a tradition of sexual conquest at the school. here is linsey davis. >> reporter: 19-year-old owen labrie in court today. charged with raping a 15-year-old girl at one of the most elite prep schools in the country. it allegedly happened on the roof of a school building last may, just...
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abc's pierre thomas is tracking the case. >> reporter: barefoot and blind folded, the terror suspect arrived at the courthouse today escorted by a special anti-terrorism squad. >> reporter: today at west virginia's phillip basher high school, reports of a public gunman. as students are rushed out of the school, police are called in. >> there is a weapon at the school. >> reporter: and the news kept getting scarier. >> we have a hostage situation. second floor. hostage situation, barricade. >> reporter: a 14-year-old male from the school holding numerous students and a teacher hostage with a pistol. authorities able to get all 800 students out of the building safely and to take the suspect into custody after negotiations without anyone getting hurt. the suspect was transported to a local hospital for evaluation while police try to establish a motive. george, i can tell you, everyone there tonight is breathing a sigh of relief. >> i'll bet they are. pierre, thanks very much. we're sorry for the mixup there. >>> we move overseas to new developments in a massacre prooechltd on a french t
abc's pierre thomas is tracking the case. >> reporter: barefoot and blind folded, the terror suspect arrived at the courthouse today escorted by a special anti-terrorism squad. >> reporter: today at west virginia's phillip basher high school, reports of a public gunman. as students are rushed out of the school, police are called in. >> there is a weapon at the school. >> reporter: and the news kept getting scarier. >> we have a hostage situation. second floor....
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abc's pierre thomas leading our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: vester flanagan committed suicide after killing his former colleagues. but newly discovered items suggest he may have wanted to avoid authorities. police find a black hat and plea additional license plates along with a 9 millimeter clock pistol. the former tv reporter who would kill his former co-workers in cold blood on live television by his own accounts was a brooding, ticking time bomb. his broadcast career long marked by struggle, with flanagan repeatedly in the role of mall content, often flashing with colleagues, claiming to be the victim. in 2014 flanagan filed a lawsuit against wdbj again claiming racial discrimination and sexual harassment, allegations the station denied. >> i'm going to make you pay, i'm going to tell them that you sexually harassed me. i said do you know that's a lie and i hung up the phone. >> reporter: in memos to the court, they described flanagan as the problem. in a may 2012 memo, managers wrote, you lost your temper and used verbal and body language that left co-workers feeling both
abc's pierre thomas leading our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: vester flanagan committed suicide after killing his former colleagues. but newly discovered items suggest he may have wanted to avoid authorities. police find a black hat and plea additional license plates along with a 9 millimeter clock pistol. the former tv reporter who would kill his former co-workers in cold blood on live television by his own accounts was a brooding, ticking time bomb. his broadcast career long...
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abc's pierre thomas has what we're learning about the killer and his motives. >> reporter: vester flanagan was known on air as local tv reporter bryce williams. here he is in one of his stories holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> at some point in his life it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the television crew when they were both vulnerable, a live report. even used his skills to film the murders and to post them on social media. >> what is somewhat unique, you have an individual, a journalst by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news news at 8:26 this morning. nearly two hours after the shooting it shows a deeply angry man laying out his grievances. why did i do it? the church shooting in charleston was the tipping point. but my anger had been building steadily. i had been a human powder keg for a while waiting to go boom. his l
abc's pierre thomas has what we're learning about the killer and his motives. >> reporter: vester flanagan was known on air as local tv reporter bryce williams. here he is in one of his stories holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> at some point in his life it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the television crew when they were both vulnerable, a live report. even used his skills to film the...
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. >>> with more on the gunman, pierre thomas joins us live from washington. 23 pages. from the bits and pieces that we have seen, even though they are rantings, anger, it seems like he was stringing sentences together, not like some rantings that you get from people. >> i have been pouring through the document. i would describe this as a man of simmering anger. he has a list of grievances. he goes through them one by one. he does talk about the charleston church shooting tipped him off. discrimination. he said he was sexually harassed and being mistreated because he was a gay black man. are building up. although people seemed to notice some things about him, the question is, did anyone see anything that would show possible. >> did he talk about planning an attack? did he talk about what he wanted to do to take his revenge? >> two things i should note. in the fax that we got which came in roughly at 8:26 a.m., a couple of hours after the deadly shooting, he didn't really give out details in that document as to what he was planning specifically. but at 10:00 a.m. roughly
. >>> with more on the gunman, pierre thomas joins us live from washington. 23 pages. from the bits and pieces that we have seen, even though they are rantings, anger, it seems like he was stringing sentences together, not like some rantings that you get from people. >> i have been pouring through the document. i would describe this as a man of simmering anger. he has a list of grievances. he goes through them one by one. he does talk about the charleston church shooting tipped...
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to abc news, texted with a friend right after the murders and abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has those details. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. flanagan was a malcontent. he was a man who often felt victimized had difficulty getting along with colleagues but no one fully understood how deep the darkness ran. overnight, police descended on the suspect's apartment concerned about bombs and booby trap, all this hours after a nightmare that began on live tv. flanagan's anger had apparently been building since being fired two years ago from wdbj, the station where he and the victims worked. he had been ordered to get counseling, reprimanded by the station's management for berating a cameraman in public. the station citing him for, quote, aggressive body language when dealing with co-workers. >> eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him and he did not take that well. >> reporter: the anger had been simmering for years. in 2000, flanagan was involved in a lawsuit with a florida television station claiming racism and th
to abc news, texted with a friend right after the murders and abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has those details. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. flanagan was a malcontent. he was a man who often felt victimized had difficulty getting along with colleagues but no one fully understood how deep the darkness ran. overnight, police descended on the suspect's apartment concerned about bombs and booby trap, all this hours after a nightmare that began on...
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to fly drugs and other contraband to inmates behind bars and abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with the story. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. given the growing use of drones it was only a matter of time before criminals got in the game. drones are being used to reach some of the most forbidding difficult to reach places on the planet but increasingly the devices are becoming headaches for law enforcement. breaching white house airspace, threatening commercial aircraft and now apparently the latest way to smuggle contraband into prison. maryland authorities announcing monday that they had disrupped a plot to use this drone to smuggle drugs into this state prison. >> you can't make this stuff up. this is the first case in maryland where a drone is suspected in a contraband delivery plot. >> reporter: two men arrested saturday night after authorizes discovered the drone and contraband including pornography, a cell phone and prescription drugs in a suspicious car parked not far from the prison fence. an inmate inside, also discovered a han
to fly drugs and other contraband to inmates behind bars and abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with the story. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, george. given the growing use of drones it was only a matter of time before criminals got in the game. drones are being used to reach some of the most forbidding difficult to reach places on the planet but increasingly the devices are becoming headaches for law enforcement. breaching white house...
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abc's pierre thomas has the latest and joins us this morning from washington. od morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this hack is truly worse than we previously knew and hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will soon get letters in the mail warning that their most sensitive information may have been compromised. the number of americans potentially affected by the irs hack has jumped from 114,000 identified in may to today 334,000. not just names, dates of birth and social security numbers stolen but also that intensely personal information on tax forms. salaries, places of employment. where they live. whether they're married and if they have children. in short, all the information that could allow criminals to assume their identities. this latest disclosure comes as the u.s. faces an epidemic of cyberattacks targeting not only private businesses but federal agencies. in recent months the state department hacked, the white house targeted and that massive opm breach involving millions of government workers and just last week the pentagon acknowledged
abc's pierre thomas has the latest and joins us this morning from washington. od morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this hack is truly worse than we previously knew and hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will soon get letters in the mail warning that their most sensitive information may have been compromised. the number of americans potentially affected by the irs hack has jumped from 114,000 identified in may to today 334,000. not just names, dates of birth and social...
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pierre thomas has all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george.s parents we can only imagine it was a nightmare scenario that came to small town west virginia. the terror began at 1:15 p.m. >> principal is advising there is a weapon at the school. >> reporter: a 14-year-old student brandishing a pistol walking into a second floor classroom at philip barbour high school in west virginia and aims his weapon at a teacher in a classroom with 27 student. >> we have a hostage situation, second floor. hostage situation, barricade. >> reporter: a few minutes later the class bell rings, the quick-thinking teacher talks the gun-toting student to not allowing any new students into the classroom. >> she immediately ducked back out, slammed the door on the way out. >> reporter: then another teacher tries to open the door. the situation escalates. the gunman points the pistol at her. >> went into her classroom. she buzzed the office at that time. >> reporter: administrators issue a code red evacuating the school and calling 911. police arrive and convince the 1
pierre thomas has all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george.s parents we can only imagine it was a nightmare scenario that came to small town west virginia. the terror began at 1:15 p.m. >> principal is advising there is a weapon at the school. >> reporter: a 14-year-old student brandishing a pistol walking into a second floor classroom at philip barbour high school in west virginia and aims his weapon at a teacher in a classroom with 27 student....