bryce williams. what do you know? >> the virginia state police has posted the latest information of how this was concluded. at 11:30 a.m., virginia state police said they spotted the vehicle, the mustang they were looking for, carrying the suspected shooter. it was eastbound on interstate 66. he had gotten pretty far from roanoke, interstate 66 is the highway that goes from the washington, d.c. area to the mountains west of the city. according to virginia state police, they activated the virginia state police activated their emergency lights to pull him over and when he fled the scene the police gave chase and when they finally did stop they found he had shot himself and that's how this ended up apparently just about an hour ago this started at 6:45 when the suspect fired a shot, three people during a live television broadcast. it ended at about 11:30. if you look also -- we've been talking about his facebook and social media twitter and social media in the last few days, there's so many pictures he posted including t

he is known on air as bryce williams. this person, going a little back and forth a few minutes ago on what he should be considered. now authorities are calling him a suspect. we are being told that. they are seeking him right now, the manhunt is under way. he is not in custody. and that is why they're asking for the public's help. they're looking for a 2009 gray mustang. that is what he is driving. let me get over to washington. justice reporter evan perez is covering the manhunt. all of the agencies involved, evan. what is the very latest? they sure seemed to id him very quickly but still not in custody. >> reporter: that's right. they seem to know a lot about him. they seem to know where he was certainly when he posted some of the social media pictures and videos that he's now posted just in the last hour. authorities know who they're looking for. they know generally where they're looking for him. and so let's see if that helps them track him down more quickly. we know that the atf, the fbi and the u.s. marshals are thr

bryce williams worked for the station. he had a difficult relationship with some of the employees at the station. as the general manager told us he filled a claim with the equal opportunity commission and that cause dismissed. >> it appears the end has come from bryce williams also known as vester flanagain along i-66 in folklore, virginia. i-66. you can see a car with a door open and what appears to be a sh roud. we are told the suspect jumped out of the car, ran and shot m himself. we are told the suspect shot himself along i-66 in folklore county, virginia. everything has transpired so quickly. a local tv crew in roanoke, virginia was out talking about economic development int interviewing a local chamber of commerce and on live television shots rang out. one report, according to someone who has monitored the tape, at least 15 shots were fired. the camera man was killed. the reporter was killed. and the woman who was the subject of the interview, the member of the chamber of commerce, was shot in the back and went to su

this is where bryce williams, vester flanagan. he is the suspect of a murders of alison parker and adam ward who were doing their job when about this were shot and killed in a live report. vester flanagan, known on air as bryce williams, a reporter seemed to have a pattern of filing racial discrimination suits in many of the places he worked. the two suits i am aware of were dismissed by the courts and equal opportunity commission. vester flanagan took the chip that was on his shoulder and carried it this morning when he opened fire police say against two other individuals. we are awaiting a new's conference from franklin county. authorities are briefing us on the latest of the investigation 13 minutes from now. peter doocey is live on the ground in virginia, where this all came to an end. peter, what is going on there? >> reporter: jon, just to give you a sense of how widespread this morning or afternoon's events were. franklin county, virginia's sheriff's office is a 4 hour drive over the commonwealth to get to the hospital wher

bryce williams, was an employee at wdbj who was fired about a year ago. and overnight, police confirmed he sent a 23 page manifesto to wdbj, and then turn it over to police. hopefully at a press conference, we will be learning a little bit more. >> thank you very much for that update. we now know the shootout happened in fauquier county, virginia along i-66. >> let's go to sam sweeney. he is much more on the story. >> i want to give you a timeline of when this happened. 6:45 this morning, that live report was taking place. then we learned he had somehow made his way up to fauquier county, about an hour west of washington, d.c. that is where law enforcement officials made their way on i-66 to approach him. when that happened, it is apparent -- we're learning he shot himself. we originally have been told by state police he killed himself. he is in an ambulance and listed in very critical condition. that is the latest of what we have. we are getting completing reports. this is a developing story. are nots the facts right when they first come in. state police

. >> bryce williams -- >> reporter: now with a new name, bryce williams, shielding his past from news station wdbj, jeff marks is the general manager. did you know he had trouble at his previous station? >> he filled out his application as vester flanagan. the people hiring him were looking at his resume, history as bryce williams. as bryce williams he had a relatively clean history. rancheros soon . >> reporter: soon, history would repeat itself. >> early on it started to be, use reported. conflicts between he and his co-workers. it was one after another. >> reporter: flanagan began to complain about harassment in the roanoke newsroom. his trouble with the station seemed to be mounting. >> there was a series of complaints that he was just not behaving in a, in a pre questionofessional manner. >> reporter: he add issues with several staff members of wdbj, including alison parker and adam ward. >> we thought he had come in with an agenda to find things that he could beat us up with. >> he threw a newspaper article on my desk. looked at it. from tallahassee. indicated he had sued his pr

. >> bryce williams -- >> reporter: now with a new name, bryce williams, shielding his past from news station wdbj, jeff marks is the general manager. did you know he had trouble at his previous station? >> he filled out his application as vester flanagan. the people hiring him were looking at his resume, history as bryce williams. as bryce williams he had a relatively clean history. rancheros so . >> reporter: soon, history would repeat itself. >> early on it started to be, use reported. conflicts between he and his co-workers. it was one after another. >> reporter: flanagan began to complain about harassment in the roanoke newsroom. his trouble with the station seemed to be mounting. >> there was a series of complaints that he was just not behaving in a, in a pre questofl manner. >> reporter: he add issues with several staff members of wdbj, including alison parker and adam ward. >> we thought he had come in with an agenda to find things that he could beat us up with. >> he threw a newspaper article on my desk. looked at it. from tallahassee. indicated he had sued his previous, one

his name known to many television stations is bryce williams. he was shot and there you see a picture taken by wttg suspended. but this individual had a grudge and wanted it to be settled before the widest audience. he wasn't content to commit the murder on live television at 6:45 this morning but wanted to document it and record it on his own cellphone and disseminate it by posting it on twitter and other sites as well. this is a troubled individual. the television station where he worked said he had a difficult employment history. and apparently according to his own facebook page, harris, it looks like he had a checkered past when it comes to his employment. one of the things he wrote about is when he worked in savannah, georgia, he said i love savannah and i fell in love there. so there are no doubt a great many people whose paths have crossed with bryce williams and we expect in the next few hours to learn a great deal more about this individual. harris? >> david lee miller, thank you for bringing us up to speed on the investigation. but i w

his name is vester lee flanagan, known professionally as bryce williams. he is the man behind the shooting of alison parker, adam ward and a third person. the third person is out of surgery. police stopped flanagan and we are told that he did have a self-inflicted gunshot wound but he is not dead. again, that search for the suspect behind this brutal shooting is now over. >>> turning to vote 2016. donald trump involved in another feud with a journalist. this one is not helping trump made friends with latino voters. kenneth moten has the details. >> reporter: donald trump involved in a new media feud taking on another popular tv news personality. this time univision's jorge ramos. >> i have a right to ask the question. >> no. sit down, you won't called. >> reporter: trump gestured to security and ramos, an anchor at univision and fusion was escorted out of the news conference. in the hallway he was confronted by a trump supporter. >> get out of my country. >> i am a u.s. citizen. >> this morning ramos told "good morning america" that it is his responsibilit

. >> i said, that's bryce williams. that's him. >> reporter: tonight, we're taking you into the mind of a killer. bizarre details from the suicide note he sent out. saying he was a human powder keg, just waiting to go boom. and waiting for this. the early shift at wdbj tv, roanoke, virginia. two reporters, driving to work, leaving their loved ones. >> i said, have a great day, honey. she said, i will. good night, sweet boy. and that was the last i ever heard from her. >> reporter: vester flanagan. he had been hired and fired there. a loose cannon, plotting his revenge. desperate for just one more closeup. he got it. >> okay. not sure what happened there. >> my brain wasn't thinking gunshots. >> reporter: neither was the morning producer. >> reporter: tonight, we're talk taking you fluthrough the man hunt. going job by job to the breaking point. >> he gets all of this attention the last few hours he's alive. and that's what he was looking for. >> reporter: could he have been stopped before two innocent lives were taken?

and on air went by bryce williams. multi-page fax to a national news organization in new york about this incident and our investigators now have a copy of it and it's used in the course of this investigation will be continuing. that's where we are right now. we still have a lengthy investigation to conduct, and that's our focus as we move forward. i would like now to turn over the mike to sergeant rick garlidz with the virginia state police. >> thank you, sheriff. shortly before 11:30 a.m. this morning virginia state police trooper pam neff was on patrol he along interstate 66. her license plate reader lpr alerted to a license plate on a chevrolet sonic traveling east on 66. she followed the vehicle a short distance as troopers responded to assist her before she actived her lights. once the backup was there she )c activated emergency equipment and attempted to stop the vehicle. the driver of the sonic, vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams, refused to stop and sped away from the trooper. it was only a minute or

. >> i said, that's bryce williams. that's him. >> reporter: tonight, we're taking you into the mind of a killer. bizarre details from the suicide note he sent out. saying he was a human powder keg, just waiting to go boom. and waiting for this. the early shift at wdbj tv, roanoke, virginia. two reporters, driving to work, leaving their loved ones. >> i said, have a great day, honey. she said, i will. good night, sweet boy. and that was the last i ever heard from her. >> reporter: vester flanagan. he had been hired and fired there. a loose cannon, plotting his revenge. desperate for just one more closeup. he got it. >> okay. not sure what happened there. >> my brain wasn't thinking gunshots. >> reporter: neither was the morning producer. >> reporter: tonight, we're t k taking you fthrough the man hun. going job by job to the breaking point. >> he gets all of this attention the last few hours he's alive. and that's what he was looking for. >> reporter: could he have been stopped before two innocent lives were taken? >> g

. >> bryce williams, wdbj 7. >> reporter: now with a new name, bryce williams, shielding his past from news station wdbj, jeff marks is the general manager. did you know he had trouble at his previous station? >> he filled out his application as vester flanagan. the people hiring him were looking at his resume, looking at his history as bryce williams. as bryce williams he had a relatively clean history. >> reporter: soon, history would begin to repeat itself. >> early on there started to be issues reported. conflicts between he and his co-workers. it was one after another. >> reporter: flanagan began to complain about harassment in the roanoke newsroom. his trouble with the station seemed to be mounting. >> there was a series of complaints that he was just not behaving in a -- in a professional manner. >> reporter: flanagan had issues with several staff members of wnl. wdbj. including alison parker and adam ward. >> we thought he had come in with an agenda to find things that he could beat us up with. >> he threw a newspaper article on my desk. i looked at it. and it was a newspaper a

flanagan, a former reporter, whose on-air name was bryce williams. he was fired from wdbj two years ago. he apparently shot himself in a confrontation with police. >> we had an unhappy former employees, but this happens, and usually they move on. >> shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account until hi on-air name said -- alison made racist comments. eeoc filed a report. they hired her after that. adam went to hr on me after working with me one time, and then this -- i filmed the shooting, see facebook. wdbj station's manager confirmed a claim was made, but the claim was dismissed. he told cnn he doesn't know why flan adan attacked parker and ward. >> i can't figure out any connection with those people, the kindest, nicest people who worked here. i'm not exaggerating when i say that. >> we've got all the information. >> 24-year-old alison parker was the reporter for a station for about a year, a recent graduate of james madison. adam ward, 27, was a cameraman and graduate of virginia tech. the two worked as a team. >> hear, eve

in it he identifies himself as bryce williams and says god spoke to him. he writes, 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. he claims to be the victim of racial and sexual harassment and bullying at his old workplace, wdbj. the photogs were out to get me at wdbj 7. one went to hr after only working with me one time. and then this. yes, it will sound like i am angry. i am. and i have every right to be. but when i leave this earth, the only emotion i want to feel is peace. his former colleagues describe flanagan as a disturbed and unhappy map. >> we knew he had anger. we did not know he had violent anger. >> bryce williams, wdbj 7. >> reporter: here in his reporters reel uploaded to youtube two years ago, flanagan can be seen holding a gun in a report he had done. >> he went on and filed a complaint with the equal employment opportunity commission, groundless claims of discrimination, harassment, it was dismissed. >> reporter: he says flanagan began

vester flanagan went by the name bryce williams. he was a former colleague of the victims with ties to oakland and san francisco, even worked at kpix channel 5 in the 1990s. in a manifesto to abc news he described himself as a human powder keg that was kateing to splo-- waiting to explode. we have team coverage beginning with ktvu's eric rasmussen with what led up to the tragedy. >> reporter: the job can take crews to scary locations but this wasn't one of them. they were in a safe area, interviewing the head of the cameber of calm -- cameber of commerce on wive -- chamber of commerce on live tv. >> reporter: this is what viewers saw before wdbj7 reporter alison parker and wdbj7 photographer adam ward were shot and killed. the video is so disturbing ktvu isn't showing it. the camera caught an image of the shooter, a former reporter, vester flanagan. known on tv as bryce williams, he was fired from the station in virginia more than two years ago. the shooting on live tv caught a veteran sheriff off guard. >> it stopped me in my track

also known as bryce williams on the air. this is the video you're seeing now of the scene, you know, after the shooting had happened. they were actively looking for him. they had a lot of agencies on hand to help them, local, state and federal. and again, it does seem that they have appeared to have found him. as we were just told, vester lee flanagan, also known as bryce williams on the air, is still alive at this moment. he still has a pulse. of course we're going to continue to get you as much information as we can as soon as we can. >> and when you see these reporters in the morning newscasts and kimberly mcbroom can tell you, alison does multiple live shots throughout the 5:00 to 7:00 hour. you're maybe wondering how would this guy know. how could someone get in place and find a crew. we are in a position where we work in a very public industry. we are out there. you know where we are. we are live right now. so alison is live every morning and she might be live at 5:00 -- >> all right, you've been watching wdbj, the loc

vester lee flanagan, also known as bryce williams. flanagan is a former reporter and co-worker of the people that were killed. authorities say the alleged 41-year-old shooter shot himself in his car when he was approached by police. he is a former reporter for the station, dismissed two years ago according to wdbj in roanoke. twitter and facebook accounts believed to have belonged to the suspect posted video of the shootings as well as tweets apparently justifying why he did it. both social media accounts have been suspended. the victims have been identified as 24-year-old reporter alison parker and her photographer, 27-year-old adam ward. it all happened just before 7:00 this morning when parker was conducting a live interview with a local chamber of commerce member, vicki gardner. now, we're only going to show you a portion of the video, and i warn you, it's very disturbing. >> this is our community and we want to come together. we want to share information that can help us grow and develop to provide a better experience. we're seei

. >> reporter: bryce williams, the professional name for vester lee flanagan. until two years ago, an on-air reporter at this station. >> live in henry county, bryce williams, wdbj 7. >> reporter: management says he was fired after being warned he needed medical attention. minutes after those troubling tweets, virginia state police spotting the suspect's rental car. the suspect refusing to stop, instead, running the vehicle off the road and crashing. a trooper approaches the car. >> she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. flanagan was flown from the scene to nova fairfax hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> reporter: tonight tributes pouring in for the reporter and the photographer who died at the scene. >> when i walk around, whenever i would run into alison or adam, it was a high point of my day because they always made me smile. >> reporter: tonight the surviving victim, vicki gardener, is in stable condition. this live attack on tv has had its effect on the audience, too, flowers for the victims arriving at t

flanagan worked as a reporter at that wdbj under the name bryce williams for about a year before he was fired. that's the same station where the victims worked. the shooting happened during the morning broadcast on wdbj. reporter alison parker was interviewing a woman live on the air as photographer adam ward's c camera was rolling. then you hear the sound of gunfire. peres secretary josh earnest just spoke about to the shootings. listen to this. >> i do not have the opportunity to speak to the president about the tragic shooting that occurred today in virginia. obviously thoughts and prayers of everybody here at the white house are if w the families of those who were injured or killed in that terrible incident. the precise details continue to be under investigation but as you've heard me say in the past, this is another example of gun violence that is becoming all too common in communities large and small all across the united states. and while there is no piece of legislation that will ends all violence in this country, there are some common sense things that only congress can do that

. >> reporter: bryce williams, the professional name for vester lee flanagan. until two years ago, an on-air reporter at this station. >> live in henry county, bryce williams. >> reporter: management says he was fired after being warned he needed medical attention. minutes after those troubling tweets, virginia state police spotting the suspect's rental car. the suspect refusing to stop, instead, running the vehicle off the road and crashing. a trooper approaches the car. >> she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflektdicted gunshot wound. he was flown from the scene to a hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> reporter: tonight tributes pouring in for the reporter and the photographer who died at the scene. >> when i walk around wherever i'm at, alison or adam, it was a high point of my day because they always made me smile. >> reporter: tonight the surviving victim, vicki gardener, is in stable condition. this live attack on tv has had its effect on the audience, too, flowers for the victims arrives at the station all afternoon, george

. >> reporter: bryce williams, the professional name for vester lee flanagan. until two years ago, an on-air reporter at this station. >> live in henry county, bryce williams. >> reporter: management says he was fired after being warned he needed medical attention. minutes after those troubling tweets, virginia state police spotting the suspect's rental car. the suspect refusing to stop, instead, running the vehicle off the road and crashing. a trooper approaches the car. >> she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflekicted gunshot wound. he was flown from the scene to a hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> reporter: tonight tributes pouring in for the reporter and the photographer who died at the scene. >> when i walk around wherever i'm at, alison or adam, it was a high point of my day because they always made me smile. >> reporter: tonight the surviving victim, vicki gardener, is in stable condition. this live attack on tv has had its effect on the audience, too, flowers for the victims arrives at the station all afternoon, george?

. >> reporter: bryce williams, the professional name for vester lee flanagan. until two years ago, an on-air reporter at this station. >> live in henry county, bryce williams. >> reporter: management says he was fired after being warned he needed medical attention. minutes after those troling tweets, virginia state police spotting the suspect's rental car. the suspect refusing to stop, instead, running the vehicle off the road and crashing. a trooper approaches the car. >> she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflekicted gunshot wound. he was flown from the scene to a hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> reporter: tonight tributes pouring in for the reporter and the photographer who died at the scene. >> when i walk around wherever i'm at, alison or adam, it was a high point of my day because they always made me smile. >> reporter: tonight the surviving victim, vicki gardener, is in stable condition. this live attack on tv has had its effect on the audience, too, flowers for the victims arrives at the station all afternoon, george? >>

his name, vester lee flanagan, also known as bryce williams a former reporter at wdbj-tv. it is a difficult day for anyone who has worn the journalist hat so we begin this hour by sending our condolences to our broadcast colleagues down in roanoke. >> still so many angles to this story unfolding right now. we are going to get to them in just a moment. but we are also following a breaking story right now at the national zoo, where officials say the smaller panda cub has just died. vets are about to hold a news conference to provide more information. they say the larger cub appears to be strong and behaving well his mom. as soon as we get more information from the zoo, we are going to bring it to you live on news4 and, of course, the nbc washington app. jim? >>> erika, viewers in southwest virginia were just waking up today when out of nowhere, they heard the sounds of at least eight gunshots on air. 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 on-air interview, something they do

vester flanagan went by the name bryce williams on air. these are some of the clips he posted on his twitter account from his years in television. a linkedin account attached to bryce williams says he worked as a news reporter and haing ngor several markets most -- anchor in several markets most recently the same virginia station as victims. his facebook and twitter accounts were taken down but before they were, tweets appeared minutes after the shooting, one said that a report was filed with the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission against parker over, quote, racist comments. another said ward went to the station's human resources office after, quote, working with me one time. on the air today, the station's general manager said those claims were examined and dismissed. other information listed on the suspect's linkedin page, that he worked in newsroom in odessa, texas, an greenville north korea. it also says he was a customer service rep for pg&e in 2001. a little more on his time here at kpix 5. i spoke this morning with former

. >> the suspect, a former reporter at the station, vester flanagan who used the name bryce williams on air. mark kelly takes us through the tragic event. >> reporter: the reporter photographer team was in the middle of an early morning live shot. they had no idea it would be their last. alison parker and adam ward were conducting an interview this morning when their former coworker ambushed them. both died. the woman they were interviewing, the local chamber of commerce president was badly wounded but is expected to survive. police say vester flanagan shot himself as they closed in on his car about 200 miles away. he later died. vester was a long-time television reporter who used the name bryce williams on the air. >> live in henry county, bryce williams. >> reporter: wdbj fired him in 2013 and police had to escort him from the building. >> toward the end, there were issues with temper and an inability to work with others. >> reporter: someone claiming to be vester faxed a letter to abc news. in what he described as a suicide note, he says he was attacked for being a gay black man.

the killer disgruntled bryce williams. he turned the gun on himself. leland? >> >> greta, vester flanagan, bryce williams, legal name vester flanagan died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a couple of hours ago, bringing a very violent end to what has been an incredibly sad day. it all began at about 6:30 a.m. local time with a local television crew doing what they did every morning, going out and telling a story. this one was about local tourism and the video that you are looking at was not taken by that local television crew. it is a still picture, taken from a video posted by the gunman in the seconds before the shooting. obviously we are not going to show you the shooting of these two people. according to police, it was committed by bryce williams, a former employee at this station who had a litany of complaints against the station. filed a number of discrimination complaints, about races and social media after the killings he ranted about the two people he shot. one of them alison parker, 24 years old, the reporter on the story. adam ward, the photo journ

when police say former reporter bryce williams took aim. investigators believe he waited to make sure they were live on air before he fired this shot. worlds ' camera caught glimpse of him at 45:00 in the morning, win on the run, real name, vester flanagan, started posting video of the murders on his social media pages, under that bryce williams name. a 23-page manifesto was sent out, discovered driving on highway 11:30 in the morning, drove off the road, shot himself, pronounced dead in the hospital. vicky gardner also shot, luckily, though, upgrade today stable condition after surgery. >> this morning learning more about the reporter and the photographer, each had fell in love with someone who grew upright in this area. fox 29's jennifer joyce on that part of the story from the news room. jen? >> both of the victims, are from our area, alison parker, moved in with boy friend, chris hurst, and ange or at wdgb7 from malvern, and adam ward's fiancee, is from gibbs ton new jersey, ott morning producer at the station, yesterday was her last da

. >> reporter: we have learned that the suspect 41-year-old bryce williams, his on air name apparently took his own life on i-66. that has been confirmed. we have a crew on the way. sky 9 is heading to that scene as well. we hope to have pore information for you. -- more information for you. we are told that the suspect approached the news crew early this morning around 6:45 as they were condpucting a live -- conducting a live interview on tourism. we're choosing not to show this video to you. it is horrifying. you hear gunshots, screaming and then the camera falls to the ground. the reporter is seen running away. then she was shot dead. reporter alison parker just turned 24 years old. photographer adam ward just turned 27. young journalists gunned down during a live report at 6:45 this morning. their colleague continued the broadcast shakenned by the brutal attack that unfolded before their eyes broadcast to their neighbors. >> we're all in a state of shock. you can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. it's just really hard. >> it's really hard to even comprehend. we cover th

flanagan used the name bryce williams on the air. >> live in henry county bryce williams. wdbj7. >> they fired him in 2013 and police had to escort him from the building. >> toward the end, there were issues with temper and ability to work with other. >> this is hard day for all of us here. >> 27-year-old ward was engaged to the morning producer who was in the control room when her fiance' was killed. 24-year-old parker had just moved in with anchor chris hurst. >> we wanted to get married. we were determined to be a news couple. >> parker family said in statement although her life was brief she was so happy with it. >> parker's boyfriend chris hurst who you saw in that video is a graduate of conestoga high school chester county. earlier today he tweeted this message we didn't share this publicly but allison and i were very much in love we just moved in together. i am numb. hurst was supposed to be anchoring the news tonight and instead he's mourning the loss of his colleague and his girl friend. >> i just can't believe that she's gone. i can't. marvelous story teller with

a person going by bryce williams tweeting i filmed the shooting, see facebook. the same account also mentioning the victims by name. complaining about their treatment of him at work. that facebook account now deleted. >> vester flanagan, wtoc news. >> bryce williams, a professional name for vester lee flanagan, up until about two years ago, an on-air reporter at had station. >> live in henry county, bryce williams, wdbj 7. >> reporter: management says he was fired after being warned he needed medical attention. minutes after those troubling tweets, virginia state police spotting the suspect's rental car. the suspect refusing to stop. instead running the vehicle off the road and crashing. a trooper approaches the car. >> she found flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. flanagan was flown from the scene to innova fairfax hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. >> the surviving victim vickie gardener is now in stable condition. this attack on live unedited tv has had its effect on the audience, too. flowers arriving for the victims

flanagan was a former employee at wdbj 7 and on air went by bryce williams. flanagan sent a lengthy multi-page fax to a national news organization in new york about this incident, and our investigators now have a copy of it and its use in the course of this investigation will be continuing. that's where we are right now. we still have a lengthy investigation to conduct, and that's our focus as we move forward. i would like now to turn over the mike to sergeant rick garletz with the virginia state police. >> thank you, sheriff. shortly before 11:30 a.m. this morning virginia state police trooper pam neff was on patrol along interstate 66. her license plate reader lpr alerted to a license plate on a chevrolet sonic traveling east on 66. she followed the vehicle a short distance as troopers responded to assist her before she activated her lights. once that backup was there, she activated emergency equipment and attempted to stop the vehicle. the driver of the sonic vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams, refused to stop and sped away from the trooper. it

. >> the governor the shooter was an ex-employee he worked as a reporter with the name bryce williams and he later shot and killed himself but not before posting his own video of the murders on social midi media. dan joins us now with the latest on the investigation. >> allison and steve this was an attack that played out on my television in front of thousands of viewers. that that manifesto this godman described himself as a human powder it was an attack on the charleston shooting. while investigators the deeper into his motives people are remembering the victims. >> allison parker and adam ward were doing their jobs on an interview about tourism. then out of nowhere, gunshots on live television, the reporter and photographer killed. the women there interviewed was badly injured. the general manager later confirmed the news to viewers. >> were in shock, all there is in our building today is hugging , crying, and consoling. >> the gunman was a former reporter and went by the on-air name of bryce williams. >> he worked at the station for about a year before he was fired. investigator s

using the name bryce williams on air. robert moses joins us with more about what we know morning. good morning. rntion good morning to you. first thing we want to say this is not a story about us but morning show reports we've all stood in front of the camera with bright lights in our faces obscuring our vision easy to lose track of what is going around us. this is a suburban shopping mall on a tranquil late summer morning. so many of us this morning are schismly asking yes. as the sun rose they awoke to allison walker telling them a story as she did each morning. adam ward behind camera light morning show fair, a or story about tourism. >> to provide a better experience for sighing tourism. >> we won't show you live gun choates and screaming from parker and just witnessed her colleagues getting murdered. the woman parker has been interviewing vicky gardner was injured. there. we will, of course, let you know as soon as we find out. >> camera toppled to the ground it captured this image vesterly flanagan a diseffected former reporter at wdbj flanagan went by bryce williams posted

police zeroed in on vester flanagan aka bryce williams. flanagan later died at the hospital from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. flanagan called abc news and sent a letter explaining the charleston church shooting was his tipping point. >> our investigators have a copy of it and its use in the course of this investigation will be continuing. >> reporter: parker's boyfriend, a wbdj anchor tweeted we were very much in love. we just moved in together. i am numb. today her colleagues were going to celebrate a new job before the two moved away to start a new life together. the third victim a local chamber of commerce official is expected to survive. in the manifesto flanagan expressed admiration for virginia tech shooter describing himself as a human powder keg. >> vester flanagan was voted homecoming prince his junior year. >> he was such a happy, positive person. >> i'm devastated. i mean, i grew up with him. i'm a little bit older than he was but he was a kid. we would barbecue together. he was in my backyard. >> flanagan went on to sf stat

officials say police had to be called when bryce williams was let go two years ago, station reps say he was angry and filed complaints that were never corroborated. he had a history of being fired. even filed lawsuit against former employer. >> family of the man born vester flan ban spoke briefly. >> it is with heavy hearts, deep sadness, we express our deepest condolances to the families of salon parker and adam ward. we are also praying for the recovery of vicky gardner. our thoughts and prayers at this time are the wick tips' families and with ddbj television station family. thank if you. >> well, of course, continue to stay to up date with all of the latest developments from this story. when we're not on air we're updating our website fox 29. com. >> also, happening now, police are investigating a body found in an apartment building in north philadelphia. >> steve keeley on this for the latest, let's turn to him. good morning, sir. >> yep, a lot of questions still. the first call came in at 1:00. you can see, one of the cars from the 22nd district still here, crime scene unit and

he continued to use the bryce williams name online before and after the on-air killings. he complained about his career and the victims and posted a video of the shootings on facebook. he faxed a rambling manifesto to a network newsroom saying equality i've been a human powder keg for a while." the sof the murders are troubling from the people who live in this community. many feel as if they knewa, lison, they saw hoar tv every day and were -- her on tv every day, and were forced d to witness her murder. >> eye tell you, it's something i don't want to see again. >> reporter: flanagan drove to the airport, switched cars and was spotted driving on interstate sixty-six. he shot him as police closed in. late in the day, the dead man's family issued a statement. >> reporter: surviving victim, vicki gardener was shot once and is recovering after an operation here. and sources tell us that lester flanagan -- vester flanagan purchased two glock pistols and one of them was the murder weapon. >> our thoughts and prayers with those families and the employees that remain there at the

the driver of the sonic vester flanagan also known as bryce williams refused to stop and sped away from the trooper. it was only a minute or two later when the sonic ran off the road into the median. flanagan was flown from the scene to innova fairfax hospital where he died. >> reporter: flanagan's 41. his victims were 24 and 27 both at the start of their careers and lives. he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. when he was fired, vester flanagan had to be physically building behind me here. he sued the tv station last discrimination, unpaid termination. a company memo to employees instructed them to call 911 if he was ever spotted on the live in roanoke, virginia, lou young, cbs 2 news. >> lou, disturbing doesn't even begin to adequately describe the situation. we understand you had a chance to go inside the newsroom or at least the building. >> reporter: then our job and they are gracious -- they understand our job and they are gracious. i gave them a wide berth. i was set up in the general manager's office. they do their jobs, they cry. they knew these people. best they can. th

the 41-year-old went by the on air name bryce williams while reporting at wdbj from the 12to 2013. according to station general manager jeff remarks, he was dismissed in 2014 following angry outbursts and bizarre behavior. flanagan alleged wrongful termination, a hostile work environment, and harassment. in the kc said, "what i encountered while employed at was nothing short of vile, disgusting, and inexcusable. your honor, i am not the monster here." internal memo showed numerous times how coworkers felt threatened by flanagan's behavior. on the day he was fired, one coworker's said that vester "i'm not leaving, i'm going to make a stink and it will be of the headlines." while roanoke these officers escorted him out of the point, he was yelling and cursing employees and photojournalist adam ward, wednesdays victim, was recording the tirade. wednesday morning, less than two hours after the shooting, vester flanagan sent abc news a manifesto. he said the race related shootings at a south carolina church motivated him. "the church shooting was the tipping the, but my anger has been b

former name bryce williams. fired by wbdj two years ago. he apparently shot himself upon confrontation with police on a highway. >> we had an unhappy employee, but this happens, and usually they move on. >> reporter: shortly after the shooting, a series of tweets linked to an account under his name said alison made racist comments, eeoc filed a report, they fired him after that. adam went to hr on me after working with me one time. then this. i filmed the shooting, see facebook. wbdj station manager jeff marx found a claim was made to eeoc, but the claim dismissed. he told cnn he doesn't know why flanagan attacked victims parker and ward. >> i can't figure out any connection with those people who are among them, the kindest nicest people who worked here. i'm not exaggerating when i say that. >> we've got all of the information. >> reporter: alison parker was a reporter for about a year, recent graduate of james madison university. adam wood, 27, was a cameraman and graduate of virginia tech. the two worked as a team. >> hey, everyone, i am

and now, bryce williams legal name, investigator flannigan is the at alleged gunman. and, carrying out this horrifying crime. incident unfolded on television this morning. i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. at alleged gunman took his own life as officers closed in and tonight we are learning more about him. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is gathering latest developments and she joins us live from the news center. syma? >> jessica and ukee, shooting has shaken many across the country, so many questions, surrounding this incident, why would someone target a news crew live on television. the gunman may have explained his reasons before taking his own life. what started off as a feast tour story turned deadly. a news reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live report, early this morning in virginia. a woman being interviewed was also wounded. the shooter was caught on video in this freeze frame captured by the photographer's camera as he fell. viewers were shocked and confused. franklin county sheriff bill overton was watching it live. >> i w

. >> abc received a fax from someone named bryce williams between last night and this morning. it was a lengthy 23-page document that new is in the hands of authorities. >> to give you perspective it happened with the shooter confronted by police 200 miles away on interstate 66 between washington, dc, and middleton, virginia, police swarmed the area and you can see dozens of police vehicles were on the scene and many are still there several hours after the shooting. >> parker just turned 24 years old. her fiance said they were in love and had plans to get married and just moved in together. the photographer, adam ward was engaged to a morning producer at the same station. involve involve has deep root -- involve involve has deep -- vester lee flanagan has deep roots in the area. vester lee flanagan or bryce williams, has local or california connections that is why we are here at san francisco state where the administration is confirm he graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1995. that is all the university would say this morning. that he does attend and did graduat