A San Diego police chase ended with the help of a police K-9 after officers pursued a stolen car through residential streets and freeways in the National City area.

At about 4:15 p.m., a family reported their vehicle had been stolen by a male family member in the 200 block of 27th Street, according to San Diego police officials.

Police spotted the suspect about 40 minutes later and started following him.

Working together, officers laid down spike strips to halt the car at Palm Avenue and Scott Drive, but one strip seemed to get caught up in the tires and did not stop the driver.

The suspect continued through residential streets and eventually made his way to northbound Interstate 15.

He decided to exit to westbound SR-94, but he took the transition too quickly, flying off the ramp onto the dirt nearby in Fairmont Park. The driver was forced to stop.

Police quickly moved in on the vehicle. An officer deployed a K-9, helping the dog into the car's window to apprehend the man.

He was soon taken into custody.

Check back here for more on this breaking news story.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wrangled with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos over his immigration policies in an extended — and occasionally personal — exchange, leading to the journalist's temporary removal during a news conference in Iowa Tuesday night.

Ramos, the Miami-based anchor and journalist for the nation's leading Spanish-language network, was ejected from the event after attempting to engage with the GOP front-runner as he recognized another reporter.

“Sit down, you weren’t called,” Trump told him. “Go back to Univision.”

Ramos proceeded to question Trump on his proposal to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. As the two spoke over one another in a testy back-and-forth, Trump's security detail approached the Mexican-American journalist and escorted him out of the room.

"You cannot build a 1,900-mile wall," Ramos continued on his way out.

The exchange prompted several reporters to ask Trump about the incident. The real estate mogul said, “You can’t just stand up and scream,” noting that Ramos spoke out of turn.

Ramos was later allowed to return and Trump called on him to ask a question.

“Good to have you back,” Trump said before Ramos fired a series of questions on the billionaire’s controversial immigration policies.

"Your immigration plan, it is full of empty promises," Ramos began. "You cannot deny citizenship to children born in this country."

"Why do you say that?" Trump replied. "Some of the great legal scholars agree that's not true."

Citizenship for infants born in the United States is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, and changing that would require amending the Constitution.

Ramos later asked Trump about the feasibility of building a wall extending the length of the U.S.-Mexico border. The real estate mogul responded that he’s a “builder,” adding that it is more complicated to build a “building that’s 95 stories tall.”

"We'll have a border, and we'll have a wall. And the wall's going to have a big beautiful door where we can let in people," Trump said.

The National Association for Hispanic Journalists condemned Trump for letting Ramos be ejected for what its president said was simply trying to hold the GOP candidate accountable to his own prior statements.

"Mr. Ramos was doing what journalists have done for decades – asking questions!" said Mekahlo Medina, a KNBC reporter serving as president of the NAHJ, in a statement posted to the organization's website.

Trump is in Iowa to host a 'Make America Great Again' rally at the Grand River Center in Dubuque.
 

The death of a dog Monday at Ocean Beach’s Dog Beach has the owner taking to social media, asking for help in finding the owner of the dog that killed her pup.

Regina Lovato and her boyfriend were at the popular site in Ocean Beach just after 2 p.m. with their two dogs.

Aria, her Maltese, was waiting about five feet away from the water when she was attacked by a larger dog.

Lovato said the dog appeared to look like a Labrador and may have been 50 pounds – much larger than Aria at 25 pounds.

“He just came out of nowhere from the left side and grabbed her by the back,” Lovato recalled in an interview with NBC 7. “He really latched on to her and the grip was only getting tighter.”

After what seemed like several minutes, and with the help of about five people, the dog finally released Aria.

Aria was bleeding and suffering from severe injuries to her torso. Lovato rushed the dog to a pet hospital but it was too late.

“By the time we got her to the car, she was already dead,” Lovato said.

The little dog died by the time they reached the parking lot.

Unfortunately, the Lab’s owners left without giving Lovato their contact information.

Lovato reached out to San Diego Police and was told this is a civil matter, not a criminal one.

The San Diego County Department of Animal Services told her it’s not unusual to get a call once a week that is similar to her situation.

So without any other recourse, Lovato turned to social media to find the owners of the dog that killed her baby.

“Who just leaves after something like that happens?” she asked.

If you look at the conversation on the OB Community FB page, hundreds of people have something to say about it.

She’s had many people who are supportive of her efforts.

She said she just wants to talk with the dog’s owners so they can handle it themselves.

She also wants to raise awareness that dogs like the Lab that attacked Aria should not be on Dog Beach

While her family has arranged for Aria to be cremated, they are hoping to pay for a memorial site, a place Lovato can visit. They are hoping to create an online fundraising page to help pay for a final resting place for Aria.

If you have any information, you can contact Lovato through her online post or call the NBC 7 news desk at (619) 231-3939.

A very rare form of meningitis caused by a brain-eating amoeba is suspected in the death of a 24-year-old San Diego woman, public health officials confirmed Tuesday.

Kelsey McClain died last week from a suspected case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by an amoeba associated with warm freshwater, according to health officials.

A report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner confirms McClain’s death was pronounced at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa — eight days after her 24th birthday. The report cites McClain’s cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest due to complications of bacterial meningitis.

The report says McClain first developed a headache on Aug. 13 and went to Sharp Grossmont Hospital the following day. Suffering from symptoms including a fever, vomiting and worsening headache, she came back to the hospital on Aug. 15.

“Her chest and head CTs were negative,” the report states. “A lumbar puncture was performed, which was presumptive for bacterial meningitis.”

McClain was given antibiotics. Overnight, she became sleepy, agitated and had “seizure-like activity,” the document says. She was intubated and transferred to the ICU. On Aug. 17, she was pronounced brain dead.

The report says there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death, and no reports of trauma, abuse or history of illicit drug use in the young woman's medical history.

Health officials say the organism linked to McClain’s PAM-suspected death is known as Naegleria fowleri.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and California Department of Public Health, the amoeba is commonly found in warm freshwater and soil and can cause a “rare and devastating infection of the brain” that is usually always fatal.

The CDC says the amoeba infects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose. Once it enters the nose, it travels to the brain where it causes PAM.

The infection occurs when people swim or dive in warm freshwater, including lakes and rivers.

Yuma County Public Health officials say McClain had gone swimming in the Colorado River, in the regions of Martinez Lake and Fisher’s Landing, one week before becoming infected.

She then returned home to San Diego County.

Navaz Karanjia, the medical director at UC San Diego's Neurocritical Care Unit, said there is no proven cure, but a drug for another parasitic infection could help.

"The drug is called miltefosine," she said. "That has shown promise and could be helpful in saving people's lives."

However, since the hospital could not diagnose her problem, they were unable to try the drug in McClain's case.

Health officials say Naegleria is commonly found in freshwater all over the world, but infections are rare. In the U.S., Naegleria infections usually occur in warm southern states. Between 2005 and 2014, a total of 35 infections were reported, despite millions of recreational water exposures each year. This recent infection is one of eight reported in Arizona since 1962.

"It's important when one hears about something so frightening to keep it in perspective," said Karanjia. "For every one person who dies of naeglaria, a 1000 people will die of a drowning."

The Yuma County Public Health Services District says McClain’s case serves as a reminder for people to exercise caution while taking part in recreational water activities.

The health services district says preventive measures to avoid becoming infected with the organism include:

• Be familiar with your surroundings and avoid swimming or jumping into bodies of warm freshwater, hot springs and thermally-polluted waters
• Avoid swimming or jumping into freshwater during periods of high temperature and low water volume, particularly in areas with stagnant water
• Hold the nose shut or use nose clips when jumping or diving into bodies of warm freshwater such as lakes, rivers or hot springs
• Avoid digging in or stirring up the sediment while swimming in shallow water areas

"While infections with Naegleria fowleri are rare, when they do occur, it is usually during the summer months of July, August and September and when weather has been warmer than normal allowing for higher fresh water temperatures and lower water levels," Diana Gomez, Director of the Yuma County Public Health Services District, explained.

The CDC says people cannot be infected with this organism by drinking water contaminated with Naegleria, and the infection cannot spread from one person to another.

Yuma County Public Health officials are now awaiting confirmation from the CDC regarding the PAM link to McClain’s death.

NBC 7 in San Diego reached out to Sharp Grossmont Hospital Tuesday for comment on McClain's case. Bruce Hartman, spokesperson for Sharp Grossmont, issued this statement:

“It is indeed a tragedy that this patient contracted this rare and fatal amoebic infection. We are working closely with San Diego County Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as they investigate this case and how the infection was contracted. According to the CDC, there have only been 132 other reported cases of Naegleria fowleri infections since 1962, with only a handful occurring each year.”

In an unrelated case, 20-year-old north San Diego resident Koral Reef died in October 2014, also after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba.

Her mother, Cybil Meister, told NBC 7 she believes a family trip to Lake Havasu in Arizona was the source of the infection that killed her daughter.

Around Thanksgiving of 2013, Reef’s family noticed she wasn’t feeling well, and was suffering from headaches, a stiff neck and sensitivity to light and heat. By January 2014, her health worsened and by June 2014, she went to the emergency room.

Doctors were never able to pinpoint Reef’s condition. By September 2014, Meister said her daughter began losing her vision. An MRI revealed an amoeba covering Reef’s brain. In October 2014, Reef died.

In Reef’s case, doctors ultimately determined she died from a deadly, brain-eating amoeba known as Balathumia. Her mother believes Reef contracted the bacteria on that trip to Lake Havasu.
 

Two American servicemen who disarmed a suspected terrorist on a Paris-bound train are "heroes, plain and simple," a U.S. Air Force commander said Wednesday. 

Airman Spencer Stone, who is recovering from injuries in Germany, was stabbed as he overpowered the armed attacker but will return to service in a few months, his unit commander, Lt. Col. Richard Smith, said. 

Asked by reporters if Stone was known as "Captain America" in his unit, Smith replied that he had "never heard" that nickname being used.

"He is good-natured, has a good heart about him," Smith said. "The leadership team here, we know him just because he is a larger than life presence in the room. I have never heard 'Captain America' [but] I think we would all agree if you were looking for a nickname that's a good one. It sounds like a proper nickname for him."
 

Two women are facing charges after they got in a fight while preparing to get off of a plane that had landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday morning, authorities say.

JetBlue flight 960 had just landed at the airport and passengers were preparing to get off of the plane when the pair got in the fight, authorities say. A spokesman for the Port Authority said that one woman, 61, tried to climb over the other woman, 62, and was pushed off.

After she was pushed, the 61-year-old punched the other woman in the face, authorities say. She then pulled out an eyebrow razor and slashed at a man trying to stop the fight, scratching him.

Then, authorities say, the other woman pulled a can of pepper spray from her pocketbook and sprayed the other woman.

Police responded and took the 61-year-old into custody on assault charges. The 62-year-old, meanwhile, was issued a summons for unlawful possession of mace.

Six people were treated at the scene for exposure to the pepper spray; one was later taken to the hospital. The man who tried to break up the fight was also taken to the hospital.

One of the women is from New Jersey and the other one is from Brooklyn, police say.

One of Mei Xiang's tiny newborn panda cubs died Wednesday, four days after its birth at the National Zoo.

The smaller of the twin giant panda cubs died shortly after 2 p.m.

Zoo officials said the larger cub appears to be strong and robust. The surviving cub is behaving normally and is with mother Mei Xiang.

The cubs were born within hours of each other Saturday night. Zookeepers were attempting to swap them out so both got time and attention from Mei Xiang, as is protocol with panda births. 

Zoo officials said the panda team had switched the cubs within the past 24 hours. The smaller cub was with Mei Xiang from about 2 p.m. Tuesday through Wednesday morning.

However, when the team switched the cubs Wednesday morning, the smaller cub seemed weaker, was displaying possible respiratory problems, and hadn't gained weight. Zoo vets gave the cub antibiotics, respiratory support, formula and fluids, to no avail.

The mortality rate for panda cubs in their first year in human care is about 26 percent for male cubs and 20 percent for female cubs, the zoo said in a release. The sexes of the newborns are still unknown.

A zoo official said Mei Xiang wasn't showing preference to one cub over another and was reluctant to give up whichever cub was with her any time keepers attempted a swap. When her second cub was born around 10 p.m. Saturday, she had tried to figure out how to hold both, but was unable to.

"The collective scientific knowledge about giant panda mothers is that they are best able to care for one cub at a time," the zoo said in a release. Giant pandas have twins about 50 percent of the time.

Zoo vets had been caring for each cub during swaps, feeding them a mixture of baby formula, puppy formula and water, and keeping them warm in an incubator. 

A day before the smaller cub's death, the zoo said that its behaviors were "good," but that it was still a high-risk time, and that the cub's weight was fluctuating. The panda team was bottle- and tube-feeding the cub in an attempt to provide enough fluids and nutrients.

The cub had shown some signs of regurgitation, and vets were administering antibiotics as a precaution, the zoo said Tuesday.

Zoo pathologists will perform a necropsy on the cub. A final report will be available in the coming weeks.

At the time of death, the cub weighed 79.8 grams, or about 2.8 ounces. A few hours after birth, the cub had weighed just over 86 grams, or about three ounces.

The larger cub, believed to be the second born, weighed in at 138 grams (4.86 ounces) shortly after birth. At its most recent weigh-in, the surviving cub weighed 137.7 grams (4.85 ounces), the zoo said Wednesday.

The panda team is continuing to closely monitor Mei Xiang and the surviving cub around the clock, the zoo said. The risks to the surviving cub remain high.

Vets don't know yet who fathered the twin cubs. Mei Xiang was artificially inseminated in late April with semen from the zoo's male giant panda, Tian Tian, as well as from Hui Hui, a giant panda living in China. It's possible the cubs had different fathers.

Tian Tian has fathered all four of Mei Xiang's previous cubs, two of whom survived: Tai Shan, born in 2005, and 2-year-old Bao Bao, who still lives at the National Zoo.

Families of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks are calling for the remains housed under the World Trade Center to be moved amid reports of possible leaks in a slurry wall that keeps the waters of the Hudson River from flowing into the complex.

The families said in a statement they want the remains to be moved from a below-ground area at the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum to an above-ground tomb after DNAinfo reported that an underground leak had been discovered in the massive 4-foot-thick wall.

"It is very upsetting for families to think that their loved ones' remains would be the first items lost in the basement of the museum if water was to gush into the site,” the families said in the statement. “These remain fragments are so fragile that if they are damaged or lost, they are gone forever."

DNAinfo reported that engineers began investigating the integrity of the wall after Port Authority workers began to hear the sound of rushing water in the lower concourses of the complex in the last two weeks. 

The Port Authority, however, told NBC 4 New York on Wednesday that it routinely inspects the slurry wall, and that no leaks were found in an examination a few days ago.

A spokesman for the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum also said there was no evidence of a leak in the slurry wall.

The slurry wall was built around the World Trade Center site in the 1960s, before the original office complex was constructed. It is credited with holding back water from seeping into ground zero after the towers fell.

A portion of the retaining wall can be seen in the Sept. 11 Museum.

A registered nurse posted a video of her therapy dog, JJ, caring for a hospice patient in her last mo, in a display of affection that has been shared more than 240,000 times on Facebook. 

"What we do is absolutely touching, but the depth of the response to the video is amazing, as well as heart-warming," Tracy Calhoun, a nurse and JJ's handler, told NBC affiliate King5.

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JJ's Facebook page, where status updates are written from the dog's perspective, said the woman in the now viral video has "very few people visit her." The woman died a day after the video was filmed, Calhoun said.

"She cannot see and often does not wake up, but she did like having her hand on my fur," JJ explained. "She was very calm during my visit. We were listening to Yeats, by the way. I was very insistent to have her touch me, more so than usual. We fell asleep later with her hand splayed on my head, both of us snoring (no proof of that!) I sure can be silly at times, but I also know when to be quiet and present. Her caregivers were very appreciative when they saw this video."

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Since the video has been posted, JJ's following on Facebook spiked from 1,800 supporters to 7,000 in 48 hours, according to King5. As of Wednesday afternoon, the page had more than 54,000 "likes."

JJ has been a certified therapy dog since she was 1 year old, the dog's Facebook page says. The golden retriever is part of Project Canine and is also a HOME Animal Assisted Crisis Response K9. 

Tributes on-air and online are pouring in for the two Virginia journalists who were shot and killed during a live broadcast.

"They were special people," WBDJ7 anchor Kimberly McBroom, said on air. "They would brighten up the room every morning." 

President Barack Obama said "it breaks my heart every time" he reads or hears about these kinds of incidents.

"What we know is that the number of people who die from gun-related incidents around this country dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism," he said.

Alison Parker, who just turned 24, an on-air reporter for the Virginia-based news station, and Adam Ward, 27, a photographer for over four years with the team, were gunned down during a live interview just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday at a shopping center in Moneta, Virginia.

Both Parker and Ward were involved in romantic relationships with other people at WDBJ7, according to Mike Morgan, who works in the station's promotions department, NBC News reported. Both journalists were from around the area.

"We didn't share this publicly, but Alison Parker and I were very much in love," evening news anchor, Chris Hurst, posted on Facebook and Twitter. "We just moved in together. I am numb." 

According to Hurst's Facebook posts, he and Parker had started dating only nine months ago and planned on getting married. Hurst also posted several photos of the couple together.

Ward was engaged to the show's morning producer Melissa Ott, who witnessed the horrific scene. 

Melissa Gaona, an anchor with the news team, remembered Ward as being a "godly man."

"We used to pray sometimes in our live truck before the show," Gaona wrote in a Facebook caption accompanying a picture of her and Ward. 

In memory of Alison Parker, WDBJ7 posted a video "Fun Facts about Mornin' reporter Alison Parker."

Parker enjoyed whitewater kayaking, playing with her parents' dog Jack and attending community theater events, according to her bio on WBDJ's website. 

Live music – and a little dance lesson – will fill the air in downtown San Diego Friday night as the Gaslamp Quarter kicks off a series of free pop-up events known as “Night Plaza.”

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the space at 400 Island Ave., between 4th and 5th avenues, will transform into a mini, outdoor hangout featuring warm lantern lighting, café-style seating, board games and performances by musicians, buskers and artists.

Vehicular traffic will be blocked off during this time so the space can morph into the pop-up entertainment hub.

The event will include a performance by local artists Mariela and Jorge Camberos, as well as free dance lessons by downtown San Diego’s U Fancy Dance.

Organizers at the Gaslamp Quarter Association say the event will also offer guests an opportunity to take exclusive, free, night-time tours of the historic Davis-Horton House downtown, hosted by the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation.

Additional Night Plaza gatherings will be held on Sept. 11 and Sept. 19. They too will be free, family-friendly, dog-friendly and open to the public.

Organizers say the events aim to provide an uncommon experience in a common space, “designed to captivate, stimulate and motivate visitors with intimate, unique performances win a pop-up public space.”

To learn more about Night Plaza, visit this website.
 

A new Trader Joe’s location is set to open in San Diego – this time at a new, mixed-use plaza on the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus, the grocery company announced Wednesday.

Trader Joe’s confirmed it has signed a lease to open a 10,200-square-foot location at SDSU’s new South Campus Plaza, specifically at the northwest corner of College Avenue and Lindo Paseo.

According to SDSU, the South Campus Plaza – formerly known as Plaza Linda Verde – is a new, $143 million, mixed-use student housing and retail project on the college campus.

SDSU says South Campus Plaza will include housing for more than 600 students. The retail space also on site is designed to serve both the campus and surrounding neighborhoods, the university says, “creating a pedestrian-friendly destination for shopping, dining and living.”

The SDSU website says construction for South Campus Plaza began in November 2014, and an opening is slated for fall 2016.

Meanwhile, Trader Joe’s – and its Hawaiian shirt-clad crew – plans to open the new location at SDSU in early 2017.

The company says students and other residents in the area can expect to receive a copy of the Trader Joe’s “Fearless Flyer” publication in their mailboxes after the opens, which highlights Trader Joe’s products.

The location, like all other Trader Joe’s, will offer a wide array of domestic and imported foods and beverages, including more than 3,000 items under the Trader Joe’s private label.

The company says that to keep things adventurous, Trader Joe’s introduces about a dozen new items every month.

The chain currently operates 12 locations throughout San Diego County, including stores in Hillcrest, Mission Valley, La Mesa and Pacific Beach, to name a few. Trader Joe’s was founded in 1958 in the Los Angeles area and runs more than 440 stores across 39 states.

Imposters pretending to be water utility employees are trying to collect residents’ money or sell water treatment devices, San Diego’s Public Utilities Department warned Wednesday.

The suspects have been going to local homes and presenting themselves as city employees. They then try to get inside the home or collect customers’ money for their water bills, officials said.

According to the city, the impostors also try to sell residents devices to treat their water, making “false or misleading statements” about the water’s quality and contents.

“We want to assure you that the quality of your water meets all the state and federal drinking water standards,” the city said in a news release.

Officials listed some tips on how to tell a true water department employee from a false one.

They said check for an employee badge, uniform and their vehicle, for real city employees usually drive a car or truck with the city of San Diego logo.

Some workers, like meter readers, may drive personal vehicles, but they should always have the proper badges and uniforms, the city said.

If employees have to take water samples, they mostly do it outside the home, and they are not responsible for fixing problems or testing in homes. The city said workers rarely have to go inside.

Water staff members do not collect money for bills in person, they do not do sales while working, and they never deliver rebates or refunds.

When you do need to talk with the Public Utilities Department, workers will schedule an appointment. You can always ask for their supervisor’s name and phone number.

If you feel uncomfortable, do not let anyone in your home, the city warned.

Report suspicious people to the Public Utilities’ Emergency Hotline at 619-515-3525 or the San Diego Police nonemergency line at 619-531-2000.

On Wednesday, Walmart announced it is removing semi-automatic rifles and similar sports firearms from its stores because of poor sales—not because of the killing of two Virginia journalists on live TV.

The decision had been in the works for months and Walmart notified suppliers early this year that the company would be moving away from so-called modern sports rifles, Kory Lundberg, a spokesman told NBC News. 

Customers are simply no longer "excited" about the products, Lundberg said. Walmart is refocusing its firearms sales on "people who shoot clays and stuff." The timing was driven by Walmart's transition for summer merchandise to fall merchandise, he said, not by the public debate over guns. 

A small brush fire started Wednesday near a La Mesa grocery store close to northbound State Route 125.

The fire broke out around 3 a.m. behind an Albertsons grocery story along Fletcher Drive.

With a lot of dry brush in the area, Heartland firefighters saturated the area with extra water to prevent any other fires.

After the fire was extinguished, crews noticed that a sprinkler system was leaking. That's when they learned that the fire burned a sprinkler box.

Albertsons management and Cal Trans were called out to turn off that water.

No buildings were damaged. No one was injured.
 

A fire broke out at an apartment complex in Del Cerro Wednesday, believed to have been caused by a lit cigarette, officials confirmed.

The blaze was reported around 11:30 a.m. at a two-story complex in the 5400 block of Adobe Falls Road, near Interstate 8.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) said when firefighters arrived on scene, heavy smoke and flames were stemming from the complex, specifically from one fully-engulfed apartment unit on the second floor.

Crews worked to ensure all residents had safely evacuated the apartment complex as they tackled the raging blaze. No injuries were reported.

By 11:50 a.m., crews had knocked out the fire.

Lee Swanson with SDFD said four residents were displaced by the blaze.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, but Swanson said officials suspect a lit cigarette was the primary source.

Employees at a Virginia TV station were warned two years ago about the man suspected in the murders of a television reporter and photographer during a live broadcast early Wednesday.

According to employment files from WDBJ — the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Channel 7 — workers were told to "call 911 immediately" if they saw ex-reporter Vester Lee Flanagan II on company property, NBC News Investigations reports.

Flanagan is the suspect in the slayings of reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward, who were gunned down while conducting an interview around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday.

The three had worked together at the TV station, where Flanagan went by the on-air name Bryce Williams. But when Flanagan was fired in February 2013, a 911 call summoned police to remove him from the premises, NBC News Investigations has learned. 

According to WDBJ documents, Flanagan said, "You better call police because I'm going to make a big stink. This is not right." According to station files, he had to be physically lifted by his chair by management and threw a ball cap at a station employee.

The 2013 incident was recorded by Adam Ward, one of the victims.

Off-duty police officers stood guard at WDBJ from 6 a.m. to midnight the Saturday and Sunday after Flanagan's termination.

Hours after Wednesday morning's deadly shootings, Flanagan, 41, shot himself along a Virginia interstate. He was airlifted to a hospital in Fairfax County, where he died.

Parker and Ward were remembered Wednesday night at a vigil in Franklin County, where dozens of people lit candles as the sun set.

A man claiming to be Flanagan faxed a lengthy document to ABC News shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, sharing what the news network described as a long list of grievances. The writer said he experienced "racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work," ABC said.

NBC has not independently seen or verified this information.

In the 23-page document, the man claiming to be Flanagan said the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, pushed him over the edge, ABC News reported. He said he placed a deposit for a gun two days after the Charleston shooting.

"The church shooting was the tipping point... but my anger has been building steadily... I've been a human powder keg for a while... just waiting to go BOOM!!!!" the document said in part, according to ABC News.

The writer also expresses admiration for those who orchestrated mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at Columbine High School in 1999, ABC News reported.

Wednesday's shooting played out on live television as Parker, 24, and Ward, 27, conducted an interview shortly before 6:45 a.m. at Bridgewater Plaza, a shopping mall located just off Smith Mountain Lake, a large vacation destination in Moneta, Virginia, about 25 miles southeast of Roanoke.

Police said Flanagan walked up to Parker and Ward as they interviewed Vicki Gardner, the head of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce. The footage shows Parker listening to Gardner talk about local tourism when someone opens fire outside the frame.

Parker screams and moves out of the view of the camera, amid the sound of at least eight gunshots.

After the camera drops to the ground, it captures an image of the gunman, dressed in black, pointing the gun toward the cameraman. The video then cuts back to the concerned and confused anchor in the studio.

Parker and Ward were fatally shot; Gardner was wounded and underwent emergency surgery, according to a Roanoke hospital. She is in stable condition.

Police said the shooter drove away from the scene. Investigators identified Flanagan as a suspect from information gathered at the scene.

Someone who appeared to be Flanagan posted several posts to social media late Wednesday morning, including a first-person video of the attack. Twitter quickly suspended the account.

Flanagan had worked at WDBJ, channel 7 in Roanoke, from March 2012 until February 2013. 

General Manager Jeff Marks said the station employed Flanagan as a reporter and that while he showed some talent in the position, he was "an unhappy man" who "quickly gathered a reputation somewhat of being difficult to work with."

"He was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to," Marks said on his station's broadcast Wednesday. "And eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. And he did not take that well. We had to call the police to escort him from the building."

Shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday, Flanagan's 2009 Ford Mustang was located at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton Jr. said. Flanagan switched to a Chevrolet Sonic he rented earlier this month.

Authorities tracked him along the I-81 corridor. A state trooper stationed at I-66 and I-81 to monitor traffic with a license plate reader hit on a suspect vehicle shortly before 11:30 a.m., according to Virginia State Police. She caught up to the Sonic and radioed for backup. When it arrived, the troopers attempted to stop the car in Fauquier County, about a three-hour drive from Smith Mountain Lake.

Flanagan did not stop for police, but after a mile-and-a-half he drove off the left of the highway into an embankment. Troopers found Flanagan, the lone occupant, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

Flanagan was airlifted to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. 

Both slain crew members grew up in the area, WDBJ reported. Ward grew up in Salem and graduated from Virginia Tech, while Parker grew up in Martinsville and had a degree from James Madison University.

"This terrible crime against two fine journalists, I cannot tell you how much they were loved," Marks said. "Our hearts are broken."

Andy Parker said he received a text message from WDBJ saying his daughter had been involved in a shooting, and he suspected the worst after he didn't hear from her personally, the Post reported.

"Initially, we had some hope, but I knew in my heart of hearts. Alison would have called me immediately to say she was okay," Andy Parker told the Post.

"She loved her job," said her mother, Barbara Bailey Parker, to a reporter for Roanoke NBC afilliate WSLS. "She was beautiful and everyone loved her. She believed in giving back to the community. She was always involved and always had a smile on her face. I think she did wonderful things and touched so many people."

Ward was engaged to a producer at the station who was celebrating her last day at work Wednesday. He planned to get out of news and follow his fiancée to Charlotte. 

It was Parker who brought in the cake and balloons for the producer's last day.

"You can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying... it's just really hard to even comprehend," WDBJ anchor Jean Jadhon said on air. 

Anchor Chris Hurst said he was dating Parker, who he called "the most radiant woman I ever met."

"We were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday," he tweeted. 

Hurst said they had just moved in together.

"There are no words to express how heartbroken I am by the senseless tragedy in Moneta this morning," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said in a statement. "My deepest sympathies go out to the loved ones of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, as well as the entire WDBJ family."

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he had not yet spoken to President Obama about the shooting. But he said, "This is another example of gun violence that is becoming all too common in communities large and small all across the United States."

He called for Congress to pass "some common sense things" to "have a tangible impact in reducing gun violence in this country."

A company that distributes gluten-free products in more than 50 countries around the world is recalling more than 10,000 boxes of gluten-free chocolate chip granola bars, the FDA said Tuesday.

Sam Mills USA LLC, which ships to retailers across the country, including Walmart, voluntarily recalled 11,083 cases of 4.4-ounce boxes of the gluten-free treats because of risk of cross-contamination with dairy.

The packaging states it is a dairy-free product.

The granola bars affected by the recall were received in the U.S. between December 18, 2014 and July 23, 2005, the FDA said. All lots should be pulled from retail store shelves immediately, according to the agency.

The chocolate chip granola bars are the only gluten-free products affected.

Anyone who bought the granola bars should return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund. Customers can also call Sam Mills USA LLC 561-572-0510 for more information.

Officials have identified suspects they say are responsible for breaking into several North County storage units and stealing the contents. 

On Tuesday, detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) executed search warrants on several storage units in San Marcos, Escondido and Oceanside. 

Detectives were investigating a series of thefts into broken storage units, where a suspect or suspects broke in to steal the contents. 

Those involved in the investigation said they found a lot of stolen property. They will inventory what they found and begin to identify the owners. 

The people detectives believe are responsible are already in custody for other charges. 

Anyone who believes they may have been a victim of storage unit theft should contact their local police department. 

When a guy wearing number 48 for the Chargers broke up the middle to sack Cardinals quarterback Drew Stanton in the 2nd quarter of Saturday's preseason game in Arizona a whole bunch of people thought the same thing:

Great play! Who the heck is that guy?

That guy is Nick Dzubnar and he might be around for a while so learn how to pronounce his name (it's Duh-Zub-Nar, by the way). Nick is an undrafted rookie from Cal Poly-San Louis Obispo and the Mustangs all-time leading tackler.

He came to San Diego with the goal of working his way on to either the 53-man roster or the 10-man practice squad. He plans to do that with one simple approach.

"Getting to every ball," said Dzubnar. "I want to make every play. I want to make every tackle. I want to outwork everyone. I want to out-hustle everyone. That's obviously what led to my career in college success and hopefully it can bring me success here in the NFL."

That attitude is a good way to make yourself a fan favorite fast and it's something he's had more or less his entire life.

"It started early when I was playing ice hockey. My dad raised me to be a hard worker."

Wait. Did he say ice hockey?

"It's related to hockey but I was able to transfer it over to football."

Dzubnar grew up in Mission Viejo, CA, as a defenseman that not only enjoyed the physical nature of the sport, but seemed to take the dump-and-chase as a personal insult. You can listen to him explain his playing style on the ice below:

While Dzubnar still thinks he was better at hockey than he is at football it's looking like his sports calling is less Ray Bourque and more Ray Lewis. That doesn't mean he doesn't long to get his blades on the ice again, though.

"I still miss it every single day,"Dzubnar says. "I really do love that sport. But, obviously, this is working out for me right now."

Plus, now that the Gulls are back in San Diego, Nick won't have to go far if he wants to get his hockey fix.

"Maybe if this career ends I may jump on over there and see if I can get some ice time."

One sport at a time, big guy. Just give this pro football thing a real shot first.