he's been identified as vester lee flanagan. he used to work at the station in roanoke, the cbs affiliate, as a reporter a few years ago. police are still trying to find him. he was tweeting on the run before his twitter account was suspended. allison parker and adam ward are the two names of the reporter and photographer who were killed this morning during the live television interview at a shopping center when the gunman opened up, he open fire. they were working the morning shift there, the morning show, when they were killed, reporting a story about tourism. vester lee flanagan identified as the suspect. police are still looking for him. we found out that he recently delivered a 23-page manifesto to abc news. we will continue following this story and bring you any developments throughout the morning and on the "nbc10 news" app. >>> a bittersweet day for a minnesota woman. she's scheduled to give birth to twin girls today knowing that one of them probably won't survive. amber mccoullough, she joined her identical twins are jo

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 graduate. no one we have spoken with seems to remember him or know of him but that what not be surprising it was 20 years ago. while in school he worked for channel 5 from 1993 to 1995 as an intern and then as an assistant on the assignment desk and he calls the duties as "pitching stories." before that, vester lee flanagan graduated from skyline high school in oakland and the district confirmed he graduated from there in 1991. san francisco state, skyline high school, as to the work history, after leave the bay area he moved around, general assignment record next to next, for several months in 1995 and not in any job for very long, two years reporting in savannah, georgia, another year

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in the bay area and a history of anger over race issues in the work police co-workers called vester lee flanagan disgruntled employees and accused the victims of racism an accusation the boss denies. vester lee flanagan said he was a gay man the victim of homophobia and said he admired mass murderer like columbine shooters. we have more on his history from vallejo. >> to his friends and family in the bay area, vester lee flanagan was an outgoing constitute named to the 1991 homecoming court at sky line high school in oakland. now, he is accused of shooting and killing a reporter can cameraman on live tv and turning the gun on himself. >> in high school we never saw anything like that. he was a happy and positive person. everyone loved him. >> 19 significant was a tv reporter going by the name of brace williams working with the victims at wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia, until fired in 2013. hit boss called him an angry man who had to be escorted out of the station. in a suicide note, vester lee flanagan wrote i've been a human powder keg waiting to go boom. >> this is out of nowhere. i don't believ

his name off-air was vester lee flanagan. let's go to nbc's hallie jackson who's in route to this story. you said something off the bat i want to touch on that i think is important. news teams are families and it is with heavy hearts we are reporting this. you work very long hours, you're around each other consistently and constantly. talk about what you feel this newsroom is dealing with at this time, because it's -- this is a first, to have this all unfold on social media. there are videos put forward by the suspect of him showing this horrific act. we have this entire thing captured on television. this is very new ground for us here in america in 2015. >> reporter: and it's got to be, you would imagine, a nightmare for the folks who know alison and adam. it's our understanding the two had worked together as sort of the morning team. as you know in local news, it's often just the reporter and photographer out there together and they work together as a team for a while now. you heard folks at that station, wdbj talk about ho

word's camera topple to the ground it captured this image of the gunmen later identified as vester lee flanagan, a disaffected former reporter at wdbj who was fired in 2013. flanagan also went by the name of a byzantine, posted video on facebook and twitter. in an extraordinary show of composure and hard the journalists and general manager at wdbj had to wipe tears from their eyes at one moment and in the next do as they are trained to do, cover a huge story, and this one was about their beloved co-worker is. >> we have determined with the help of the police and our employees that allison and adam died this morning. >> reporter: a short time after the shooting a 23 page document our manifesto part suicide note apparently from flanagan arrived at abc news in new york. in it flanagan described himself as a cumin powder keg waiting to go boom. flanagan shot and killed himself 2 and did miles north of the crime scene. jeffrey marx, general manager at wdbj said the station had many his time there. >> after many incidents of his anger coming to the 4 we dismissed him and he did not take that well. we

he is vester lee flanagan ii. he's 41 years old. this is the information we're just getting in right now. the virginia state police are pursuing leads and not engage in an actual pursuit on the interstate. that contradicts what the governor said in his interview a short time ago on the radio. so the pursuing lead not engaged in an actual pursuit on the interstate. it says franklin county virginia sheriff's office is investigating the shooting that happened this morning at bridgewater plaza near smith mountain lake. at this time, sheriff's officials can confirm that at this time three people were shot, the deceased being the reporter and her cameraman. this was around 6:45 local time. the shooter has not been apprehended and they provided another still image of the suspect. pat, back to the conversation of how they were able to identify this man who was now vester lee flanagan. perhaps he had no idea that this image was caught from. from all the information we received, he approached firing off that gun, and had no idea that the came

vester lee flanagan. john terret, i can only imagine how the community has reacted. >> reporter: it really is, the wave of sympathy started early this morning and has now swept around the 50 states, there's no doubt about that. the latest news, vester lee flanagan, the assumed gunman was using a glock 9 millimeter pistol. the police say he bought two weapons legally, quite legally in july and in a manifesto he put out to abc news two hours after the killings, this morning, he said he was inspired to buy the weapons after the church shootings in charmts south carolina back in july. -- in charleston, south carolina in july. this is flee fleer rhone oak, v. alison park an walker and and a, news of their deaths is resonating very badly. 6:45 a.m., television reporter alison parker and adam ward were on the air live. they never saw it coming. the pair gunned down while interviewing vicky gardner, a representative of the chamber of commerce was also shot and wounded. quution. >> okay not sure what happened ther

officers got a sent warrant for the car the suspect vester lee flanagan jr. was driving and inside they found extra license plates, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. he was traveling with a glock with multiple magazines and ammunition he group up with a family in vallejo and he was described as a gentle giant and told abc7 his behavior yesterday was surprising. >> people are mourning the loss of allison parker and adam ward. here is more on that story. >> please join us now in a moment of silence. >> a moment of silence on the morning news at the exact time the virginia news time lost two of their best live on air yesterday. >> allison and adam this is for you. >> allison parker and the photographer, adam ward were doing a tourism story and shots came flying killing the two and injuring the person being interviewed, vicki gardner. >> what happened is inbound for our community and i cannot remember anything like that happening. >> nightmare for a community stunned as we learn more of the shooter identified as vester lee flanagan a firm reporter who went by bryce wi

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 responsibility

it took a deadly turn, former wdvj 7 employee, vester lee flanagan, colleagues describe as disgruntled, opened fire. >> wdvj-tv news crew was conducting a live interview with ms. gardner when remember is lee flanagan, ii, age 41, of roanoke, suddenly appeared and approached them and started shooting. alison parker, age 24, and adam ward, age 27, died at the scene. both parker and ward were residents of roanoke, virginia. let us not forget, they grew up in this area, part of our community. >> reporter: the person they were interviewing, vicki gardner, we are told, still in the hospital at this hour in stable condition, still being treated. during the pursuit of flanagan, we noticed playing out on social media a rather troubling exchange. it was as though he was posting under his on-air name, bryce williams, and he was almost taunting police and the public, posting video, disturbing images of the attack. he captured it, it appears, from a cell phone that he was carrying as he carried out the attack here in the place behind me. as you heard there, the search for the suspect, flanagan, con

moments ago spoke again and he is being asked about the man you see in the middle of the screen, vester lee flanagan, a a a bryce williams was his on-air name, he worked for the tv station, a disgruntled employee, why did you release him? watch. >> vester lee flanagan was an unhappy man. we employed him as a reporter and he had some talent in that respect and some experience though 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. he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. eventually after many incidents of his anchor coming to the 4 week dismissed him. he didwe dismissed him. he did not take that will. >> vester lee flanagan was an unhappy man. we spoke with bo dietl earlier, he is in the newsroom standing by helping with this coverage today. to give some perspective what police would have been looking at and one of the things you said early on is there were definitely red flags. there were moments in this person's history likely, people would have had diffi

she said that vester lee flanagan shot the photographer and then shot her knocking her to the ground with a bullet to the become as she tried to run. vester lee flanagan stood over her and firing self more shots execution help style. the gun misfired. messages of support have been pouring into the station wdbj. >> i have 819 e-mails and all my voice mailbox is full and it is all with people reaching out. >> fired from the station in 2013 according to the general manager, vester lee flanagan arounded the news director a crucifix upon the firing saying "you will need this." he killed himself when the officers closed in. >> president george w. bush and former purse need laura bush will be in new orleans marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina the 10 years ago the evacuations were under way and 10 years ago tomorrow caughts catastrophic damage and killing 1,800 people. we have a look at what is be we have a look at what is be done to honor the come back. refused to give up proving even a hurricane cannot destroy some things. this morning, a renaissance, hundreds of more restaura

virginia state police searched vester lee flanagan's apartment today just blocks away from the station where he once worked decide by side with his victims. wdbj management fired flanagan who went by the name bryce williams on air back in february, 2013, after repeated problems with his on air work and numerous complaints about his behavior from other staffers. flanagan took his dismissal hard shouting at co-workers as police physically removed him from the building and making veiled threats, all of it recorded by photographer adam ward. >> on the way out he handed a wooden cross to the news director who was at that time dan denison and said you'll need. this >> reporter: employees were told to call 911 if they saw flanagan on the property and the station hired off-duty police to watch the building that weekend. by all accounts flanagan stayed away from the station and his former colleagues until wednesday's fatal encounter with ward and reporter alison parker. the next clue to flanagan's downward spiral may come from the evidence recovered from his get-away car including sealed letter

vester lee flanagan is name of the suspect. posted on social media, video of the crime posted this morning about 6:45 eastern time. twitter suspended the account. we know video is out there to view. we'll certainly not air it. what you do see someone walking along looks like this balcony, this build-up balcony where there are shops, restaurants, miniature golf, boat rentals at a place of community involvement really. this is a community park, if you will where you can come enjoy the outdoors. the person walks through this balcony. you can see him approaching the cameraman and reporter. they don't look up. they don't even see anyone there from what you can tell. then the view shifts as the shooter takes the life of the two individuals you see on your screen, adam ward, and alison parker. vicki gardner was also shot. she was the woman being interviewed. we're waiting for a status update on her, potentially her injuries. we understand she was shot in the back. here we are as we're approaching noon eastern time. much of the facts o

vester lee flanagan ii had a list of grievances. he said the camera men complained about him to management and he was later mistreated because he was gay and black. he expresses admiration for shool shooters. he called abc news and said he shot two people and hung up the phone. his childhood friends say this is not the man he knew. >> sometimes the pressure of life get to you. you have a nervous break down. >> reporter: a former roommate says he got a text from the shooter this morning saying he did something so bad he didn't want to tell him about it. stay with us for the latest on the murder that unfolded on live tv and the latest >>> other news tonight an 8 year old girl hit and killed tonight in brooklyn. she was walking across east 27th street in flatbush. she stepped out in the street from behind a parked truck. a memorial growing on the spot where she was hit. >>> here at 11:00 we're hearing from the brother of the captain of the missing fishing boat off the coast of new jersey. no sign of captain tom anderson. where is he an

co-workers describe vester lee flanagan as a disgruntled employee. about the two victim on twitter accusing them of racism and an accusation the boss denies. he said he was a gay man the victim of mass murders like columbine. >> to his friends and family in the bay area, vester lee flanagan was an outgoing student named for the 1991 homecoming court at skyline high school in oakland. now he is accused of shooting and killing a reporter and cameraman and turning the gun on himself. >> in while we never saw anything like that he was a happy and positive person and everyone loved him. >> he was also a tv reporter would want by the name of brace williams he worked with the victims at wdbj in roanoke, virginia, until being fired in 2013. the boss called him an angry man who had to be escorted out of the station. in a suicide note sent to abc news he wrote "i've been a human powder keg for a while waiting to go boom." >> i don't believe it. that is all i can say. i'm in shock. >> virg el has known him since he was a child growing up in this home in oakland

the gunman was vester lee flanagan, former and obviously somewhat disgruntled employee of station wdbj, he had worked as a reporter, there is video of him using the name kitty in. he had been a number of television stations. robert moses here with more on this report. >> reporter: the nypd increased security around stations like ours. we didn't know if this was random. we soon learned the man who carried out this shooting knew the business well and was a fairly good reporter according to his colleagues, he worked in multiple stations and often cause trouble as he went but as one of his former co-workers >> as the sun rose, viewers awoke to a alison parker telling them a story as they did each morning, adam ward was up 90 camera. it is light morning show fair about tourism. >> we're seeing tourism. >> we won't show you what came next, gunshot on live television, screams from parker and were from the anchor in the studio who had just witnessed her colleagues getting murdered. the woman parker had been interviewing, vicki gardner, was injured. >> not sure what happened, we will let you kn

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. >> according to her, the suspected shooter, vester lee flanagan, tried to keep shooting her but the gun did not work so he took off. he killed himself as officers closed in. he was fired from wdbj in 2013. according to the general manager, vester lee flanagan handed the news director a crucifix upon the hiring saying and i quote, "you are going to need this." >> a hero's homecoming for one of the three americans who helped take down the terrorist on a french train last week, talked exclusively to "good morning america" today. >> i immediately recognized what was happening and i in the, there is no way, no way this is happening right new. i am just...really, that is the only thought i that, i could not believe it was happening and we acted, and i did not have another thought for those two minutes. >> alek skarlatos with the national guard thanksen for their outpour of gratitude and the airport cheer the as he arrived in new york. he and his friends, spencer zone and sacramento state student anthony sadler received the highest medal from the french president and congratulations from p

town struck down by gun violence. >> reporter: investigators work to determine what caused vester lee flanagan to snap. flanagan planned on getting away with these murders, filled his rental car with ammunition, three license plates, sunglasses, a black hat, back up iphone and residue. in his apartment disturbing picture emerges investigators found sex toys, calf feces, pornography and pictures of himself as a reporter at wdbj. flanagan who went by the name and 18 was fired from the station for being hostile. he frequently complained about his colleagues including writing delusional ramblings to roanoke businesses saying he was discriminated against for being black and day. the same incoherent thoughts in a 23 page manifesto he sent to a news network after he killed alison parker and adam ward live on air and despite all of that those who knew him say they couldn't have predicted this. >> anecdotally he was very in greek, angry when he left year two years ago, something i would never have expected to happen certainly not two years after he left. >> reporter: described himself as a powder keg.

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the suspect identified as vester lee flanagan ii, known on air as bryce williams. ording to colleagues he was difficult to work with. in fact, flanagan sued two of his former stations, a civil lawsuit last year against wdbj in virginia which was dismissed. back in 2000 he sued a station in tallahassee, florida, claiming producers and managers made offensive remarks will blacks and fired him for complaining. both cases were thrown out of court. the virginia station's manager explained earlier today the end of williams' employment there. >> vester was an unhappy man. he was sort of looking out for people to say thingsg'9/ that h could take offense to. he -- and eventually, after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, he -- we dismissed him. and he did not take that well. we had to call the police to escort him from the building. >> let's bring in our legal panel. john loro, jonna spilbor. guys, breaking news happening right now because this 23-page manifesto that bryce williams sent to abc last night, faxed it. we have that in our possession and we are gettin

suspect is identified as vester lee flanagan, age 41, from roanoke. he's believed to be the prime suspect in the shooting in that area. >> you heard it there. the suspect vester lee flanagan was previous lay reporter who worked at the same station with the two victims. he also went by the name of bryce williams. after the suspect began posting tweets showing the gunmen's point of view. the suspect's video was first broadcast right after the shooting when the camera man captured the shooter from his fallen camera. and today the sheriff described his shock of seeing all of this unfold on live television. >> it was extremely difficult this morning. i'd actually did a remote with ms. parker and adam about three weeks ago when our schools opened up here. it is really stopped me in my tracks this morning. like many viewers, i was watching this morning's broadcast. and couldn't understand really what was happening myself. >> joining me now from virginia is msnbc's adam reiss and from washington d.c. pete williams. adam, what is the latest on the scene there?

vester lee flanagan also knew them. he was recently fired from the wdbj. >> the gentleman thinks that things tran spired and spiraling out of control. >> reporter: after the shooting flanagan fled the scene. in the aftermath he posted a video of the shooting. police found his car at the roanoke airport. >> flanagan then left the airport in a chevrolet sonic that he rented earlier in the month. >> reporter: flanagan fled north on i-81 and then onto i- 66 where a state trooper located him in northern virginia fauquier county through a license plate reader. in your view how instrumental were the license plate readers in catching the suspect? >> license plate preceders are a great tool. the state police threw several others throughout the state and it helps. >> reporter: and that is what identified flanagan's vehicle. when a state trooper tried to pull him over, he refused and police say he shot himself right there on i-66. now as far as the other person who was wounded, vicki gardner who is with the local chamber of commerc

>> reporter: lucy vester lee flanagan gave praise to past mass murders and spoke about being victimized by discrimination. those are just a few of the details emerging emerging in a e manifesto he called a suicide note for friends and family. that note was fax to do an abc newsroom about an hour and a half after the shooting. then handled over to authoriti authorities. flanagan blames this attack on the charleston church shootings back in june writing the church shooting was the tipping point. but my anger has been building steadily. i've ban human powder keg for while. just waiting to go boom! >> that shooting says inspired him to go out and buy a gun. he says why did i do it? i put down a deposit for a gun on june 19th. the church shooting in charleston happened on jun june 17th. now... law enforcement officers have concerns. >> in his television resume real posted on youtube, he hasn't work at that virginia station in about two years. now, flanagan says he was also influenced by the virginia tech shoot calling him his boy. he also mentions the shooters in the columbine high school ma

out about the gunman in the shooting who spent part of his life growing up in the bay area, vester lee flanagan took his own life after being confronted by police. he grew up in oakland, many of the relatives live in vallejo and worked with the victims as a tv rot are under the name bryce williams. he was described as being disgruntled which surprised a fellow graduate of skyline while. he was doing great work in virginia and it is sad. owe hearts go out to the victims and his family because their liveses are changed. >> he graduated from san francisco state university with a degree in broadcasting in 1995. the career in tv began as an intend in san francisco. he went to work at other stations across america. >> we are getting our first look at the cover of the roanoke times, the local newspaper in virginia, you can see the headline "state of shock," showing people hanging their heads in somber tribute to the victims. >> journalists across the united states and around the world are posting tributes to parker and ward with #westandwithwdbj. reporters and photographers and news teams have been sh

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 all day long. jim avila, abc news, roanoke, virginia. >> just a nightmare there. you never know what's going on in someone's head. >> we noticed a tweet that caught our eye this evening, one from the station, someone at the

vester lee flanagan was fired from station in 2013. according to the general manager, flanagan handed the news director a crucifix upon his firing saying you are going to need this. the messages of sympathy and support have been pouring into the station. >> i have 819 e-mails, i have all of my voice mailboxes are full, and it is all with people reaching out. >> officers found a handgun, extra ammunition, several license plates and a wig if his car. the original survivor of the shooting has awakened from medically induced coma and has been upgraded to "good," condition. >> a suspected process state now is paralyzed from the income down after allegedly being shot by an aspiring santa rosa junior college football player according to the press democrat. they met at me tell 6 in rohnert park last month and officials say he shot jackson in the neck and leg after he tried to problem her. a surveillance video shows him near the crime scene and what is what led to his arrest. jackson is now paralyzed. >> a pre-trial murder for man charged with k

we're looking at live video of interstate 66 where vester lee flanagan's car was where he apparently was pulled over. and shot himself. again, he is not dead as we reported earlier. state police corrected us on that. he's in very critical condition. we'll stay on top of that and let you know if anything changes with his status. this has been a noogt maightmar. this has been going on for about five hours since we first found out. that's the location delight in faulkier county, northern virginia. interstate 77 and mile marker 17 to give you an exact location. so he apparently drove from bridgewater county north wart if there was another target, somebody else he was after, i don't know. these are things we'll probably never know. it's just one of those things. >> in many times the case where something like this happens a gunman feels surrounded and shoots him or herself and state police tell us vester flanagan shot himself. very critical condition right now. this has been a tough morning as you can imagine at wdbj seven. jeff marks has been through with us. what more do you want to add,

station said they saw the images of the gunman captured by adam ward's camera and recognized vester lee flanagan. that information was passed to the sheriff's office, flanagan would then shoot and kill himself but this story is about adam ward and alison parker and how they represent all that is good in the industry than they and we love. >> good morning. >> reporter: as the sun rose wdbj viewers awoke to alison parker telling them story as they do each morning. adam ward was behind camera. it is light morning show fair, a story about tourism is >> to provide a better experience. >> reporter: we won't show you what came next, gunshots on why television, screams from alison parker and were from the internet studio who had just witnessed her colleagues getting murdered. the woman parker had been interviewing, vicki gardner was injured. >> not sure what happens. we will let you know as soon as we find out. >> reporter: as word's camera toppled to the ground it acted this image of the gunman identified as vester lee flanagan, a disgruntled reporter who was fired in 2013. also went by the name of bry

>> greta, we are learning more about february 1st, 2013, when vester lee flanagan was fired.s fired for inability to perform well in his job as well as not working as a team member. now, you can see obviously security is here and that's exactly the way it was the day that flanagan was dragged out and they had security here for the days after because they didn't know if he was going to retaliate. i want to bring you to the scene here, a makeshift memorial has begun to erupt. as folks know a local newscast is like your family, you see them morning, noon, and night. and a lot of folks turning out just hugging and crying and offering their condolences to the station here. and they are literally folks coming out and putting these balloons and these flowers because they are hit as well. let's listen to alison parker in her own words. >> the most thrilling thing i have ever done, i took a trip to the grand canyon with my family and we went horseback riding down the grand canyon, and it was supposed to be a guided tour and our tour guide said oh, i will catch up with you, and he neve

since the top of the hour, police identified the shooting suspect as vester lee flanagan ii. 41 yearsld. this is a freeze frame taken by the photographer as he was being shot to death. you see there the suspect dressed in all black, points a gun. the news crew from the cbs affiliate there, wbdj was doing a report on tourism for their morning show. allison parker was doing a live interview when the man came up and shot allison and the photographer, adam ward. allison was on the morning team. there's allison there. she spent most of her life in virginia, growing up in martinsvil martinsville. she graduated from james madison. just turned 24. the photographer, adam ward was 28. the virginia tech was the station's go-to guy. the woman being interviewed from the chamber of commerce was shot. we're hearing she is in surgery. back to you. >> thank you, christen, and just a terrible story. our entire news room is shaken. this story really hits close to home but it's the sort of violence happening around the country and there are plenty of families or still looking for answers. >> it is, and s

. >> the alleged shooter vester lee flanagan used a glock pistol to carry out the shootings. we're told he bought it illegally back in july and according to a manifesto he released, two hours after the sheeghts, he was drawn to do the sheeghts after the shootings that took place in south carolina. everybody in this part of the world knows everybody else. the television station, wdbj is a very small operation. it's big for this area and it's watched by a lot of people but it's basically a family run small tv station. they're live truck can be seen right now just over my shoulder. so john the work of alison parker and adam ward was known in this community and the news of their death, is beginning to resonate in the community. 6:45 a.m., alison parker and adam ward were on the air but never saw it coming. vicky gardner was being interviewed and never saw it coming. at the station, confusion. >> all right, we're not sure what happened. we'll legality you know. >> the reality they just witnessed the murder of their co-workers. >> we're all in a state of shock. you can hear people

j gunman is vester lee flanagan disgruntled employee of wdbj using name as bryce williams bouncing around the for several years different stations. robert moses joins us now with more on the investigation into this horrible, horrible story. reporter: good morning to you vester flanagan worked as a male model as well as a high priced companion according to his social media posts. but he was also a volatile reporter who bounced from one small market to the next and then trouble seemed to follow him. but no one could have anticipated that his anger could boil over to this degree. >> good morning allison. >> good morning. >> sun rose wdbj workers rose adam ward behind camera. light morning show fair a story about tourism. >> to provide a better experience. we won't show you what came next. gunshots on live television. screamsscreams from parker and then horror from the anchor in the studio who witnessed her colleagues getting murdered. woman parker has been interviewing vicky gardner injured. >> we will let you know -- >> as the camera toppled to the ground it captured this image of the gunma

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after crashing his car on the side of a virginia highway, troopers rushed vester lee flanagan that they saw sitting inside wounded. >> she saw flanagan suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he was flown from the scene to a nova fairfax hospital where he died. >> reporter: the 41-year-old flanagan, television station officials reveal was a former reporter who had a reputation of being difficult to work with. >> he won't be stingy with the cds. he will share with his family. vester flanagan -- >> we had to separate him from the company and we did understand that i was living in the area. occasionally he would run into people from our company. >> reporter: the station manager also said flanagan filed a complaint with the eeoc alleging that other employees made racial comments to him. it was dismissed. abc received a fax listed grievances. he talked about how he was man. >> it goes to show where the gentleman's mind was the night before or what was taking place there that there was forethought given as to the chain of events that would happen. >> reporter: in the material send to a

. >> reporter: investigators work to determine what caused vester lee flanagan to snap. flanagan planned on getting away with these murders, filled his rental car with multiple rounds of ammunition, three license plates, a wig, sunglasses, a black hat, back up-and powder residue. inside his apartment but disturbing picture emerged. investigators found sex toys, cat feces, pornography and pictures of himself as a reporter, and he went by at name bryce williams and was fired from the station for being hostile, complained about his colleagues including writing delusional ramblings to run a businesses and he was discriminated against for being black and gay. this incoherent thoughts in the 23 page manifesto to in news network after he killed alison parker and adam ward live on air. those who know him say they still couldn't have predicted this. >> he was very angry, he was years ago. it is something i would never have expected certainly not two years after he left. reaching just last month of roanoke judge dismissed the lawsuit that flanagan filed against wdbj cleaning workpl

former tv reporter vester lee flanagan fumed and brooded over his professional misfortunes and took them out on two young journalists during a live report for the station that fired him two years ago. we're pausing the video, but the shots continue.a, lison parker and adam ward died at the scene. ward's camera caught a brief glimpse of the killer, and the people realized it was the troubled reporter who went by the tv name bryce williams. >> reporter: the roanoke station was the killer's last stop on a career of lost opportunities. he also worked in odessa, texas, savannah, and tallahassee it. never worked out. 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

. >> investigators work to determine what caused vester lee flanagan to snack. depending getting away with these murders, filled his rental car with multiple rounds of ammunition, three license plates, backed up by phone and a disturbing picture emerges. cat feces, pornography, flanagan, who went by the name bryce williams was fired from the station. frequently complained about colleagues including writing delusional ramblings to run of. the same incoherent thoughts in a 25 page manifesto to a news network. he killed parker and word live on air and despite that those who knew him say they still couldn't have predicted this. >> he is very angry. it is something we never expected to happen. >> vicki gardner in stable condition, shot in the right side of the lower back as she dropped to the ground to avoid the hail of bullets. her husband says the two lost a kidney and heart of her:but is expected topart of her:but is expected to make a full recovery. >> mayor bloomberg tried to ban sugary, and introduced a new bill in albany that would prevent sale of sugary drink

according to documents the police searched vester lee flanagans car and found six magazines, 17 stamped letters, three license plates and a wig. >> this kind of act is so rare that being able to come up with a profile or an understanding is quit difficult. >> flanagan did have a history of angry out bursts at work. >> he got angry about things that he did not need go be worry about sq about. >> he came to blows with a worker. >> he wanted to take it outside. ifts stunned. >> wdbj fired flanagan two years ago. they were called to escort him out. >> on the way out he handed a wood cross to a director and said that you will need this. parts of the altercation. >> flanagan lived here in the west wind apartments. coworkers say they wonder why he stayed. he did not have family or friends and they were concerned because the apartment complex is so close to the studio. allison's colleagues told her not the rent a college there. >> they said that he is over there, and he might have a bone to pick with you. >> court don'ts accused of her amaking racist comments. in the most violent of ways, he ma

vester lee flanagan, a former tv reporter with an embattled past with the local tv station. leading to the premeditated killing of two of its employees. >> 24-year-old alison parker was a sharp and bubbly reporter who covered everything from bacon fest to a recent special on child abuse. >> experts say neglect is a form of child abuse that is just as damaging as physical or sexual abuse. >> reporter: she had just moved in with boyfriend, chris hurst, an anchor at the same station. >> we would go to station events. appearances together. as reporter and anchor. not as boyfriend and girlfriend. but we couldn't even really hide it there either. because we were so in love. >> reporter: adam ward, her cameraman, was a big personality known for his sense of fun. >> they were a team. they worked together over a year. day in, day out. >> reporter: crossing paths years earlier at the same station, the former colleague who would eventually take their lives. >> talking oil prices. >> reporter: flanagan a reporter who struggled in small tv markets around the country for years unable to w

. >> reporter: they were there to report for wdbj when vester lee flanagan, a former colleague opened fire and killed them. he f

vester lee flanagan knew his victims. he had worked at a reporter at wdbj until he was fired two years ago. this morning he hunted downward ward and alison [000:59:54;00]

we now know the gunman was their former coworker vester lee flanagan who went by the on- air name bryce williams. he was fired from the station and claimed he was discriminated against. he drove off and made it up i- 66 before taking his own life. video surfaced that flanagan recorded himself of the shooting. we are not going to show you that video. instead we want to talk about alison and adam. they were both virginia natives who went to college there and started their careers as interns at wdbj. while outside the station, people in the community gathered to remember those journalists last night who felt like family. alison's father spoke last night as well about his daughter. >> it's hard to get your arms around it and realize or try and make sense of why it happened. nobody should lose their daughter. nobody should be burying their child. >> reporter: alison and adam both found love at wdbj. adam was engaged to be meardz to the morning show producer -- married to the morning show producer who tragically happened to be in the control room watching this all happen. alison just moved in

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