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At that point the police arrived and escorted him from the building. on the way out, he handed a wooden cross to the news director, who was at that time dan dennison, and he said, you'll need this. he also made a derogatory comment to adam ward, the news photographer, who we lost yesterday as he left. jeff marks also said that during certain pertain at wbdj, vester flanagan was basically ordered to undergo some treatment in the employee assistance program, is what they called it. they specified that that program could be for a number of things. it could be for mental health, for some emotion...

Back. jeff marks is the station's general manager. >> it was a little bother some that he was still in town and would be seen by our employees. but, again, what do you do? >> reporter: the shooter sued wdbj-tv claiming discrimination. the suit dismissed last summer. the station was the last stop in what appears to be a spotty career in local television. records showed he works at tv stations in greenville, north carolina, savannah, georgia, san francisco not far from his home town. in 2000 he was fired from a station in tallahassee, florida for what the news director described as odd behavior....

One is the employment history and how flanagan was hired given that there were other issues. he had been fired from previous news stations in the past for example, one in tall a see for similar issues. for performance and confrontational anger issues. the fact that the references were positive is interesting. the fact that he was fired and gone through a series of performance reviews that he never actually improved upon is also significant. there were students for flanagan apparently to improve. that didn't happen. it was that combination of poor performance and attitude issues that led him ou...

Finally get her attention? was there a moment? what was it that you did? >> that's between us. and there have been many things that i have shared, but the early moments of our relationship were white hot and were wonderful and that flame remained burning yesterday and remains burning in my heart even now. >> jeff marks, adam ward, just from looking at the video, it seems like any of the great photographers i worked with, he seemed like such a nice guy. do you know how melissa is doing? i know she was leaving the station. >> she had a rough day. i haven't talked to her this morning, but i know ...

Him to live or die. if he dies he took the coward's way out. if he lives he goes on trial and goes to prison for the rest of his life. i presume that. in any case we're hurt enough that i want to express our anger and we want to express our love for alison and adam who whenever i saw them here at work full of smiles and full of conversation and exuberance about what they did. they will be so missed and not easily replaced. >> jeff marks joins us now. jeff, again our shies are with you. i can't imagine doing what you all did today at that station which is to keep the news on. to keep on reporti...