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william county. in bristow, virginia, john gonzalez. jummy: we want to see your back to school pictures. you can send them to pics@ wjla.com. we have a photo gallery we started on our website. it is time for a check at the roadways, jamie sullivan has a check at the traffic. jamie: a few things that are better than they were a few minutes ago, we did have an earlier crash on 95 southbound just past the mixing bowl. it cleared away. he had a right lane blocked, and it is gone so we really do not have a backup behind it. the actual capital beltway, we are mostly in the green or prince george's county. no issues as you work your way through montgomery county. i do want to stick with virginia and focus on 66. heading out of the city, two right lanes are blocked with an accident. of course you see the yellow so we do have the slowing behind it . red, nothinge slowing you down so much i would say avoid it. 66, frome beltway on the fairfax county parkway close to the beltway it will take you about 15 minutes. once you get past that through falls church, we are ok getting through arlington. in d

also on monday students in loudoun and prince william counties in virginia start the 2015/2016 school year. >>> 4 downs in football, three strikes in baseball, but beyond the stats you don't often combine sports with math, but the first t in d.c. program is working to change that. mike hydek shows us the curriculum linking tee shots with technology in this week's s.t.e.m. is cool in school report. >> reporter: tempo, the language of golf. >> oh, that sounded solid. >> reporter: but also science, technology, engineering and math? yes. >> it's easy for me. i just like the numbers and all that. >> reporter: what better way to make s.t.e.m. education fun than with sports? >> all right. go ahead and take a couple swings for me. >> reporter: pga instructor michael pious is using some really cool software to teach the swing and the science behind it. >> it's almost a second. >> reporter: to his students at the first tdc. >> we're going to square this up. >> reporter: he clips this swing analyzer on the putter and drew white's putting session appears. >> we're at 2.6, 2.5, 2.7. 3.0 was his be

williams. >> i'm sade baderinwa. >>> we begin with the shooting in virginia. two people are dead. reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward. a third person, vicky gardner was injured but is recovering after surgery. >> the gunman, vester lee flanagan that went by bryce williams was a former reporter at the station. he later shot himself and died at the hospital afterwards. >> this hour of eyewitness news we will learn more about the victims and dig deeper into the gunman's past and what may have set him off. we are hearing from two former employees who both fired flanagan, one 15 years ago for what he called growing personality conflicts. >> we have two reports working on -- reporters working on the story. we begin with rob nelson. [000:59:58;00]

. >> reporter: he work as a reporter under the name of bryce williams in roanoke, virginia. >> he is a soft spoken person. gentle giant. >> tragedy. just sad. just sad. i saw the brief video clips of it and what happened is just mind blowing. >> reporter: late today flanagan's family released a statement saying in part, quote, our thoughts are with the wbdj 7 news family. words cannot express the hurt that we feel for the victims. that came from the family here. live in valejo, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> flanagan sent abc news a fax saying he was motivated by the shooting in the church in charleston, south carolina and what sent me over the top was my church shooting. flanagan called the virginia tech mass killer his boy and expresses admiration for columbine high school killers saying i have been a human powder keg for a while saying anger has been building steadily. >> they worked together every morning for a little over a year and colleagues say they both came into work with smiles on their faces. parker's boyfriend tweeted they were very much in love and had just moved in toge

virginia. pete williams, our justice correspondent, i understand you have some breaking news about how this suspect was apprehended? >> reporter: the virginia state police have given us a little more detail now on how this all ended here. they say that it was about 11:30 this morning eastern time when virginia state police saw the suspect vehicle heading east on interstate 66. they turned on their emergency lights. they tried to pull the suspect car over. they say the driver refused to stop and sped away. and then a few minutes later, that car ran off the road and crashed. they say the virginia state police approached the car and found the driver suffering from a gunshot wound. they described the wound as life threatening. they say he's being transported to a nearby hospital. they say the male driver is believed to be the same person who fired the shots this morning in franklin county on the live television broadcast. they say that the sheriff's office, the franklin county sheriff's office down where this happened now will hold a news conference at 2:00 this afternoon to offer further detail. they

william counties returned to class. >> it's back to school earlier than usual. traditionally in virginia they start the day after labor day. but a waiver was signed to start a week earlier because of the snow days. we have a highlight. the three bullet points of the year. 87,000 students enrolled. a growing school system. the second largest in virginia. so class size, is it a big concern going forward? that is why they are building more schools. this is chris young elementary school who is named after fallen police officer chris young who lost his life two yeah years ago sadly. you can see the students, about 700 of them walking into the school for the first time ever. >> we think it will be a tremendous inspiration for chris young's legacy to live on for years to come. yet the class size is always a challenge and continues to be. having enough bus drivers. so if you want to drive a bus we could use more bus drivers. >> i'm glad in his classroom they have two teachers,ous. one teacher won't be so overwhelmed. >> we transferred from the fairfax city school so this is a change. we're excit

williams. deputies, virginia state troopers and agents with the fbi and atf launched a massive manhunt. the station's general manager doesn't think flanagan ever worked with parker or ward. he was fired in 2012. he says flanagan was difficult to work with and searched for things he could take offense to. >> we had separate him from the company. we did understand that he was still living in the area. occasionally, he would run into people from our company. >> reporter: hours after the attack, flanagan began tweeting under the name bryce williams saying, alison made racist comments, adam went to hr on me after working with me one time, flanagan tweeted, i filmed the shooting posting the chilling video on facebook and twitter. it shows him approaching the three, the barrel of his handgun pointing at parker as he waits for more than 40 seconds before firing. parker runs off screaming. around 11:30, a state trooper spotted the suspect's car more than 170 miles away. the trooper tried to pull flanagan over, but he sped off. >> it was a minute or two later when he ran off the road. when the tr

most recently, working under the name bryce williams in roanoke, virginia. >> tragedy. just sad. sad. i mean, i saw the brief video clips of it. and what happened is just mind blowing. >>> now, flanagan's father lives here in vallejo. vester flanagan senior played for the green bay packers under vince lombardi. he lives here and a sister lives here. it's a difficult time for the family and all involved. >> thank you so much for that report. now, here are the two people, the younger flanagan killed today. reporter allison parker and photographer, adam ward. the woman they were interviewing was shot in the back and expected to recover. i-team reporter dan noyes has been looking into the manifesto. >> reporter: it turns out he had been calling abc trying to pitch a story and fax documents. he never said what it was. this morning he called the newsroom one last time. it is clear now that vester flanagan had been planning this attack for weeks. he hit social media after the shooting to show the attack from his perspective. this is a still image from the video. we will not play it. at

in his note to abc news, williams cites other mass shooters from columbine and virginia tech. that's my boy right there. meanwhile, back at the station -- >> we are following breaking news this morning out of franklin county. news that affected our wdbj family deeply. >> reporter: the rest of the news team struggles to balance grief and reporting. >> it is my very, very sad duty to report that allison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. >> reporter: flanagan is on the run. >> suspect believed to be armed and dangerous. use caution. >> reporter: he takes to social media posting videos of himself shooting his victims on facebook and twitter. bryce williams had carefully produced his final act. at 11:20. the police identify the car he is traveling in. >> confirmed as a silver chevrolet sonic 2015. >> reporter: when they try to pull him over, he refuses. and careens into the median. a lone trooper approaches. but the gunman had already taken his own life. >> he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> reporter: in his getaway car police discover

williams. what do you know? >> the virginiatate police has posted the latest information of how this was concluded. at 11:30 a.m., virginia state police said they spotted the vehicle, the mustang they were looking for, carrying the suspected shooter. it was eastbound on interstate 66. he had gotten pretty far from roanoke, interstate 66 is the highway that goes from the washington, d.c. area to the mountains west of the city. according to virginia state police, they activated the virginia state police activated their emergency lights to pull him over and when he fled the scene the police gave chase and when they finally did stop they found he had shot himself and that's how this ended up apparently just about an hour ago this started at 6:45 when the suspect fired a shot, three people during a live television broadcast. it ended at about 11:30. if you look also -- we've been talking about his facebook and social media twitter and social media in the last few days, there's so many pictures he posted including testing a video dev

most recently, working under the name bryce williams in roanoke, virginia. >> tragedy. just sad. sad. i mean, i saw the brief video clips of it. and what happened is just mind blowing. >>> now, flanagan's father lives here in vallejo. vester flanagan senior played for the green bay packers under vince lombardi. he lives here and a sister lives here. it's a difficult time for the family and all involved. >> thank you so much for that report. now, here are the two people, the younger flanagan killed today. reporter allison parker and photographer, adam ward. the woman they were interviewing was shot in the back and expected to recover. i-team reporter dan noyes has been looking into the manifesto. >> reporter: it turns out he had been calling abc trying to pitch a story and fax documents. he never said what it was. this morning he called the newsroom one last time. it is clear now that vester flanagan had been planning this attack for weeks. he hit social media after the shooting to show the attack from his perspective. this is a still image from the video. we will not play it. at

virginia. he's identified as vester lee flanagan but went by a tv name of bryce williams. s and also attended san francisco state. we have more on how authorities caught up with him coming up at 11:00. >>> now let's look at your forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> kris, our temperatures are warming up. now in the lower 70s in the east bay, south bay at 68. mostly sunny skies will stay with us and slightly warmer air today, 85 degrees in the south bay. east bay 75 degrees while the tri-valley sees a high of 94 degrees. san francisco look for a high of 70 in the north bay, reaching 88 degrees. let's see how that commute is moving with mike. >>> bummer for the drive. tow truck, flashing lights, a lot of activity here grove point off northbound 101 just cleared up. and now chp they're going to clear in a couple seconds. see traffic moves nicely here. map shows you speed sensors should be recovering over the next few, 887, 17 and 85 showing better flow over the last five to ten minutes improving throughout the south bay. still have fremont as well as 101 through palo alto

williams for his air name. according to reports he moments interstate 66 in virginia. we know williams worked in a number of stations greenville, savannah georgia, san francisco, and midland, texas. and in san francisco he said i was hired as a production assistant, liked and able to come back after the texas fiasco, no explanation on what that was. it was a great experience, people were supportive but there were quoting him now some crazies. it is believed he recorded the murder of the reporter and photographer as they were doing a live broadcast. in one hand he had a handgun and in another he had a cellphone camera. as you mentioned he shot dead 24-year-old alison parker, a reporter for wdbj. she was interviewing a woman with the local chal chamber of commerce on hew to improve the economy. you can hear on the broadcast eight shots before the live broadcast was tossed back to the studio. you hear someone saying, a woman quoting, oh, my, god. the reporter alison parker was dating an anchor at the television station, chris hurst, sending out a tweet saying we were toget

he expresses admiration for the virginia tech and columbine shooters. williams, an african-american, points to the charleston church massacre. he says the church shooting was the tipping point. i have been a human powder ker for a while waiting to go boom. he claims he was the target of racism in the workplace and previous employers blocked him from getting a job. writing, i tried to pull myself up from the bootstraps, but nothing. it does not work that way. meds? it's too much. for more on the shooting and the gunman's troubled history, let's bring in brian todd in roanoke, virginia. >> reporter: alison and miguel, we have more information on the shooting. authorities say he left this location and drove to the roanoke regional airport where he switched cars. he drove nearly 200 miles up to route 66. heading east to washington when a state trooper spotted him through the license plate of the car. the trooper approached him. he refused to stop. he went off the road and they observed a self inflicted gun shot wound. investigators were able to track his movements t

he names house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte and virginia state senators john edwards and williamstanley. parker writes -- >>> a driver attacked a woman inside a cab when they got to highland place northwest. investigators say he was driving a red and black cab on sunday morning. >>> a montgomery county school bus driver got a ticket on the first day of school. police say the driver failed to control the speed of the bus this morning and it rear ended another school bus on falls road in potomac. students were on board at the time. more than a dozen of them were checked out at the scene. no one was seriously hurt. both buses were on the way to winston churchill high school. >>> right now, you have probably seen this all over social media, that huge shakeup at the quarterback spot for the redskins. jailson pugh just got back from the park. jailson, just to be clear, this has nothing to do with rg3's concussion, right? >> head coach jay gruden told me that this had nothing do with the concussion at rg3 but made the change in the quarterback position because of kirk's performance at t

. >>> in prince william county in virginia, a new school named after a fallen police officer is set to open on monday. the chris young elementary school in bristow, virginia, will open to 600 students from first to fifth grade. there is an open house for parents and students there tomorrow. the school is named in memory of prince willm county police officer chris young who was killed in a car crash while responding to a call nearly three years ago. >>> it would seem that vester flanagan did not expect to survive that attack yesterday on a tv news crew. but there are new details tonight that show he was prepared to go on the run. david culver here now with a closer look at all the evidence. >> those new details emerging from a search warrant filed by virginia state police today. more than a dozen items pulled from the suspect's crashed rental car. among them, a briefcase. now, inside it, items that suggest vester flanagan mapped to make a clean escape. investigators found three license plates, a wig, a shawl and sunglasses. remember, this was a rental car he sbiched in ed inswitched int

. >> reporter: most recently, he worked as a reporter under the name bryce williams in roanoke, virginia. >> tragedy. it's just sad. soy sad. i mean, i saw the brief video clips of it. and what happened, it's just mind blowing. >> reporter: flanagan's father lives here in vallejo. vester flanagan sr. was a hall of fame football player from humboldt state university and played for the green bay packers under vince lombardi. again, he lives here. a sister also lives here. a very difficult time for this family. and all involved. in vallejo, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> tonight as you can imagine, tributes are pouring in for those two victims. reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward. the two young journalists were just starting out in their careers and their lives. here's abc news reporter lindsay davis. >> reporter: this virginia news station shaken tonight. >> we're all in a state of shock here. you can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. >> reporter: alison parker and adam ward, the early morning team reporting together every day for wdbj. >> adam ward and i are putting

police say 41-year-old vester lee flanagan who went by bryce williams on the air ambushed tv crew this morning at a shopping center in virginia. he culled reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward and injured the woman who parker was interviewing. williams was a former reporter for that station. police chased him on a virginia highway where they say he turn the gun on himself. he later died at the hospital. we will continue to stay on top of this story and bring you any updates on our website. just head to fox 29.com and look for the latest right there on our home page. >>> to a developing story in mantua two gunman shot a 10-year-old girl at a play ground. she is one of three people injured in that shooting. it happened near a corner story at 39th popular. police are after the two men who sprayed the busy neighborhood block with more than 20 bullets. >> these guys, they don't have no sense of scruple about them at all. you know, they -- instead of a lot of times when they get in can i any kind of confrontation with each other, instead of trying to settle it, you know, in the courts or otherwise they have to use a wea

williams. he could be in the roanoke, virginia, area.er posting online to an account in his name, we're now comfortable calling him the apparent shooter because it seems clearly he has posted or had posted evidence -- >> he wanted to identify himself via twitter and facebook. >> brian, you're absolutely right. we'll get in another quick break. a lot more developments coming forward on this horrific shooting out of roanoke, virginia, playing out on live local tv this morning. we'll be right back. a new season brings a new look. a chance to try something different. this summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. take advantage of our summer offers. get this low mileage lease on select ats models, in stock the longest, for around 269 per month. you totalled your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty

. >>> for more on the story i'm joined by nbc's halle jackson in virginia and our justice correspondent pete williams in our washington newsroom. you've been doing wonderful reporting down there in virginia. we've obviously heard from alison parker's father. he's very passionate about what happened to his daughter, specifically citing the role of guns. i want to play that for you. >> my grief, which is still apparent and will be that way for a while, it's turned to anger because, you know, how many times are we going to see an incident like this happen? you know, newtown, charleston, you know, the movie theaters, you name it. it's got to stop. nationally, locally, we've got to find a way to keep crazy people from getting guns. >> filled with a lot of emotion but also now a sense of purpose. >> and he has talked about, luke, that this is his mission. this for him will be alison's legacy, this idea of promoting gun control, of pushing for better and stricter gun control laws. he told one of our deucers off camera that what john walsh has done, how john walsh has become a figure head. he said, you ain't

virginia. this is where bryce williams, vester flanagan. is the suspect of a murders of alison parker and adam ward who were doing their job when about this were shot and killed in a live report. vester flanagan, known on air as bryce williams, a reporter seemed to have a pattern of filing racial discrimination suits in many of the places he worked. the two suits i am aware of were dismissed by the courts and equal opportunity commission. vester flanagan took the chip that was on his shoulder and carried it this morning when he opened fire police say against two other individuals. we are awaiting a new's conference from franklin county. authorities are briefing us on the latest of the investigation 13 minutes from now. peter doocey is live on the ground in virginia, where this all came to an end. peter, what is going on there? >> reporter: jon, just to give you a sense of how widespread this morning or afternoon's events were. franklin county, virginia's sheriff's office is a 4 hour drive over the commonwealth to get to the hospital where t

charleston church shooting, sister lee flannagan, who went by bryce williams on tv, ambushed the crew, at a shopping center in virginia. he called allison parker, and photographer, adam ward, and injured the woman who parker was interviewingment williams was former reporter for that station. police chased him on a virginia highway where they say he turned the gun on himself. he later died at a hospital. social media played a big part in this horrific attack. the gunman documented all of it then posted it on line after fleeing the scene. >> that was the most chilling part of there is i found. in fact, it is a disturbing trends, some say, is quickly becoming the norm with these types of attacks. experts warn we could see more incidents just like this. >> somebody else might copy. >> this and you know the media is pretty ready target. you know, i mean, there are injuries going on all the time, media people traveling all the time, moving around, it can often become a focus of anger. >> the gunman allege that other employees made racially tinged comment, to him, and he even filed an eeoc claim. though claims, however, were

edith mayo: right, a virginia signer. william seale: one of the virginia signers.nd berkeley, you can still see on the james river, open to the public. and they were a distinguished virginia family and in politics for years and years. and when william henry harrison went to be inaugurated, he went to berkeley, where he had been born. i don't know whether benjamin harrison ever went, but he was very conscious of being the grandson of a founder -- i mean, the great-grandson of a founder and the grandson of a president. susan swain: okay. just to summarize that, then there have been two father-son combinations, the adams and the bushes, and this was the only grandfather-grandson -- william seale: yeah, exactly clarify that, right. susan swain: -- in the white house history. so -- edith mayo: and the campaign benjamin harrison's campaign was all about little tippecanoe or young tippecanoe. william seale: you saw the log cabin in the picture. edith mayo: right, and that had been his grandfather's campaign slogan. and also, there was something about he's -- you know, he

well, we are here in prince william county, of course this is virginia's second largest school system e newest school, patrick yung elementary school. it is named after a police officer who was killed in a car crash. vehicle crash back in 2012. this is one of the more innovative schools in the system here and it builds on some principles that we know about, that we hear about in education now. and we think that it will indeed advance that whole idea very -- in a good way as far as we could tell. joining me now is phil travis, the communications director. so first off, tell us what the issues are for the whole system as you start this new school year. >> of course we have the challenge of growth. we'll have 87,000 students this year and it's very exciting to have that many. but it's always difficult to keep up with that many new people coming in. you can see, we're making it happen. >> reporter: indeed. this school is interesting. we all hear about the s.t.e.a.m., but this school is s.t.e.a.m., so what is that about? >> it's for the arts. science, technology, engineering and math is wh

police say 41 year old vester lee flanagan who went by bryce williams on tv ambushed the crew at a shopping center in virginia killed wdbj reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward, and injured the woman who parker was interviewing. williams was former reporter for that station. police chased him on a virginia highway where they say he turned the gun on himself. he died later at the hospital. social media with a cents playing a big part in this horrific attack. gunman documented everything and posted it on line after fleeing the scene. >> this evidently is the disturbing trend that's developing in some say quickly becoming a norm with these types of attacks. experts warn we could see more incident just like the one we saw yesterday. >> somebody else might want to copy. >> this you know the bleed is pretty ready target. i mean, injuries going on all the time. media people traveling all the time, moving around, can often become a focus of anger. >> the gunman alleged that other employees made richly tinged come don't him. even filed eeoc claims but all dismissed. but experts call it aggression theory, f

virginia. this man here, identified as vester lee flanagan, also known as bryce williams, a disgruntled former ave now confirmed that he worked at the bay area's pbs station in the early 1990s and also attended san francisco state. also, nbc news has confirmed williams has relatives still here in the bay area. authorities closed in on flanagan after a lengthy pursuit this morning. they say that he shot himself, but we are getting conflicting reports about whether or not he is still alive. in the shooting, left a 24-year-old woman, a reporter, and a 27-year-old man, photographer, dead. it appears williams actually filmed the shooting from his own point of view and later posted that video to social media sites. that video was quickly taken down. we'll have the latest on this case coming up at 11:00. we'll have a look at weather and traffic coming up a right after the break. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it will be a little bit warmer, especially for the inland areas today. we'll have los gatos reaching 88 degrees, and san mateo, 79 degrees. the embarcadero will be at 70 degrees t

virginia. the prince william county fair is the underway. monster trucks, food vendors, and a lot more. it opens at noon and goes up the way to 10 p.m. >>> greece gets a financial lifeline. what is next for the nation? >>> and a sinkhole swallows three cars and forces hundreds to evacuate. we have the story coming up. >>> you just told us about the prince william county fair, and the montgomery county fair is still going on. highs in the mid- to upper 80s in gaithersburg. 86 by 3:00. and if you're there at night, temperatures falling to 80 degrees. stay with us. and i'll talk about the heat wave on the approach when we get back. every cup has a story. dunkin' k-cup packs in my life were a good fit. a single serving for myself, it's pretty special. it is like having a dunkin' store in my home which is what i've always dreamed of. bring home delicious dunkin' k-cup packs today. your coffee, your dunkin'. dunkin' has a dark roast coffee that's deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish that's never bitter. put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach

williams. officials say he shot himself. the virginiaation wdbj identified the victims as 24-year-old reporter alison parker and 27-year-old photographer adam ward. wdbj tweeted the photo and said we love you alison and adam. an anchor was dating alison parker and says we were very much in love. i am numb. flanagan, the alleged shooter, was from oakland and grew up in the bay area. laura anthony spoke with one of flanagan's high school friends who remembers him as a quote great guy with no signs he was troubled or angry. laura will have much more on this part of the story coming up at 5:00. >>> a man who hired and fired vester flanagan admits he had issues with him but says the shooting has left him stunned. >> it was shock. the hair on the back of my neck went up. issues with him and his personality that kind of spiralled down and that is why we had to get rid of had im. >> news director now works in san diego. 15 years ago he hired flanagan as a reporter and anchor in tallahassee, florida. he was fired after a few years because of, quo

historical context saying the campaigns of showman and showmanship since the floats for the virginia aristocrat williams not an obstacle to popularism. the poor still saw themselves in him. the establishment stopped laughing. >> yeah. fdr was terrified of long and long's garishness, the white linen suits, the lilac shirts, all of that never stopped the poor from seeing themselves in long. trump's populism is different than long and it's very geared, you know, full of nationalism and nativism and it's a long tradition of politics. william henry harrison was a lot like george w. bush, an aristocrat with an awe shucks and who was framed with an awe shucks demeanor. >> there's two dynamics here. one is saying that when the people who want to look down at trump do so, whether they're in politics and republican party or in the media any part of the press, that risks reinforcing a strength which is positioning himself as against the establishment even as he's a millionaire and the second point seems weaker in the sense he is not offering any discernible >>> back with a market alert. the dow up over 600 points

known on tv as bryce williams, he was fired from the station in virginia more than two years ago. the shooting on live tv caught a veteran sheriff off guard. >> it stopped me in my tracks this morning. i was watching this morning's broadcast and couldn't understand what was happening myself. >> reporter: investigators say vester flanagan fled the scene after the shooting, 6:45 a.m. at 11:00 a.m. police found his mustang at the airport where he got into a rented car. a trooper spotted vester flanagan on i-66. despite speeding away he crashed minutes later, 190 miles from where he started. police radio recordings captured what happened next. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: vester flanagan died at the hospital. he already posted his video of the shooting on social media. in a manifesto faxed to abc news vester flanagan said anger over the charleston church shootings drove him to kill his former colleagues and he said he was the target of racial discrimination and bullied at work but wdbj7 disputed the claims. >> he was looking out for people to say things he could take offense to. he

a virginia state trooper spotted williams' car, listen. >> the suspect vehicle did not stop.ually he did wreck the vehicle on the left-hand side of the road. i exit my vehicle with several other troopers and we approached the vehicle. >> what did you find? >> a gentleman appeared to be suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: those who knew williams say he was a disgruntled employee, he was fired at 2013. they accused parker of -- he accused parker of making racist remarks and compounding this tragedy, ward's fiancee was watching live in the control room on what was to be her last day of work before starting a new job. parker, dating the main anchor was more than an employee. parker's family issued a short statement and said and i, quote -- both victims, melissa, hailed from the roanoke area, so at this hour, the entire community is in mourning. melissa. melissa: just horrible, what a story. ashley? ashley: let's get back to the markets. certainly not easy being green. the dow has rallied to end the six-day losing streak, closing over 600 points to the good

pete williams is with us to join us on this still breaking news out of virginia, moneta, virginia. pete williams, this still picture we can't confirm what it is one way or the other, but it clearly seems to show a man there right behind the camera position. >> reporter: yeah, and let's just explain something here. obviously your television set is horizontal. the reason this picture is vertical and the reason the written material there appears to go sideways is because at this point the camera is on the ground. the cameraman was shot. he's falling to the ground, his camera goes down and it's now lying on its side, so that's why the picture looks odd. and i'm assuming here that what we're looking at is an off the tube picture, because obviously you see the graphics that were on the screen. the video itself is going to be important evidence, because right in the middle, i think this is glare on the tv screen the photographer had. so the authorities will be getting this video and looking at it and analyzing it frame by frame, and they'll get a clearer picture. we're told that you can te

virginia. this is the scene of where that search is now over. behind the shooting of reporter alison parker and adam ward. police say the gunman, vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams shot himself. they are working on him right now. they said he still has a pulse but the shooter behind the incident that happened on live television in roanoke, virginia, is now over. the shooter has been caught and they are working on resuscitating him. we will keep you updated on the breaking story. >>> shirleen, we will go to a wild scene on a busy interstate caught on camera. dozens of trucks doing doughnuts in the middle of rush hour in new mexico. it packed up traffic for miles not to mention the dangerous nature of it all. it's believed they are members of a local truck club. so far police are getting lots of tips but have not made any arrests yet. >> all right, david, thank you. >>> is there a connection between wi-fi and sickness? the parents of one student in massachusetts have said yes and have taken legal action. they claim the school in southborough made their son ill when it juiced up the wi-fi two years ago making it available in every classroom. in a federal lawsuit th

was a former on air reporter at that station and went by the name bryce williams just been told minutes ago officials in virginiaay flanagan took his own life. >> hello, i'm pat chiarocchi. >> i'm erika von tiehl. >> now twitter has also suspen suspended flanagan's at the after he posted very graphic video. we want to warn you still portions of the edited video from the photographer who was killed is still disturbing. >> the victim's 24 cereal allison parker and 27-year-old adam ward third victim the subject of the interview is in surgery. we get the latest now from cbs news correspondent kenneth cra craig. >> reporter: reporter allison parker and her photographer adam ward were in the middle of a live shot at bridge water plaza this morning when a gunman opened fire killing them both. the shooting happened while parker was interviewing a woman on life television. the anchor was rattled when the station cut back quickly to the studio. shortly afterward the station's general manager addressed viewers. >> they are working very diligent toll track down both the motive and the person responsible for this terrible cr

williams dealing with real fare rights. san antonio versus rodriguez concerning the right of drags. furman versus virginia and miller versus california, a pornography case. in each of those cases, the nixon administration chose not to file a brief. but the president was quite interested in the area of school desegregation and leads us back to april 20th, 1971, first it's important to note that the president relied heavily on the distinction between dijori segregation and defacto segregation. meaning by law and obviously defacto segregation meaning segregation in fact. with regard to dijori segregati segregation, this is more of an issue in the south. very important issue in the south. and the defacto segregation issue was more of an issue in the north and the west. with regard to the dijori segregation in the south, the president accepted desegregation of the schools as an fa the ti compli. the president sought an alternative route. devising a plan of deferring to the courts that sought to lessen the presumed electoral burden of implementing the law. in other words, he did not want ownership of civil righ

in his note to abc news, williams cites other mass shooters from columbine and virginia tech.oy right there." >> mass shooters are not impulsive shooters. they plan, they figure it out, and whatever day works for them, location-wise, people-wise, et cetera, they launch. >> reporter: last month, williams dropped off his mustang at the roanoke airport and rented a chevy sedan. two weeks ago he started a twitter feed and posted childhood photos with nostalgic captions. >> i see the pictures of his dace now, and i think of the vester that i met, and they look like jekyll and hyde, just two different people. >> reporter: underneath it all was a simmering rage. "my anger has been building steadily." "i've been a human powder keg for a while." "just waiting to go boom!" and on wednesday morning he did just that. >> he shot three times at my wife, and she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball and that's when he shot her in the back. >> reporter: when "20/20" continues. 's full of energy; but mom and dad know that they're feeding them the complete nutrition of natural balance®. no

. >> 19 significant was a tv reporter going by the name of brace williams working with the victims at wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia, until fired in 2013. hit boss called him an angry man who had to be escorted out of the station. in a suicide note, vester lee flanagan wrote i've been a human powder keg waiting to go boom. >> this is out of nowhere. i don't believe it. what do you want me to tell you? i am in shock. ouvrier gel has known him since he was a child. >> well-spoken, poe late, educated. >> with heavy hearts and deep sadness we express our condolences for the family ofup wrap and adam ward. >> his family later moved to this home if vallejo. he went to san francisco state and worked as an intern at a tv station for moving to the east coast. the family is well respected in the neighborhood. >> can you offer condolences by sharing this badge on social media on our face book page. >> animal hooder accused of abusing a dog in burlingame is expected in court to face animal cruelty charge. you may find this video disturbing. the san mateo district ton announced the charges against the woman yesterday. a neighbo

williams. he sued the station over racism. peter doocy is live in hardy, virginia, with the very latest. you have just arrived there, peter. what have you learned? >> reporter: to get her to the franklin county virginia sheriff's office where the press conference will be just over my right shoulder in front of a local fire truck and a local ambulance, we did drive by that bridgewater plaza on the shores of smith mountain lake, which is where all of this happened this morning, this tragedy happened this morning. and there are a lot of police, there are a lot of investigators there right now. they are trying to figure out what happened that we could not see on camera. and remember, we have now seen this horrible, unspeakable crime from two different camera angles. we've seen the suspected shooter, who approached apparently with a hand gun and a smartphone out as he stalks she is three people who had no idea what was about to happen. they're just talking about local tourism at the end of the summer next to a beautiful lake. we've also seen what turned out to be a critical piece of evidence

in virginia, it's loudoun and prince williams kids who will head back. little guy, first grade for the first time. openfully the only time. we're getting you ready for the first day. news 4 today will have you covered monday morning. you can watch or special back to school coverage monday starting at 4:26 a.m. >> as the kids head back to school monday morn, it's going to be summerlike. it will be a little bit muggy at the bus stop but dry. highs monday and for the majority of next week in the low 80s. currently temperatures are in the 70s. up to 78 degrees now in washington. 74 in annapolis. a high of 84 be mostly to partly sunny skies. a great day. tomorrow humid and a touch higher. 89. hot and humidity on sunday. a slight chance of a shower, thunderstorm on monday. a high of 93. that chance of rain on monday really the only chance of rain on the 7-day. tuesday, kwenwednesday, and thursday, high temperatures in the low to mid 90s and the humidity remains high. still some uncertainty in the trek but it is looking likely that florida will be impacted. a s

williams. he worked with the victims at wdbj-tv in roanoke, virginia until he was fired in 2013. his boss called him an angry man who had to be escorted out of the station. in a suicide note sent to abc news, flanagan wrote why "i have been a human powder keg for awhile and waiting to go boom." >> i don't believe it. that's all i can say. i am in shock right now. >> virgil barker has known him since flanagan was a child growing up in this home in oakland. >> he was well spoken. he was very polite. educated. >> it is with heavy hearts and deep sadness we express our deepest condolences to the family of alison parker and adam ward. >> he moved to this home in vallejo and went to san francisco state and worked at kpix as an intern and part-time writer before moving to the east coast. flanagan's family is well respected in the neighborhood. alan wang, abc7 news. >> and you can offer condolences by sharing this badge on social media. you can find it on our abc7 news facebook page. >>> and also making news tonight, a fierce fire in the south bay has left several businesses in ruins. it

. >> it's back to school in prince william county, earlier than usual. traditionally schools in virginia start the day after labor day. but the county signed a waiver to make up for snow days. about 87,000 students are enrolled in prince william county schools. students went bag to school in most maryland counties today. in montgomery county school officials took an opportunity to make a plea to the state. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis shows us what they are asking for to help your kids. >> we are facing a very, very tough economic challenge. kevin: mcps is dealing with record breaking enrollment but not enough to add more schools. >> we have added 20,000 students since 2007. that is enough students to fill our largest high school, blare high school. six times over. >> the temporary solution is trailers. wheaton school has half a dozen alone. >> we have a burden of lots of people wanting to benefit from the opportunity of our outstanding public education system and tax base not growing as fast as our enrollment population. >> they are pushing for more state fund in hope to regai

virginia. and now, bryce williams legal name, investigator flannigan is the at alleged gunman.ying out this horrifying crime. incident unfolded on television this morning. i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. at alleged gunman took his own life as officers closed in and tonight we are learning more about him. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is gathering latest developments and she joins us live from the news center. syma? >> jessica and ukee, shooting has shaken many across the country, so many questions, surrounding this incident, why would someone target a news crew live on television. the gunman may have explained his reasons before taking his own life. what started off as a feast tour story turned deadly. a news reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live report, early this morning in virginia. a woman being interviewed was also wounded. the shooter was caught on video in this freeze frame captured by the photographer's camera as he fell. viewers were shocked and confused. franklin county sheriff bill overton was watching it live. >> i was watchin