Roanoke area. Well have more on their lives in just a minute. State police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i81 where it hits i 66 which is where a trooper started following him. Bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i66 near front royal. Bruce . Reporter yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. All right, guys. Hes got something in his right hand and he reached for something. Reporter the troopers knew that Vester Flanagan was armed and dangerous. His picture from the shooting scene had been flashed around the world. Not yielding. Going to call it as a pursuit call. Copy in pursuit now, subject did not stop. Reporter the pursuit did not last long. 104, shots fired. Comb shots fired. Reporter within minimum copy shots fired. Reporter within minutes troopers heard a gunshot and a crash, although it is still not clear in wh
Weeks ago. Reporter police say the man who opened fire on them. 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 i81 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 flanagans vehicle. When a state trooper tried to pull him over, he refused and police say he shot himself right there on i66. Now as far as the other pe
And alison on their minds. It was yesterday around this time that we went live to Allison Parker and for the journal Alison Parker and photojournalist adam ward out in the field. Reporter 24 hours earlier a former employee vest are lee flanagan shot and killed Vester Lee Flanagan shot and killed reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist adam ward. Mostly anchor kim mcbroom said shes just sad. Please join us now in a moment of silence. I just know if it had been me that they would be telling my story. They would be trying to honor me. Reporter employees cloaked back dealers as they told their friend choked back tears as they told their friends life stories. A former wdbj news executive answered reporters questions for hours. Yesterday was the worst day of my career and for most people in this newsroom. Were supposed to be on that side of the story, not on the front of the story, youen. Were supposed to be looking at the you know, were supposed to be looking at the story and weve now be
Shoring up before the building is safe enough to go inside and start working on it to try to get it repaired. Advocates of wood frame construction say its perfectly safe and very economical when it is combined with modern sprinkler systems which is why its a legal construction type but this building was under construction and not occupied yet so the sprinklers were not working yesterday, thus the disaster we witnessed. It is entirely possible depending what the engineers say they have to take down about two thirds of this building and start all over again. And college park, scott broom wusa9. s 4 the complex is a development by the Wood Partners of atlanta which is a National Development firm that is yes to comment. A gray and rainy day with showers just hanging around. First alert meteorologist er terrace and what are you seeing on live doppler . We see a couple of showers and nothing heavy tonight. Bad news is roads are still wet from todays drizzle and showers. Heres the radar and o
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