gunshot wound. flanagan was flown from the scene to a nova fairfax hospital where he died at approximately 1:30 p.m. today. the virginia state police bureau of criminal investigation salem field office and our salem bureau field operations have been and will continue to assist the franklin county r!l$vsherif office with the investigation into shooter. sheriff. thank you very much, sergeant. i will try to entertain some questions that you may have at this point in time. we ll take a couple questions. yes, sir. reporter: how did the suspect know where the victims were? that is a question that we are looking into. did he know before this morning that they would be located at this remote location doing a broadcast. did he see it aired that morning, this morning, as many people were watching? we re looking into that matter,
residence, he died at the scene. the investigation obviously remains ongoing right now by the virginia state police, bureau of criminal investigation salem field office with the system of the county sheriff s office. as i mentioned, investigators are working right now on confirming the motive and exact sequence of events that involve these assaults at the residence. we re less than five hours into the investigation. there s still a lot of work to be done. we ll release more details once we re at that stage where we can confirm the facts and release them at this time. do you have any questions? was there [ inaudible ] we re not releasing who called in the 911. we have gotten the tapes. the 911 call came into the sheriff s office originally. they notified us, which is not uncommon. when you dial 911 in virginia, it automatically goes to the local jurisdiction. sheriff s department contacted state police. we were able to dispatch
south africa. when we get more information about what may have caused it and how they re dealing with the rescue of perhaps 50 people trapped inside, we ll bring it to you. jenna: charlottesville, virginia, where we re getting the news conference on what exactly happened to virginia state senator creigh deeds, he s in critical condition this morning. criminal investigation salem field office and with the assistance of the bath county sheriff s office. and as i mentioned, investigators are working right now on confirming the motive and the exact sequence of events that involve these assaults at the residence. we re less than five hours into the investigation, there s still a lot of work to be done, and we ll release more details once we re at that stage where we can confirm the facts and release them at in this time. do you have any questions? [inaudible] um, we re not releasing who called in the 911.