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 died at approximately 1 30 pm today. Reporter this afternoon. The family of the gunman. Vester flanagan. Made this statement quote pam it is with heavy hearts. And deep sadness. That we express our deepest condolences to the families of Alison Parker and adam ward. Pam we are also praying for the recovery of Vicki Gardner. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims families. And the wbdj7 news family. Pam words cannot express the hurt that we feel for the victtims. Our family is asking that the media respect our privacy. Pam tonight. Police are still at the shooting scene where Alison Parker and adam ward were gunned down. Reporter anna zook is live in moneta virginia tonight. With more on reaction from there. Anna . Reporter stunt is what the community is feeling right now trying to grasp exactly, what happened. Behind me there is still a heavy Police Presence would concede some of the signs at the lead the patrick with the shooting happened earlier this Morning Creek we keep seeing some investigators comment and and out of where the work. The Roanoke Police mobile command in unit pulling out of the bridgewater plaza. It is still heavy, heavy Police Presence here. Reporter as they are still trying to find a motive as to what happened here. Reporter just sent across the street as the police is telling us. A visual is happening right now as we speak about one hour away for the two journalists and reporters that died earlier today and it. Pam we understand that employs at the station have been inland about him before . Reporter abc news did receive a manifesto from mr. Flanagan outlining what people did wrong. He did out mind that has performed his former station that he work with was on that list. As we spoke earlier, about social media content and on twitter. He did plan directly towards allison. Pam we will be back later to update the information and the virginia. In virginia pam vester flannagan the second. Who was known on the air as brice williams. Grew up here in oakland. Our sources tell us he went to skyline high school. And later to San Francisco state. Where he graduated in 1995. With a degree in radio and television pam his parents live in vallejo. Where he also lived for a couple of years. Pam his broadcasting career. Includes jobs at kpix tv in San Francisco. As well as a station in greenville North Carolina, tallahasse, florida and roanoke virginia. Reporter im on garnet drive in the neighborhood where the gunman Vester Flanigans parents live. Neighbors i talked to are shocked to hear the news. If Something Like that happened to my child, id just be devastated reporter neighbors i spoke with say flanagans parents are kind and active in the community. I was so surprised the guy is just such a nice person, the dad is, i never saw the son. Reporter Vester Flanigan the second. Lived in this neighborhood years ago. And another neighbor. Who who kenw him couldnt imagine him commiting such a horrific crime. The person that i know that lived here 3 years ago. I didnt see any anger issues, i dont know that person. Reporter rui pimentel describes flanagan as quiet. And says he didnt leave his home often. He was soft spoken he was a gentle giant nice to me and my family. Pam we are also learning more about the two television employees that were shot and killed. Catherine heenan is here with more on the victims. Catherine our hearts go out to family of Allison Parker and ward. Reporter technical difficulties. Catherine both of them had become engaged to a coworker spirit ballistic this report again from the top. They both had a lot in common. That catherine is a coworker losses theyre both virginia natives that Work Together every morning. Catherine the people who worked with 24yearold Alison Parker and 27yearold adam ward say they were hardworking. Fun to be around. And shared more than just being coworkers. Alison was smart. Get the job done. Catherine thats a co worker who says his colleagues were both virginia natives. Who worked together every morning. Alison went to high school and college in virginia. And loved the outdoors. Catherine adam was a Virginia Tech graduate whod played football. Both had worked at the tv station as interns before signing on as employees. Catherine adam and alison had been working together on wdbj morning for a little over a year. Covering everything from Community Events to breaking news. Catherine they were wellliked by colleagues. And both had fallen in love with colleagues. Catherine adam was engaged to the stations morning producer melissa ott. Melissa was moving to another station and adam was going to join her. Catherine they were busy planning their wedding. Alison was dating the 6 oclock anchor chris hurst. Catherine theyd been dating for about 9 months and hurst says they were also planning to get married. Hurst called her the most radiant woman hed ever met. Catherine saying in a tweet today. She loved her family, her parents and her brother. Show and throughout the station say theyre devastated by what happened. Catherine photographer adam wards fiance was watching from the control room this morning when the shooting happened. Catherine it was her last day on the job before moving to North Carolina and coworkers had just given her a party. Pam the third shooting victim in that shooting is being described as a woman with a positive attitude who is full of energy. Pam Vicki Gardner is the executive director of the Smith Mountain lake chamber of commerce. She was shot in the chest and taken to the hospital where she had emergency surgery. Pam she is said to be in stable condition and recovering. Pam journalism stating an asset for cisco state share their thoughts. Coverage on this tragic students at San Francisco state. Share their reaction pam and we have much more on kron 4 dot com. Including details of the gunmans bay pam do you like the passaaadd . Its a good looking car. This is the model rear end event. The model year end sales event. Its year end its the rear end event. Year end, rear end, check it out. Talk about turbocharging my engine. Youre gorgeous. What kind of car do you like . New, or many miles on it . Get a 1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 passat models. Or lease a 2015 Passat Limited Edition for 189 a month after a 1000 bonus. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Pam indicted by a grand jury on one count of rape in an intoxicated man, Ray Macdonald if convictedif convicted of rape he could serve a maximum of eight years. Happening at his home in san jose. Pam brooks, 31 years old faces up to six months in jail if he is found guilty also. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Pam reckonings and santa clara. Firefighters are on the same. The fire is burning in three structures. On white oak. Three businesses are involved including a one liquor store and monument. Laundromat. Pam the robbing and shooting of street tuesday, has caught tourists off guard. Pam and has many people asking if the city is safe for tourists and residents. Pam dan, and joins us live from sap franciscos, russian hill. Reporter but at a News Conference wednesday both the chief of police assured those that live here, the russian hill neighborhood is safe. I was really surprised there it because of the interest here from out a stake on thinking that will be here on vacation and taking pictures. And i heard about that i really thought that it easily could have been us. Reporter assuring communities that they are safe. Greg suhr s. F. Police chieffourshe might even be on safest things may happen even in that area like this. That is what happened yesterday. Reporter still the District Supervisor said she is working to make it safer Julie Christensen s. F. We are on this every day. Reporter the chief syas the budget has been increased to put 200 more officers on the street by this Time Next Year. Theres also a push to work with the d. A. s office to put repeat offenders behind bars, and that not back out on the streets. Reporter we have a certain amount of folks that are responsible for the significant property klein. Will have to address these people, to make an impression on the court that there are a problem when they get out. Reporter we talked about 200 officers by this Time Next Year being added to the force. Reporting live kim russian hill, it kron 4 news pam police have released video of a robbery at a San Francisco produce market. Where tens of thousands of dollars were stolen. Pam the august 13th robbery of fillmore. At around 7 in the evening. Police say, a man walked into the unattended office. Presumably looking for something to steal. Pam thats when he stumbled upon an unlocked box. And police say, that box contained 33thousand dollars. Police are asking for the publics help in identifying the man in the video. Pam San Francisco police are investigating a robbery in the mission district. Where two men. Robbed a man of his wallet. The robbery happened yesterday morning at 19th and capp streets. Pam police say, the victim was approached by two suspects and 26 years old. Pam they were pretending to be officers. Pam the suspects told the victim to turn around. That is when they stole the victims wallet. And fled in a four door sedan. Pam the victim was unharmed. And the suspects remain at large. Pam at around 10 morning. A Hayward Police officers gun was stolen during a car burglary in oaklands fruitvale district. Pam the car was broken into at a parking lot, near the Fruitvale Station shopping center, on east ninth street. Police searched the area for any signs of the theives. Pam in addition to the officers gun. Four gun magazines. An ipad. And Hayward Police stolen. Hayward police have not commented on the burglary. Pam just last friday. The loaded gun of Uc Berkeley Police chief margo bennett. Was also stolen. The gun was stolen from her unmarked car. As she went for jog at the point isable regional shoreline in richmond. Pam other personal items were also stolen. Authorities have not been able to locate the missing items nor the thief. Pam the suspect in the Murder National conservation on immigration. Was back in court today for the second day of his preliminary hearing. Pam Francisco Lopez sanchez. Francisco woman, as she walked on pier 14 in San Francisco. He was in the country illegally after being deported five times. And had recently been released from the San Francisco jail. Pam this video is from an eariler court appearance. Cameras were banned from the courtroom today. Kron4s Maureen Kelly was there today. As experts testified about the gun used in the killing. Reporter the first witness of the second day of the preliminary hearing was the undercover officer who describes the frantic search for and the eventual capture of the suspect Francisco Lopez sanchez. Officer joshua searched did not find a gun when he search Lopez Sanchez, whose hands were then tested for gunshot residue. Reporter second on the stand was this firearms expert from the sfpd crime lab. He says he was given a gunwhich was recovered from the bay near pier 14 by a police divers. A gun that later turned out to be stolen from the car of a federal ranger. Reporter the veteren Crime Lab Supervisor identified it as 40 caliber sig sauer semiautomatic handgunlike this one here. The gun was missing one bullet, and was cocked in way consistant with being fired. Reporter he also says the bullet taken from kate stienles body matched the recovered weapon. Reporter but he testified that the bullet was flattened on one side. Consistant with a ricochetas if it had hit a hard surface. Like concrete or steel. Reporter the medical examiners report which was finalized tuesday. Says that the bullet recovered looked as if it had made contact with Something Else before it stuck stienle in the back. In a jailhouse interview, Lopez Sanchez said that he found the gun wrapped in a tee shirt. And that it went off accidently. Reporter Maureen Kelly kron4 news pam fund for my daily city cliff dive overnight creek catherine is here with the details of this story. 225 pounds of marijuana catherine 1 a trapped on the cliff side and if you look closely to see the dog that was dropped for some time to. Polling on to the beach and drain his lake. The only one who made it off the beach on his own power was the man who managed to go get help pillared they decided to contact us and call us out here with the help of the Police Office we did manage to locate her. Catherine they eventually did get turned off the cliff but it was a very long night for her because that did not wrap up until 7 00 a. M. Animal workers were able to get both of the dogs and they have been acting very aggressively which slowed down the rescue attempt. Pam a Beautiful Day today. Not too hot. Although cooler temperatures are expected by the weekeknd. Diane is here with detls. Diane bring up temperatures right now still in the upper 90s for much of the inland valleys. With antioch and concord. 20 degrees cooler along the east bay shore lines. 77 degrees and hayward and upper 60s for San Francisco creek and the upper peninsula. Diane patchy f o g along the coast at 10 00 similar to what we had today. When speed is picking up. About 14 mi. Per hour with the f o g coming in at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. It will stay on rounded morning, the cloud will pull back quite a bit with sunshine coming in. That is why it thinks will warm up for another few days. A couple days before saturday, with a 20 percent chance of showers. And it will become cooler. Diane we will talk more about how long that will last with a 7 day forecast coming up next pam we all know bay area traffic is bad. Really, really, really bad. A look at just how challenging the commute here. Next. Pam and later. One mans ill advised selfie. That landed him in a hospital. 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Reporter dogs love us unconditionally. So today we honor our Furry Friends with National Dog Day the unofficial holiday was founded in 2004 by an animal advocate. Reporter we asked kron four viewers to send us pictures of their dogs and puppies to celebrate mans best friend. Reporter the goal of National Dog Day is to bring attention to our canine pals waiting in shelters. So they may soon find their forever homes. Reporter many shelters are waving dog adoption fees for the cause. Reporter you can send us pictures of your dogs by email at breakingnewsat kron4dotcom. Or you can use the kron 4 app and send the pictures through the reportit button on the app. Reporter the app is available for devices. Reporter pam . Pam we continue to follow the latest developments on our top story tonight. The deadly ambush of a news crew while they were live on air. Pam we have a live report next on what we are learning about the gunman. Who has ties to the bay area. Plus. One of the heros from the france terror train takedown returns to california. Pam coming up the plans to honor all the heros who stopped the terror plot. Yoplait. The smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. Yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam now at 5 30. We continue to follow the latest developments in a horrific story. Pam a gunman ambushed two kil