he's been identified as vester flanagan, aka brice williams. he was born in 1973.consider him to be armed and dangerous. according to authorities, he has attempted to communicate via social media, twitter account, facebook account as well. that twitter account has been suspended. a third victim of the shooting, vicky gardner, is at roanoke hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries, and we're waiting to get an update on her condition. i do want to go to my colleague, pete williams. as we learn more about this individual, being very careful not to read some of these things that he has alleged given, authorities are looking for this man and his role, they say, in the deaths of these two young individuals, alison parker and adam ward. but we are learning a bit more, including lawsuits that have been filed. >> it's safe to say they don't know where he is at this point. earlier there was some optimism because the governor of virginia had said they were in hot pursuit of him on a virginia highway. they certainly were in hot pursuit of a vehicle, but it turn

he went by the on air name brice williams, he was fired forfeits of anger, the station called police to escort him out of the building when he was fired and ward videotaped him being escorted out. >> he was disturbed the way things transpired. at some point in his life things were spiraling out of control. >> after the shooting the police chased him to a highway 190 miles away. he shot himself. he had earlier in the day faxed a man fester pointing to the charleston church shooting as motivation. >> he grew up in oakland. he studied broadcasting, and was an intern at channel 5. he worked in san diego, sacramento, florida and virginia. much of his family lived in vallejo, and people who knew him and remembered him. >> this average middle class neighborhood woke up stunned. >> sad all over. really sad. >> vester flanagan who shot and killed a reporter in virginia used to live here. >> for a person like that to be, used to live here, disgrace. he was a soft spoken person, a gentle giant. >> i was shocked. >> shocked to hear he had anger issues. ready to explode. >> i didn't see the anger

general manager again addressed the tragedy and firing of alleged gunman who worked on air as brice williams. >> he reacted angrily telling them that he was going to make a stink and it would be in the headlines. >> he was fired for job performance and troubled interaction. >> he handed a wooden cross to the news director who was, at that time innocent and he said you will need this. >> flanigan grew up and graduated from san francisco state. his first television job at kpis. yesterday a family spokesperson expressed condolences to the victims and their families. alison parker's father said he will focus on keeping guns away from those with mental illness and called flanigan a coward. >> i don't want to see another tragedy like this again. >> now we're also learning more about what police say they found in two cars that he used to get away after the shooting. a search warrant shows he had a wig, six magazines of am in addition and what investigators call a to-do list. police also found 17 stamped letters, a briefcase that contained three license places, l shawl and an umbrella. >> and a touc

his name was vester lee flanagan but went by the name brice williams. the general manager of the news station told viewers more after what led to his firing earlier. >> vester was an unhappy man. we employed him as a reporter, and he had some talent in that respect and some experience, although he had been out of the business for awhile when he was hired here. he quickly became -- gathered a reputation as someone who was difficult to work with. would you say, joe? he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. 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. >> flanagan recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted the video on social media. he then shot himself after police closed in on him. the sheriff of franklin county was among many horrified viewers watching this morning when the tragedy unfolded on live television. >> it is really -- stopped me in my tracks this morning. like

vester flanagan, we knew him as brice williams. and i wondered, did he hide his legal name and identity when he applied for the job to hide the troubles he had had in the past with anger lawsuits, and volatility. we were all afraid when he left. he had to be escorted out of the station by police. and we were told to, if we see him, to call police because it was clear he was angry at the station and the people who worked here and was volatile. so in a scary way, when i heard it was him. i wasn't surprised. i can't imagine what it is like for chris hurst tonight. we saw his twitter account and saw his tweets as he wrote about his fiancee. i can't even -- i imagine the newsroom is just grief-stricken tonight. two members of your team. >> i know, two members of our team gone and then two additional members deeply affected, are mourning flowers on her desk from adam. today is her last day at the station. she just accepted a job in charlotte. today her last day and adam had sent her flowers. she has a bouquet of flowers on her desk with

a human powder keg to go boom, those were the words that vester flanagan, otherwise known as brice williams, to describe himself in a 23-page fax. a rambling suicide note, he sent to abc news two hours after he killed two of his former colleagues and before he shot and killed himself. the channel immediately turned over the document to investigating officers. on wednesday his family expressed condolences to the victims. >> it is with heavy heart and deep sadness we express our deepest condolences to the families of alison parker and adam ward. we're also praying for the recovery of vicky gardner. our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims' families. >> 41-year-old vester flanagan had numerous grievances. a gay black man said he had been the victim of racism and sexual harassment at work. the news station which fired him two days ago described him as a volatile, disgruntled employee. in his fax, he said his, quote, tipping point was the north carolina church shooting. two days after nine african-americans were killed in the june race crime, flanagan legally bought a gun. the

the shooter known professionally as brice williams. >> it's an absolute disaster area. >> a former co-worker. after a police pursuit, he is believed to have shot himself and was take on the the hospital now disturbing new details revealed abhis secret double on the killing spree. >> michelle, this shooter clearly had an agenda and perhaps was on a revenge mission. [000:29:57;00]

he went to the on-air name brice williams.anagement described him as an angry man that seemed to seek out con frofrontation. there were no scienigns that he planning this attack on his colleagues. the gunman's family released a statement expressing condolences to the loved ones of alison parker and adam ward as well as prayers for the continued recovery of vicky gardner. aaron, back to you. >> sarah dallof, live in roanoke. thank you, sarah. you can go to nbcwalk.com and the nbcwashington app for more coverage. including the reaction from adam ward's fiancee and look inside the personnel file of the gunman. >>> a traffic report to let you know about. crews are hauling in equipment to fix crumbling concrete. this shouldn't cause too many delays just yet. the actual construction will begin after labor day. how about our weather today, amelia? >> looking gorgeous outside. when you are leaving work in about 30 minutes, this is lovely. i wish every summer day could be like this. the humidity is low. we are looking at comfortable te

police say it was a former reporter, vester flanagan, known on tv as brice williams, fired from the same roanoke tv station more than two years ago. after the shooting, flan began took to twitter and facebook posting his own video of the attack. around 6:45, investigators say flanagan fled the scene. at 11:00 a.m., police found his mustang at the roanoke regional airport, where they believe he got into a chevy rented earlier this month. 30 minutes later, a virginia state trooper spotted flanagan on i66. despite speeding away, they say flanagan crashed minutes later in the median. 190miles from where he started. police radio recordings captured what happened next. >> shooting, 16-mile marker. self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: flanagan later died at a hospital. >> it's obvious there was this gentleman was disturbed in some way of the way things had transpired at some point in his life. it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: more evidence of that in a manifesto flanagan faxed to abc news after the attack. he pointed to the charleston church shooting as m

mcauliffe says authorities know who that shooter is, identified as vester lee flanagan, also bri brice williams. the shooting happened at a shopping center in moneta, south of roanoke. police asked all station employees to stay in the building and all schools are on lockdown as a precaution. >>> adam ward, the murdered photographer, his fiancee, is also a producer at that tv station. her name is melissa ott, a graduate of penn state and was an intern here at nbc10 in 2011. stay with us for more on this breaking news out of virginia as we continue to follow developments. >>> checking our other top stories right now, a police captain says that one officer saved another officer's life this morning. police were called out to an armed robbery in the cobbs creek neighborhood. they say the suspect ran around a corner, waiting for the officer chasing him on foot. the officer's partner saw him, told him to drop his gun. he refused. police shot him. the suspect was taken to the hospital for surgery. no word on his condition. >>> a fire fueled by open gas line sent flames through the roof of abrams apartm

the suspected gunman is identified as vester flanagan who used the name brice williams. he was described as the disgruntled former employee. he fled the scene buzz was spotted by troopers on interstate 66 in faulkner county. there was a short chase between police and flanagan before he veered off into the median. when troopers approached they found him with a self inflicted gunshot wound. he was air lifted to the hospital where he later died. flanagan's accounts were taken down by twitter and facebook. earlier today jeff marks describes suspected shooter vester flanagan. >> vester was an unhappy man. he -- we employed him as a reporter. and he -- he had some talent in that respect and some experience. a although he had been out of the business for a while when he was hired here. he quickly became -- gathered a reputation of someone who was difficult to work with. he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. he -- and eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. and he did not that take that well.

his name was vester lee flanagan but went by the name brice williams.ager of the news station told viewers more after what led to his firing earlier. >> vester was an unhappy man. we

as the bit of a rambling note as it is described by abc from a person who claims that he was brice williams. and it comes at a time before the name had come out. so there is every reason to think it's actually from the person who fired these shots. >> and pete, let me ask you this. you were talking about the search in are this man, the four hour window in which they managed to track him down. one of the aspects that is obviously very unique and certainly very dynamic in this particular incident is the unprecedented nature that this individual posted video of the shooting to his twitter and facebook accounts as the man hunt was under way. do we know whether or not technology, his own social media postings helped police and other law enforcement track him down and locate him as he was moving away from the crime scene is this. >> we're not certain but law enforcement officials we've talked to said that that kind of technology did not play a role here. perhaps the virginia police were using something they don't want to disclose. but we haven't been told that. one possibility is this was a renta

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:i'm on garnet drive in the neighborhood where the gunman vester flanigan's parents live. neighbors i talked to are shocked to hear the news. >>"if something like that happened to my child, i'd just be devastated" >> reporter:neighbors i spoke with say flanagan's 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 couldn't imagine him commiting such a horrific crime. >>"the person th

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faster we flanagan reportedly is a reporter at the same television station, went by the name of brice williamsquote, on air name. we understand he could video of himself shooting the victims literally down the barrel of the gun and posted that on twitter. stuart: that post has been taken down. ashley: within the last five minutes. you want stuart: he was literally killing the shooting. as if he is looking down the barrel of the gun. that must be a horrifying. ashley: there are the party involved in some sort of age are dispute at the station. stuart: it was clear from the live broadcast. ashley: of woman being interviewed is in surgery, she was also shot. the woman on the right. that is the reporter on the left was shot and killed. stuart: i want to say this, if you were watching that station in virginia this morning you didn't know what was going to happen, just watching local news and suddenly it that happens right in front of you. i don't know how many thousands of people would have seen it but many thousands of people did see it. >> i worry his family was watching the cameramen, he has gro

brice? >> that's the first name that came to his mind. >> yes. >> reporter: bryce william was vest tore flanagan. he handed a tape to the investigators. >> i knew adam was going. hayed to look at it over and over again because it was my job to give a copy to police and give a copy to us and give a copy to our legal team and i watched my friend eight, nine times in a row. >> reporter: his golfing buddy adam and his friend allison which he called a shining bright foorkwork. >> that's what you remember. not a gutless cowardly gunman shooting them down, no way. >> reporter: they say they still don't know what his final plans were. there was one survive eric vickny gardner. her condition was improving ochbl friday she was awake, alert, and talking. for "cbs this morning: saturday," jeff pegues in roanoke, virginia. >>> a court in egypt has sentenced three al jazeera journalists. they were all arrested in december 2013 on terrorism-related charges. after theo ouster of islamic president morsi. >>> police in thailand say they have made an arrest in connection with the bombing of a shrine in bangkok alm