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Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david tonight. We want to get right to that deadly shooting in virginia. A gunman targeting two young journalists with cameras rolling, theirs and his. Two journalists killed, another victim expect to survive. The gunman killed himself after a police chase. Well never know why he set out not just to murder but to broadcast the crime on live tv and by filming it himself for social media. Something we wrestled with today, whether to grant the gunman hi...

Good evening. Im George Stephanopoulos in for david tonight. We want to get right to that deadly shooting in virginia. A gunman targeting two young journalists with cameras rolling, theirs and his. Two journalists killed, another victim expect to survive. The gunman killed himself after a police chase. Well never know why he set out not just to murder but to broadcast the crime on live tv and by filming it himself for social media. Something we wrestled with today, whether to grant the gunman hi...

A gruesome ambush that unfolded around 6 45 a. M. This morning as wdbj, near the end of its morning newscast. The news crew was conducting an onair interview, something they do every morning, at a Shopping Center in moneta, outside of roanoke, when the gunman attacked, firing off, again, at least eight rounds that shooter was tracked to the north and was eventually found off of i66 in Fauquier County suffering from a gunshot wound. We have Live Team Coverage for you at both locations this evenin...

In this area, they were part of our community. Reporter the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Parker and ward died. Colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. Parker is described as an ambitious reporter. Anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. Ward was engaged to a ...

Parker and ward were shot and killed during a Live Television interview outdoor Shopping Mall near mow net at a, virginia this morning. The woman being interviewed also injured. She is out of surgery and in the hospital. The gunman former employee of the same roanoke tv station where the victims worked drove off from the scene before posting video of himself carrying out the killings on social media. He also apparently fax add manifesto explaining his motives to abc news. After chase the shooter...

After emergency surgery. The gunman a former employee of the same roanoke tv station where the victims worked drove off from the scene and posted video of himself on social media killing parker and ward. He also faxed a multi page manifesto explaining his motives to abc network news. After a chase he drove off the road, officers found him with a self inflicted gunshot wound. He died at a hospital. We have Team Coverage tonight. Chris oconnell is looking into what may have motivated the gunman bu...

Roanoke area. Well have more on their lives in just a minute. State police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i81 where it hits i 66 which is where a trooper started following him. Bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i66 near front royal. Bruce . Reporter yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. All right, guys. Hes got something i...

Weeks ago. Reporter police say the man who opened fire on them. Vester lee flanagan also knew them. He was recently fired from the wdbj. The gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. Reporter after the shooting flanagan fled the scene. In the aftermath he posted a video of the shooting. Police found his car at the roanoke airport. Flanagan then left the airport in a Chevrolet Sonic that he rented earlier in the month. Reporter flanagan fled north on i81 and then onto...

Reporter the first accused Alison Parker of making racist comments. Then that he had filed a complaint. Then questioned her hiring. Reporter they were followed by a similar accusation against her photographer. And most chilling. I filmed the killing. See facebook. A short time later, flanagans car was spotted on an Interstate West of washington, d c. Reporter the killer ended up crashing the car and when police approached, he shot himself. Flanagan was flown to a nova Fairfax Hospital where he d...

Join is not in a moment of silence the morning newscast marked 24 hours since two of the stations journalists were killed during a live broadcast. Polo sandoval she was in relationship there remembered as a go getter she was also shot her condition has been upgraded to good her husband was watching when the shooting happened the gunman was a former reporter where were at the rotation or was fired two years ago he later died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound and a 20 page faxon to abc news the r...