‘The radar activates on this doesn’t it? He was on leave from NBC, and he was struck at 0305 hours. I would like to know a bit more.’
At first glance it sounds unusual.
Then you remember producers work the morning shows, and get up at the same time as the on air talent, so it makes a bit more sense.
He was on leave.
I realize that they work the morning hours and at first I thought this should be nothing unusual. But then I read he was on leave, and I wondered if he was getting home from having a few drinks, or if he was outside to meet with some “source” and got wacked. He may have been involved in important stories in the past, and maybe one of the people in those stories decided to give him an opinion.