he works for nbc affiliate kcen. shooter exchange words with crawford and opened fire using a semi-automatic handgun. crawford drove away and managed to flag down a construction worker for help we have no word on his condition but he is "stable." friends and co-workers are lighting up social media with # oursuperman. it is a show of support. >> the national highway traffic safety administration demands a recall across the nation after finding driver-side airbags in 500,000 fords can explode with too much force. they have been shown to spew shrapnel into drivers and others in the car. the air bags are made by takata corporation. the ford recall covers mustangs and sports cars with a move putting pressure on bmw and chrysler to follow suit. so far they are the only two that have not agreed to national recalls. >>> are you tired of spending money on antiaiming creams? a new study from the buck institutes foe research on aging shows aspirin can slow the aging process extending the life spans of worms and flies by 15 perc

police and canine units are searching for a gunman who shot a meteorologist outside our nbc central texas affiliate kcen. law enforcement says patrick crawford was in his car after 9:00 in the morning, confronted by an unidentified man who pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and fired his weapon several times. remarkably the weatherman survived. he was able to drive away and flag down a construction worker for help. police are looking for the shooter. crawford, meanwhile, is expected to be okay. but his co-workers were shaken up. >> to be holed up in that room and not able to do anything about it i think was the toughest part. >> all of us are trying to be journalists, but it is kind of hard to be journalists when one of your colleagues is in the hospital in surgery. >>> a south carolina judge tossed out a 14-year-old's murder conviction 70 years after his execution. george stinn was convicted for the beating deaths of two young white girls. he was the youngest person in the u.s. to be executed in the 20th century and he was so small he had to sit on a phone book on the electric chair. the judge says sti

police and canine units are searching for a gunman who shot a meteorologist outside our nbc central texas affiliate kcen. law enforcement says patrick crawford was in his car just after 9:00 a.m. he was confronted by an unidentified man who pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and fired his weapon several times. remarkably the weatherman survived and drove away and flagged down a construction worker for help. police are looking for the shooter. crawford is expected to be okay. but his co-workers naturally are shaken up. >> it was terrifying. to be holed up in that room and not able to do anything about it i think was the toughest part. >> all of us are trying to be journalists, but it is kind of hard to be journalists when one of your colleagues is in the hospital in surgery. >>> a south carolina judge tossed out a 14-year-old murder conviction 70 years after his execution. george stinney was convicted in 1944 for the beating deaths of two young white girls. he was the youngest person in the u.s. to be executed in the 20th century. he was so small, he had to sit on a phone book on the electric chair. the

on the left of sleep there is patrick crawford, the meteorologist there with the nbc affiliate there, kcenon the right of your screen is the suspect, or sketch of the suspect. that's not the actual suspect but a sketch. investigators say crawford was getting into his car when the suspect came up to him. they say the two men exchanged words, whatever that means, and then the suspect pulled out a gun and fired 13 rounds at the tv, weman's car and hit him three times. investigators say they think the suspect ran into the woods. a spokesman with the hospital tell us the meteorologist is in fair condition. will carr is in the west coast news hub. >> covered was able to -- crawford was able to start talking to authorities yesterday. that's how we got the sketch of the described gunman. supposed to be a white balding male in his mid-30s, wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt. crawford told police he had never seen his attacker before. as to the words exchanged we don't know what the words were that were said. a tipline has been flooded with calls and generated leads but investigators say right now th

. >> reporter: the staff at nbc affiliate kcen in whaco, texas, is still in shock.. he had just gotten into his car. a man walked up to him, said something, pulled out a semi automatic handgun and fired several times. heavily armed police roped off the parking lot. crime scene technicians counted at least 12 shell cases, after he was shot, they say he managed to drive short distance, crashing into a group of construction workers who called for help. he told police he did not recognize his attacker. >> that morning, he posted a picture with his colleagues, holding a trophy for winning the station's ugly christmas sweater contest. later, the co-workers posted images of the superman symbol. >> all of us are trying to be journalist. it's hard when one of your colleagues is in the hospital. >> reporter: crawford is in stable condition as police continue to search for a suspect. janet chamlyian, nbc news, houston. >>> basketball fans in san antonio were treated to an instant classic wednesday night. not one, not two, three buzzer boaters. the spurs hosting the memphis gri