the police and our employees that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. i cannot tell you how much they were loved. alison and adam, by the wdbj 7 team. killer has been identified as a former reporter of the station. his on air name was bryce williams. he had been dismissed two years prior. soon africa he started tweeting about his act, uploading his own video of the shooting. he was tracked down in part through the use of a license plate reader. the police attempted to pull him over in northern virginia. he later crashed. officials indicating he may have shot himself in the head while driving and later died. prior to that, approximately two hours after the shooting, abc news received a 23-page fax.